This week I stumbled upon footage of me and my 3 ponies, walking in liberty, in the nature reserve where they used to spend the summer. This footage is 4 years old and I forgot all about it… 1 year later Bhor, one..
You can train your horse on a single lunge (lunging), but you can also use 2 lunges. This is called “double lunging”. When you use a double lunge, you stay in the circle position (the horse moves around..
Happy 2019! I hope that this new year will bring you prosperity and success in all aspects of your life, including everything related to your horse. To help you with the latter, I made a list of 15 goal-setting..
It’s the end of December… time for the holidays, for festivities, for being together with friends and family. It’s also the perfect time to reflect on the year past and think about the beautiful and difficult times..
Imagine the following scenarios: the meadow has been fertilized and your horse is not allowed to use it for a while, and there is no paddock to let your horse loose in. Or the meadow is too wet, and the stable owner..
What if I told you that having an amazing relationship with your horse isn’t as hard as you think… Many horse owners struggle with this foundation and it keeps them from having a joyful time with their horse. I..
Recently I was interviewed by Tracy Malone, of the “Come along for the ride Podcast”. These are some of the things that I talk about with Tracy: How and when my passion for horses started How..
Quotes by well-known (and less well-known) horse trainers can be very inspiring. That is why I want to share these 9 inspiring horsemanship quotes and lessons for you to think about and learn from! “Whatever a..
Your breathing is the most simple but also the most effective way to connect with yourself, and therefore also with your horse . Teaching yourself how to work with your breath is therefore invaluable. Tension..
Leading is a very important exercise in Horsefulness Training. Whoever can’t successfully lead their horse will also encounter problems with their horse in other areas. That’s why this is the most important basic..
What a wonderful 3 day clinic it was at New Barn Stables, Kent (UK) from the 11th till the 13th of November. I enjoyed to coach and teach all those wonderful horses and open minded participants who were really eager..
It’s wonderful how horses connect with humans who are connected with themselves. Horses do that from nature, it’s who they are. They feel if the human is aware and present and then they will naturally make..
There is a big difference between yielding for pressure and evading pressure (physical/driving pressure). Even if it does seem the same at first. When you ask your horse to yield for physical pressure , let’s say on..
To teach the horse how to yield to physical pressure(= direct pressure) is teaching your horse to yield to the light pressure you apply with a halter or your hands somewhere on his body. For example: I place my..
As writer and answering to reader’s questions for Belgian horse magazine CAP for years, at one point I received the following question: “ How can I build a better bond between me and my horse , so that horse riding..
When you are together with your horse, during the daily interactions or during training you can talk about a “herd of 2” and just like in a real herd someone has to take the lead…. So it’s important that, when..
From the 31th of March until the 4th of April Christophe Mouze, Ciara Cullen and I were teaching the workshop “Connecting with horses through Sati Yoga & Horsefulness Training” on Clare Island, an..
Lunging is a wonderful way to gymnasticise your horse, meaning that you supple, strengthen and straighten the horse. But be careful: lunging can only be healthy for a horse if it happens in a responsible and correct..
Horsemanship means “the art to deal with horses”. Most people immediately link this to “natural horsemanship”, however, it is much more than that. Not every “NH”-trainer is a good trainer and not every good trainer..
Even if you don’t want to, it could happen that you’re prompted by frustrations or strong emotions to punish the horse. With punishing I mean: you use violence to prevent that the horse does something you don’t want..
Two of my horses, Niki and Joy (both aged mares) are currently staying in a new meadow on the side of a nature reserve. It’s just wonderful there! I go to see them every day to spend some time with them. On..
Everyone has writers/books that have made the most impression on you and that have influenced you in one way or another in the way of training horses . I would like to share the top 3 of books that have positively..
You do groundwork for several reasons. Think about learning to deal with human requests and keeping an optimal connection with your horse. But another important reason is also that you try to keep your horse mentally..
In this video you see Karine and Napo playing at Liberty. Liberty horse training is the foundation of Horsefulness Training. It’s about creating a true connection with your horse that is based on clear..