If you’re not connected to yourself, your horse will also be less connected to you, and thus it will be harder for your horse to stay focused on you and the training you're offering him. So whenever you feel you are losing your groundedness, when you lose your calmness,
I’m standing next to a small mare, named Bet, and her owner Myriam in a muddy arena. Myriam has tears in her eyes while she’s explaining: “Karine, I’m struggling so much with my mare Bet. ..
You live in your body. Your body is your home. It’s your instrument. With your body – your senses – you observe the world. Thanks to your body, you can express yourself and move around in this life. ..
“Sometimes you think your body is relaxed, but when you do the Softness Response you notice that there was still some tension somewhere. After doing the SR technique your body just feels better, and you just..
Too tense muscles in the rider. You would think that mainly novice riders have it, but you also see it quite often with very experienced riders. And you also see it when people do groundwork, or liberty. It often..
Years ago… I lie on a leather couch, in the office of a relaxation therapist with an enormous black mustache. He teaches me to release unnecessary tension in my muscles on “command”. I had read a..
A fit horse that has good endurance, is supple, strong, and moves in balance. That’s what every trainer/rider wants. But what about the rider himself? The truth is that many trainers/riders are far from fit …..
Increase your knowledge about horses, learn how horses communicate, take your training skills to a higher level. If that is your goal then you should first of all know what type of learning style suits you best. ..
These are uncertain times at the moment, the corona crisis is causing a lot of fear and stress. It’s better, however, that we remain calm, healthy and positive. I made a video about how horses can help us with that 🙂
One day a lady attended a 3-day workshop I gave at my place in Belgium. Her horse was still young and the lady was there because she wanted to start her 3-year old gelding in groundwork. That was of course very..
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..
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..