Wild Horses: What signals do horses give to get invited into a new herd, what does an invitation look like and how do they greet each other?

You and your Horse: Leadership Skill – Empathy: We start to strengthen our true cooperative leadership skills, starting with the most important one: empathy. That means, first and foremost: allow your horse autonomy where possible. Be present, breathe, and give your horse the signal you’d like to become part of its herd. Learn, when and how we know, that we’re part of our horse’s herd. Who do we want to be in the relationship with our horse (and why this matters), once we’re part of the herd and how can we communicate this to our horse?

Guided Meditations: (1) Dream Version (plus Workbook). (2) Intuition Meditation.

Bonus: Course Self Love and Self Leadership – Part 1: Discover. This includes the Guided Meditation: Peace with my Partner or Expartner.

Wild Horses: Let’s take a look at the herd routines and rules. Is there a specific daily routine? How often and when do social interactions occur, and how do horses ask for them? Here, you’ll learn all about the natural communication among individual horses, a language that your horse understands immediately without conditioning.

You and your Horse: Leadership Skill – Natural Communication: Now we translate wild horse behaviours and signals to the human-horse relationship and learn how to give clear and authentic signals. We dive deep into the different character types of horses (Fire, Wood, Earth, Metal, or Water type personality) to understand your horse’s character and specific needs. Authentic communication also includes a deeper reflection on our own stories, patterns, and survival strategies – and a deep understanding of who we truly are… We also talk about concrete and peaceful problem-solving techniques for topics such as: how to ask for space, how to respond to a contact request, and how to help your nervous, reactive, insecure, sad, or frustrated horse to be happy again.

Guided Meditations: (1) Change of Perspective (plus Workbork). (2) Explore your Boundaries.

Bonus: Course Self Love and Self Leadership – Part 2: Realign. This includes the Guided Meditations: (1) Burning Commitments. (2) Transform Negative Emotions.

Wild Horses: Now we dive into the communication among more than one horse within the herd, such as leading and directing during a location change. We explore when which horse assumes certain tasks within the herd, based on age, gender, character and the situation, e.g. standing guard, education, and more.

You and your Horse: Leadership Skills – Collaboration, Motivation & Inspiration: As an established herd member, we now also start taking on certain tasks within the herd, e.g. standing guard, guiding, leading, and engaging in shared play at liberty. You’re now also ‘allowed’ to educate – mostly with positive reinforcement (we also talk about why this is a very natural way of training). Leading our horse confidently is also a very important leadership skill, therefore we will dive deep into this and discuss peaceful, but clear problem-solving approaches, addressing holistically why the horse behaves in certain ways and how we can respond. We consider whether the behavior is natural and determine what concrete actions we can take when our horse pulls us to the grass, dawdles, stops, overtakes, or experiences nervousness or separation anxiety, when out and about.

Exercise: Shaking Practice.

Bonus: Course Self Love and Self Leadership – Part 3: Balance. This includes the Guided Meditation: Feel your body.

Wild Horses: On level 5 we take a closer look at the communication among two or more herds within the herd association, which is almost exclusively done by the herd stallion – does this mean he is also the lead stallion? Aside from these and other specific tasks the herd stallion has within his own herd, he behaves like every other adult horse within the herd most of the time.

You and your Horse: Leadership Skills – Decisiveness, Conflict Management, Readiness to Sacrifice: Now, we additionally take on the tasks of the herd stallion. To do this, we have to step more and more into our true leadership qualities and abilities, such as resolving conflicts, assembling a harmonious herd, and also showing that we make good decisions and that we can protect the herd at all times. After proving to our horse’s herd that we’re competent, they will eventually offer us herd leadership, allowing us to take any horse out and lead or ride it, even in unfamiliar terrain. But before that happens, we often have to strengthen our own leadership skills further, like mediating conflicts, and showing our readiness to sacrifice ourselves for the benefit of the herd…

Guided Meditation: Ascending my throne.

Bonus: Course Self Love and Self Leadership – Part 4: Blossom. This includes the Guided Meditation: Heal your inner Child.

Bonus II: Create a natural environment for your horse: Paddock designs.