I have been looking into the power of beliefs. What I am observing is that whatever a person believes, they somehow make reality. This is...

I have always said to my riding students to look ahead and focus on where they are going. But today in a lesson I found this going to a w...

More and more I find that coming from the heart when interacting with horses creates a deeper understanding and connection between human ...

There are so many different bitless bridles now that people can get confused. I think it’s wonderful that they’re so popular and lots of ...

The image of jockeys swinging their arms and continuously whipping horses is familiar to most of us. What is less known is the extensive ...

Grooming is the first thing you do with your horse after catching them. The quality of grooming time can set the tone for all that’s to f...

Recently I found myself saying to a student, ‘it’s a conversation, not a command’. This one phrase is probably the most important thing I...

Training is the action of teaching a person or animal a particular skill or type of behaviour, according to Google. The main word in this...

One thing many people have difficulty with is horses sticking their heads up when under saddle. This is undesirable for a number of reaso...

Asking a horse to drop their head with a soft and immediate response is one of the best things you will ever train into your horse. When ...

Recently I experienced a high level of grief in my life. After three weeks away I returned home a different version of my former self. I ...

In the horse world, there are two main types of people, horse riders and horse trainers. While trainers are an excellent option for start...

Recently a student pointed out that my work is defined by how I listen to horses. The traditional way of interacting with horses is to te...

‘You don’t know what you don’t know’, this a wonderful expression. Sometimes we do things that hurt others because we simply don’t know. ...

In the Spanish language, horses are caballos. Recently I was staying with a Colombian family who had a large farm in the Andes that had b...

I sometimes hear the phrase, ‘It’s amazing that you ride bitless’. Then; your horses must be very quiet, you must be a great rider, you m...

Many people use positive reinforcement with horses, instead of or as well as other forms of training (negative reinforcement, habituation...

When a young horse misbehaves, the lead mare may send them out of the herd, running them in circles until they give signals saying they a...

Anthropomorphism is defined as the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-humans and is considered to be an innate t...

For quite a while I have been trying to work out exactly what it is that I do with horses. I have called it Natural Horsemanship, and in ...