Last fall author Kip Mistral approached me about turning my posts on horse and human training into a book for her publishing company Editions Mistral. (Click here to take a look at Dressage Sabbatical by Rose Casler) When I agreed, I started out with the intent of making sure people understood that from the horse’s […]
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‘ There is an infinite pleasure in further understanding how the horse’s physique and mind effectively function. The initial move is not very difficult. It is about regarding progress as an opportunity to better ride and train and teach, instead of a challenge to one’s ego.’ Read more: http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2017/01/09/horses-cant-defy-laws-physics/#ixzz4VTRTZXuQ
Thank you for coming to my blog. I appreciate your interest, and want to let you know that the content of this post is being incorporated into a series of books published by author Kip Mistral through her publishing company Editions Mistral. (Click here to take a look at Dressage Sabbatical by Rose Casler.) Editions […]
My pieces on riding are difficult to write without my equine companion’s horsey input. Before I ever hit the publish button on my wordpress blog, we would go out with him at liberty, and give my ideas a test run. If I was right on the button, Domo was chipper and cooperative, bouncing about, […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhs9ZNH9dHE Domo died Christmas Eve. I had let him loose in the evening before to do his usual check of the perimeter, additions to his manure piles, and accept his tribute from his admirers. He had completed his circuit and was galloping back around to the spot where he usually did his ‘ You […]
%When through intense pride I wander in samsara (confusion) On the luminous light path Of the wisdom of equality% From Tibetan Inspiration-Prayer for Deliverance from the Dangerous Pathway of the Bardo by Chongyam Trungpa The Seven Deadly Sins are often associated with specific colors and animals. Lust is usually blue and associated with the Bull […]
My very latest summer 2015 catalogue of horse supplies includes a product that finally addresses my longstanding complaint about commercial horse probiotics. It turns out that someone out there was listening when I repeatedly asked WHY don’t horse probiotics have, if not variety, at least one single culture adapted specifically to the horse. As of […]
