Tag Archives: equine training

Picked by a horse

August 11, 2014abused horses, animal communication, energy work, equines, exercise, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Liberty training, OrthoHorse, Uncategorizedanimals, endurance riding, energetic connection, energy work, equine bodywork, equine liberty training, equine rescue, equine training, equines, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horsemanship, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, OrthoHorse, rescue horseshorsesatliberty

Have you ever been “picked” by a horse?

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Sharing heart and mind with your horse on a trail ride

July 25, 2014bodywork, exercise, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, liberty rein, Liberty training, Natural Horsemanship, Ortho-Bionomy, riding, trail riding, Uncategorizedbodywork, equine bodywork, equine healing, equine rescue, equine training, equines, exercise, horse trainers, horsemanship, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, liberty training, OrthoHorsehorsesatliberty

I have recently written about the trail in The Trail as a Metaphor for Life.

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The honesty of the horse

June 13, 2014alternative therapies, animal communication, bodywork, energy work, equines, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Liberty training, OrthoHorse, therapy horses, UncategorizedAlternative therapies, bodywork, energetic connection, energy work, equine bodywork, equine healing, equine liberty training, equine training, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse trainers, horse training, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, liberty horse training, liberty training, rescue horseshorsesatliberty

Horses and their honesty, which sometimes translates to their inability to be polite, is energetically one of the things that differentiates horses from people and also from dogs. With horses, mostly what you see is what you get. But it takes time to know what you are looking at.

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

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My horse likes my trainer better than me

May 9, 2014energy work, equines, fear, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Liberty training, Uncategorizedenergetic connection, equine training, equines, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horsemanship, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, liberty horse traininghorsesatliberty

Bottom line: you want your horse to like the trainer. When the horse doesn’t like the trainer you’ve got a real problem, because clearly something is going on that shouldn’t be. Too much pressure is being applied, most likely.

Regalo's owner wanted him to be able to work with other people. — Regalo’s owner wanted him to be able to work with other people.

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Diary of a liberty horse coach

March 28, 2014abused horses, bitless bridles, bitless riding, bodywork, equines, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Liberty training, performance horses, riding, Uncategorizedenergy work, equine healing, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, equine training, equines, exercise, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horsemanship, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, liberty horse training, liberty traininghorsesatliberty

Many people ask me how often I do liberty work with my horses, and do I do it before I ride, or after?

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Danger: watch out for that horse!

March 14, 2014bodywork, equines, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, liberty rein, Liberty training, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, riding, Uncategorizedbodywork, endurance riding, energetic connection, energy work, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, equine training, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, liberty training, Ortho-Bionomyhorsesatliberty

In the past few weeks three of my friends/colleagues/clients have had accidents involving equines. This is a subject very close to my heart since I have had bad accidents myself, one which almost took my life. I have begun to somewhat specialize in the area of helping people get back on their feet after such accidents, in addition to the other work I do. I really believe that because I came so close to death doing something I deeply love, it has made me able to help others in a very particular way.

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10 tips to riding horseback for the rest of your life

January 31, 2014alternative therapies, bareback riding, barefoot hooves, Bill Dorrance, bitless bridles, bitless riding, dude string horses, energy work, equines, exercise, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, liberty rein, Liberty training, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, performance horses, riding, UncategorizedAlternative therapies, animals, bareback riding, Bill Dorrance, bodywork, endurance riding, energetic connection, energy work, equine bodywork, equine liberty training, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, equine training, equines, exercise, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse trainers, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, Leslie Desmond, liberty horse training, rescue horseshorsesatliberty

(Okay, if you really want to, you can get off to sleep and for meals, if you think it’s necessary.) Continue reading 10 tips to riding horseback for the rest of your life →

Best Body Language blogs of 2013

January 10, 2014abused horses, alternative therapies, animal communication, bareback riding, barefoot hooves, bitless bridles, bitless riding, bodywork, energy work, EPR, equine positional Release, equines, exercise, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Liberty training, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, performance horses, riding, UncategorizedAlternative therapies, bodywork, energetic connection, energy work, EPR, equine bodywork, equine healing, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, equine positional release, equine training, equines, exercise, healing, herd behavior, liberty traininghorsesatliberty

I decided to go through and pick out what readers had deemed the best Body Language blogs of 2013.

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Working with the liberty rein over cavaletti

January 4, 2014bitless riding, energy work, equines, exercise, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, liberty rein, Liberty training, performance horses, riding, Uncategorizedenergy work, equine, equine liberty training, equine training, herd behavior, horse trainers, horsemanship, horses, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, liberty horse training, liberty traininghorsesatliberty

This week I posted a video of Jazzmine going over cavaletti using only the liberty rein. In the past, I have taken her over cavaletti at liberty with just a halter, to guide her if she loses her connection with me. This is our first exercise with the liberty rein.

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Managing wild and crazy horse behavior

December 20, 2013energy work, equines, healing, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Liberty training, Ortho-Bionomy, UncategorizedAlternative therapies, bodywork, energetic connection, energy work, equine liberty training, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, equine training, equines, exercise, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horseback riding, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, ridinghorsesatliberty

With the cold weather and difficult footing, horses become very antsy and get “cabin fever.”

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