Understand Yourself
Through Horse Training

PART ONE

By Chantal Thenberg

I want to talk about letting go, therefore getting what you want. Its such an Irony... Thinking that the only way you can 'keep' something is by holding onto it! In actual fact, energetically speaking, the opposite is quite true. What you resist, persists and everything that is not Love will eventually fall away. When you desperately want something, the only thing to do is trust, trust and trust some more! Let go of the outcome! Explore outside your comfort zones. Ultimately, only this will break thruogh fears and bring you into a place of Love, Harmony and therefore able to manifest your dreams and intentions derived from Love - “The Real Stuff”. Clinging will only push away whatever you are trying to control.

So how does this relate to horses? Horses mirror this exactly! If I am in a round yard with a horse, who is at the end of the lead rope, and I pull on the rope... His first response is to resist. At this point, he has to decide if he will yield to the pressure or run away. Let me make this clear – a 500kg animal has a large chance of winning against a 70kg human, particularly in a state of panic and heightened emotion. So, How do I convince the horse the come into the middle of the circle with me? How do I tell him he is more safe and comfortable by my side? Just pull until he gives in? Persist? Talk to him? See Part 2 of this article posted here shortly...