training
Treat-Training Horses While Riding – The Horse
There are some good solid tips in this article. East West depends more on conscious horsemanship principles instead of treat training. There is a time and a place for both. – – – – – – – – – –…
Riding On A Horse Named Ego: A story about how people fail horses because of pride
Yes. Yes yes yes. Submission of ego is the key. Please see other East West blog posts about the lessons our horses have taught. Note: Heart of Phoenix is one of my favorite rescues. Experts in working with starvation cases,…
Neighmaste…love and the divine
How to pick a title for this blog post? Truly, words do not really do this experience justice. And that is no surprise, as horses do not think in words. They are beings of feeling, of connection, of energy,…
Natural horsemanship or conscious horsemanship
You will see the term natural horsemanship a lot these days. Less commonly, you will see people discussing conscious horsemanship. I consider myself a student of the horse, and a follower of conscious horsemanship. Here are what I…
Carolyn Resnick’s Chair Challenge, bliss, and character
Doing Carolyn Resnick’s Chair Challenge! Four weeks of learningI took an online class with Carolyn Resnick called the Chair Challenge. I have used her methods before a bit with the herd, and love learning more from her. She’s my favorite…
Liberty horsemanship
I’ve had some folks ask me how I learned to work with my horses at liberty. Below are resources to check out and my own process of learning this new path. Each person and horse will do this a bit…
How Mr T got his name
Words have power. Names have extra power. The meaning of a name reflects on, and influences, the owner of that name. In many cultures, children are given a temporary name at birth. Later, an adult name is chosen, usually…
Are you being rude to your horse? Energy fields and politeness…
Every living being has an area of personal space around them. This space can actually be measured and photographed using a technique called Kirlean photography. Another term for this space is aura, or auric field. http://www.hauntednorthamerica.org/article.aspx?id=58 In my…
Turning from the core, from the horse’s viewpoint
You may remember that Lucky suggested that he should give me riding lessons. Our first session set the groundrules (no tack at all) and also established that Lucky feels I have a lot to learn. We covered staying balanced and…
Riding lessons, taught by the horse
I’m taking riding lessons again. With a new twist. My instructor is a horse. Lucky has decided to take me under his hoof and teach me the fine art of equitation from a horse’s point of view. And he…
