Horses for LIFE Publications

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Against the Force of Gravity

"I saw in the fugitive beauty of a dancer's gesture a symbol of life. It was achieved at the cost of unending effort but, with all the forces of gravity against it, a fleeting poise in mid-air, a lovely attitude worthy to be made immortal in a bas-relief, it was lost as soon as it was gained and there remained no more than the memory of an exquisite emotion."
W. Somerset Maugham

Finding in the dance of the horse, the immortal moments - those moments of exquisite peace and clarity.

Working against the forces of gravity.

Wynmalen: Intelligent Understanding

"To deal successfully with horses and their schooling we need patience and sympathy, and no opportunity should be missed to increase, simultaneously with our own understanding of the horse, his understanding of us and the amount of his confidence. Anything that it is in our power to do in order to further the horse's comfort and contentment will tend to increase his intelligent understanding and will assist materially in educating him into a lively and friendly creature who will be ready to give of his best, cheerfully and without constraint." Henry Wynmalen, from "Equitation" 1938

Freedom Unconquerable

"About the head of a truly great horse there is an air of freedom unconquerable. The eyes seem to look on heights beyond our gaze. It is the look of a spirit that can soar."
John Taunter Foote

Look for the Spirit that lives in your Horse... and nurture this Spirit, so that you continue to see it forever.

The Back Rigidity Increases With Speed

"An important charateristic of this(the back) mechanism is that this spinal rigidity increases proportionately to the speed. Further, spiral rigidity is the means by which the epaxial musculature converts hind leg energy into speed."
Jean Luc Cornille

Over-rhythm/speed creates rigidity in the spine.

This is how the body naturally protects the spine. Protecting the back. Speed is the anti-thesis to the relaxation we seek and the full mobility of the back and the loin that is the hallmark of the correctly trained dressage horse.

By Nadja King

Sylvia on Susan

Thrilled to hear from you and delighted about the connection to Horses

for Life. I admire all Nadja is doing very much and it is great we are

all working together towards the same goals.

Thank you very much for saying you will join up and I hope you enjoy

your Membership.

Love the hapless Susan, and you will have helped many many people with

your patience and sympathy.

Take care, and

Wecome on Board when you get there!

Regard, Sylvia

Einstein: The Whole of Nature

"A human being is a part of the whole called by us "universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
Albert Einstein

Perhaps it is this "optical delusion" of seperatness that makes riding so special and so unique as through riding and the horse, we access new connections to another living creature and through him begin to touch upon the conciousness of "whole of nature".

Deb: College Students Subscribing

I love the magazine and am encouraging all my students to subscribe. I teach equestrian at a private college that owns 20 odd horses. I think you have great information.

Warm regards Deb

Steinbrecht: Calling On Evil Spirits

"Under a rider who has a heart for the animal, the correctly trained horse will work with joy and happiness, while a horse that carries its rider with fear and hesitation accuses him of being unfair and cruel. Riders who espouse the principle that one must intentionally challenge the horse's resistance in order to break it, should be careful that they do not experience the fate of the sorcerer's apprentice who eavesdropped on his master to learn the magic words about the evil spirits which he then was able to call into action but, filled with terror, could not banish."

Gustav Steinbrecht

Sue Morris: Breath of Fresh Air

HFL is such a welcome breath of fresh air amongst those magazines that pay lip service to classical ideals and yet continue to publish photos and articles from trainers who are anything but!

It pains me to think that there are so many riders out there who just don't know that they don't know and who think they *are* doing right by their horses.

But, I do believe the tide is slowly turning. I have never been so busy and I'd be interested to know how many subscribers you have. Enough to be thinking about a physical version of the magazine, I see :-) Although, to be honest, I think the online content can contain so much more than the printed page.

So I hope that if you do go for a printed magazine you'll still keep going with the online one.

What I get from your monthly mag is worth every penny! In fact there's so much in it that I'm a little behind in my reading - but don't you dare cut that level of content!

Warmly,

Sue Morris

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