Winning and natural horsemanship

I recently read a fantastic article from Sarah who works with me about how natural horsemanship has helped her dyslexia. She was writing it to a special needs teacher and we worked on it a bit together. I am so inspired by what she wrote, and I want to share with you the essence of what it made me think.

One of the concepts I realise is that everyone can win with natural horsemanship, whether dyslexic, over confident, under confident, emotionally strong, emotionally weak, arrogant, frightened, bitter, loving and so on and so on. Working with horses in the way we do goes straight to the development work in us. It is fun, fruitful, full of surprises and furtile.

How so

Our whole structure, spirit and ethos is geared to provide learning. Learning on how to connect and lead your horse. It is inevitable that we are added to. Horses are integrety filled. They are full of gaciousness, and grace. They cannot lie, and they cannot operate independently of us on any level. They join our feel, our focus, our confidence, our try, our rythym, everything. So we ride a half ton animal who becomes a read out machine of who we are, how we are, what we are, what we are becoming, when we get it, when we dont, what we need to be next, what we need to do next alongside the BE, and on and on it goes. And what motivates this journey? Both animals, horse and human wish to win. They wish to win over their fear, get beyond the bounds of survival, beyond what is known, into more of themselves through each other to be free, or closer to God even.
Hmmmm Who has seen Karisma and Mark Todd anywhere together. They mirror winning dont they. Look at the photos on our website, winning again. Both horse and rider.

What happens that we can experience winning
Simple achievement-Winning is easy to do. For example we have small children being leaders to large horses. See Elsie and Peggy on our website www.lyfordtreks.co.nz.

No failure-nothing is a failure only something to learn

Small groups taking appropriate steps. Understanding the horse as a prey animal and developing into a non predatory leader to join with that horse in a personalised environment with well supported trained guides.

Managemant of fear-Fear needs to be acknowleged but not acted upon

Physical strength and fitness

Connection-This is done in relationship with others with your guide with your horse and the environment

Leveller-Everyone one is on the same level, at the mercy of the effectiveness of their communication with their horse.

Flexible-At any time anyone can stop or go further, or try again or finish there for now.

Accessable-We are available, ready and willing to take you on this horsey journey.

Who-Anyone able

The potential for this medium to be utilised for leadership development is huge. I know that the organisations who get into this with us will thrive, and be fortunate, as they will reap the rewards before others do. Please onslaught coming right on.

For parents, for teachers, for lovers, for participating people anywhere having fun and winning is the most amazing thing to have happen.

May the horse be with you.

Kate