Category Archives: trail riding

10 New Year’s Horse-olutions for 2015

January 2, 2015abused horses, animal communication, energy work, equines, exercise, fear, geriatric horses, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, liberty rein, Liberty training, OrthoHorse, performance horses, riding, trail riding, Uncategorizedbodywork, energetic connection, energy work, equine, equine bodywork, equine healing, equine liberty training, equine rescue, equine training, equines, exercise, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horseback riding, horsemanship, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, leadership, liberty horse training, rescue horses, ridinghorsesatliberty

It’s 2015! I started to write a bunch of resolutions for working with horses – “horse-olutions” I call them, and then realized: I don’t like New Year’s resolutions!

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Great expectations for horses

December 27, 2014equines, fear, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, liberty rein, Liberty training, OrthoHorse, rescue horses, riding, therapy horses, trail riding, Uncategorizedbodywork, energetic connection, equines, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horseback riding, horses, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, leadership, OrthoHorse, rescue horses, ridinghorsesatliberty

We all want something from the horse. Otherwise most of us wouldn’t have one or work with one.

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Grow body awareness around horses

December 6, 2014bodywork, endurance, energy work, equines, exercise, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, performance horses, riding, therapy horses, trail riding, UncategorizedAlternative therapies, animals, bodywork, energetic connection, energy work, EPR, equine, equine bodywork, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, equine positional release, exercise, healing, herd behavior, horseback riding, horsemanship, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, liberty training, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, ridinghorsesatliberty

Most people who have been around horses for a long while have suffered injuries. These injuries –unless treated deeply, and I mean with bodywork after the stitches or surgeries have healed, may continue to cause restrictions both in the physical body and the emotional and psychic bodies.

Patches with his owner, Ariana, when we first brought him home, August, 2011.

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10 lessons in horse love

November 21, 2014abused horses, alternative therapies, animal communication, bitless bridles, bitless riding, dude string horses, exercise, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Liberty training, OrthoHorse, performance horses, rescue horses, riding, trail riding, Uncategorizedbodywork, energetic connection, energy work, equine, equine bodywork, equine healing, equine liberty training, equine positional release, equines, grazing, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse trainers, horsemanship, horses, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, leadership, liberty horse training, liberty traininghorsesatliberty

It’s debatable whether horses love people or not. But they definitely feel very big emotion for them and about them. It’s easy to be flattered when a horse pays special attention to you and depends upon just you – even more so than when your dog licks your face!

Noble McGinty

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The “no change zone” for dealing with changes for horses

November 13, 2014abused horses, energy work, equines, exercise, fear, geriatric horses, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Liberty training, OrthoHorse, performance horses, rescue horses, riding, therapy horses, trail riding, Uncategorizedequine rescue, equine training, equines, grazing, healing, health, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horseback riding, horses, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, leadership, liberty horse training, liberty training, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, rescue horseshorsesatliberty

The changes in horse’s living conditions can sometimes make a sensitive horse upset. The things that are constant will comfort him, but the change in surroundings – sights, smells, sounds, can all make a difference to his well being. Until he gets used to it, it can be a time when new behavior emerges.

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Beyond the norm: no force = great horse

October 25, 2014equines, exercise, fear, geriatric horses, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, liberty rein, Liberty training, OrthoHorse, performance horses, rescue horses, riding, therapy horses, trail riding, Uncategorizedbodywork, energetic connection, energy work, equine liberty training, equine rescue, equines, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse trainers, horsemanship, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, leadership, liberty horse training, liberty training, ridinghorsesatliberty

Recently I’ve been in social situations with my horse and other riders where I’ve been faced with how differently I do things.

I have come to a rift in thinking with most people who ride or work with horses. The popular jargon states that we must “make our horse do things” and “keep the feet moving” and “don’t give up on the activity or the horse will have won.” “I run my horse around in the round pen so I know what kind of horse I have before I ride.”

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In the big pasture of life

October 17, 2014bitless bridles, bitless riding, equines, geriatric horses, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, liberty rein, OrthoHorse, riding, trail riding, Uncategorizedenergy work, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse trainers, horseback riding, horsemanship, horses, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, leadership, liberty horse training, liberty traininghorsesatliberty

Yesterday my mare Zuzka was the last to come back in from the pasture. The two boys came in willingly as they knew it was feeding time. She knew this too, but she loves grazing more than anything, even dinner.

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5 paths to building connection with horses

October 2, 2014American Horsewoman's Challenge, bitless riding, equines, exercise, fear, geriatric horses, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, liberty rein, Liberty training, OrthoHorse, performance horses, rescue horses, riding, trail riding, UncategorizedAmerican Horsewoman's Challenge, equine liberty training, herd dynamics, horse trainers, horse training, horseback riding, horsemanship, horses, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, leadership, liberty horse training, liberty training, OrthoHorse, rescue horseshorsesatliberty

Krystle with Tex

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Seven toning exercises for older horses

September 20, 2014alternative therapies, bitless bridles, bitless riding, equines, exercise, geriatric horses, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, liberty rein, Liberty training, Natural Horsemanship, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, performance horses, rescue horses, riding, trail riding, Uncategorizedbodywork, energetic connection, energy work, equine, herd dynamics, horse trainers, horse training, horseback riding, horsemanship, horses, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, leadership, liberty horse training, liberty training, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, rescue horses, ridinghorsesatliberty

Last year, my older gelding Khami, at 24, was diagnosed with Cushings. This is common for older horses these days. But there are many things that can be done to maintain the health of an older horse so that his organs and other body parts function well, in spite of the aging process.

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Better riding through Ortho-Bionomy on horseback

September 14, 2014alternative therapies, bareback riding, bitless bridles, bodywork, energy work, equines, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, liberty rein, Liberty training, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, riding, trail riding, Uncategorizedbareback riding, bodywork, energetic connection, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, equine training, equines, exercise, healing, health, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse trainers, horseback riding, horsemanship, horses, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, leadership, liberty training, Ortho-Bionomy, ridinghorsesatliberty

Riding is the next step in our relationship with our horse. Working with relationship on the ground comes first, then the saddle.

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