For master horse trainer Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, work with horses is comparable to dancing. The primary obligation of riding, he explains, is to maintain the horse’s own natural, powerful, and elegant movement under saddle. Improper training compromises the horse’s naturally joyful steps with confusing commands; a horse will move with extraordinary grace if only the request is effectively communicated.
In Dancing with Horses, Hempfling teaches us the language of horses. Advising that even the slightest movement conveys powerful information, Hempfling shows how to use body language to communicate. Watch as he demonstrates his methods on wild Pyrenees stallions that are within minutes transformed into tame, willing partners that never-the-less retain all of their spirit. He makes clear that when the trainer uses language the horse can understand, the horse’s movement “will always be beautiful, from the first lesson on.”
Topics in this DVD include:
- body language between people and horses
- means and goals of body language
- steps to training a horse
- playing
- groundwork
- unbridled riding
KLAUS FERDINAND HEMPFLING is an artist, designer, and photographer. He lives in Denmark where he offers courses and workshops. He is a passionate horse lover with a professional background in communications, theater, and dance, and has shaken up the international horse world with his thought-provoking theories.
The basis of his work is consideration for the horse's psyche, communication via body language that is understood by the horse, and interaction with these powerful, dignified creatures in accordance with nature. The development of the rider's "presence" and an orientation to holistic principles is integral to his work.
This charismatic author's methods of communicating with horses have been embraced by thousands of participants and auditors at his workshops and demonstrations, and his two of his books are now available as films – Dancing with Horses and Coming Together.
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