Healing Horses: The incredible healing powers of the horse for each and everyone of us, is truly amazing. We are happy to share with you this true story of how a new horse in the barn brought his healing to his new rider. Independence~ pride and self-esteem. Somedays horses truly can be magical.

"Light as a Butterfly"

Nuno Oliveira and Completely One with the Horse

"It is the total release of Nuno's horses that has me totally entranced. The skill of the trainer to find the releases in the horse's body in movement, allowing us complete access to the horse.

The lightness is this total release, the lightness is in Nuno's ability to totally follow the horse, expressed not only amazingly in his legs, but also in his hands as can be so clearly seen in that one scene where:

What if… "there was a way to teach riders, to become centered and better balanced, isometrically, without their conscious violation. That it just happened almost naturally. What if… there was a training method that naturally introduced the rider to the correct timing of the aids. What if… there was a training method… that respected first and foremost the movement of the horse… that was all about the rider learning to be with the horse. One with the horse. What if we took the movement of the horse, and through the movement, the rider sat better, more securely.  What if… we could through the movement of the horse, help the rider become straighter."

"Just as we must ride the horse forward into straightness, we must ride the rider forward into straightness as well."

From the Free Article in the October Issue of Horses For LIFE ~ The Three Methods of Teaching

Do you let your emotions control you? Read this heart-warming story of how one ordinary person came to realize that even in everyday life, emotions ruled her life. And how changing perspectives brought peace both at home and in the barn.

In Life: The inter-relationships between our live how we live it and our life and relationship with our horses.

The arch has been an architectural favorite for thousands of years. Structurally, the arch is superior for many types of construction where a distance must be spanned. Similarly, the horse's ribcage acts to distribute the rider's weight. Viewed from the front or back, the ribcage is an arch that acts as a bridge spanning the horses body.  This construction allows us to ride the horse without putting undue stress on the horse's back...but only if we sit in the right place.

FIND the release, the power - the suppleness that the masters of the past found within their horses. Their learning's shouldn't be shrouded in mystery. Seemingly lost like the ancient treasures of long dead king or pharoah. Secrets that no one seems to know anymore.

Where is the correct head carriage and how can you get the reins to transcend the horse's body and be able to influence the horse's hind legs.

Are you suffering because your rein effects are being stopped and deflected?

Join us in unraveling and learning through the words of the masters!

Two types of Lateral Flexion!

How to recognize each.

How can you achieve each?

How can you use this knowledge to help your horse in your everyday training?

How this will help you, help your horse, with problems he may be having!! Read On!

The first and foremost impression one gets when one reads Wynmalen is of a man that is so gentle and kind with his horses. A horseman with an incredible education.  Introducing the reader to many different concepts like those of the three degrees of collection of the mise en main, rassembler, of the ramener.

Through his words Wynmalen introduces the horseman to the concept to equate art, love for the horses, education and lightness. All of them synonyms one for the other.

Are you looking for the answers??

I was and I couldn't see they were right there. As always right there in front of me. In the horse, in front of me. He had all the answers. Sometimes answers to questions that have not yet been asked.

From clicker training to natural horsemanship, we see riders, trainers, instructors learning finding new ways to interact with our horses. It seems to me that this is just the beginning of the journey, that we still have more layers and more discovery's yet to make. On the possible depths of interaction we can have with our horses. At least that is what the horses seem to be saying... Read on to read about how the confusion of one horse, asks and answers new questions from the perspective of the horse.

Read On...

With your help we are lighting candles!!!  Help us help shine the light brightly. We want to shine the light on good and bad. If we shine the light on the good, then more people will see it and know where to go! When we shine the light brightly on the bad, we bring your attention and others like you to it and when we shine the light brightly we can make changes.

For the Horses!

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Graphics Editor:  

Mellanie Hee is a professional graphics artist and web designer. She brings unique skills with her experience with illustration and computer-based graphic designs for online and print media. She currently lives in Texas with her horse Cassy.

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November 2005 • Volume 3

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