Have you ever bonded with a horse?
That might be a tricky question.
Have you ever seen a horse? Pet a horse? Ridden a horse?
If you've asked like this ,
pretty sure you can say yes to one of these.
But what do I mean by "bonding" with horses ....?
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Hi there!
Thankyou for opening the very first column(page) of this blog!
I have a lot of things to share.....
Although I will start this column by writing about why I want y'all to experience life with horses.
Why does this matter? Why horses matter?
Why do I want to share more about horses..........?
Have you ever thought lonely, or lacking something deep or meaningful in life ?
In my life, I had lots of times where I felt like alone in a human society.
Where I felt like I'm different, disconnected and misunderstood.
That was when I met horses.
18 at that time, Last year of highschool.
When, every highschool students start studying anf getting nervous about college exams.
When I first touched their warm face, them smelling me and trying to connect with me...
I already knew that I wanted to spend more time with them,
and that something was about to change.
It has been 7year since I started life with horses.
I currently do not own horse, but whenever I get a chance,
I occasionaly love to ride them and spend time with my favorite horses.
Thorugh spending time with them,
I learned what unconditional love is.
I learned what love can be.
I learned how they are sweet and honest, and how that is delightful to have.
They showed me who I am and who I can be.
"Bonding" can be in lots of different shape.
When you have a friend, family or a pet, you can call it we bond together,
but what is it based on?
I belive it is maily about communication.
Communicating love, understanding and connect with eachother.
Working and riding Equine (horse) is a bit different world from normal life.
At least for me where having horse is such an abnormal thing.
No wild horses, no neighbors who has a horse in their yard.
I have to drive to a fancy club or a really old farm to see them.
Although I have been really passionate about training and riding horses,
feeding and playing them while they're outside for turn out.....
I started to realize that I was the one
Who has been "taught" by horse
this whole time.
As I bonded with horses for over 6 years, I learned that this trust and bonding can apply to our daily life.
When you "teach" something to others-
I prefer bonding and trusting instead of being scared of them.
Dog training, horse traing, parenting, coaching......
There's related communication and things between them.
And we can learn how to "bond" and "communicate" with people and by horses.
Why?
By training and spending more time with them, it will become more and more clear.
Horses are over 1000pounds(500kg), and it will be impossible to Force their movement.
Whenever you want them to move from one point to the other-
you have to communicate them to move.
And unless you communicate right, they will not going to.
The "communication" is the key: Non-verbal communication.
What is non-verbal communication?
I will explain more in the next EAC(Equine Assisted Coaching) column,
but it simply means a communication without verbal expression.
We give them a que, but they do not really communicate us with understanding our Language.
Although, horses have a power and attractiveness thorugh so many things.
The have a lot of potentials that we can't even imagine yet-
They make me feel and understand love,
through non-verbal communication.
Being close, nodding their head,
being present and patient.....
without power.
without language and words.
Thats how we communicate.
And thats how I feel the "bond", created by deep communication.
These are the powerful and attractive things about all the activities and life with horses.
Do you want to experience this-?
That kind of Love that God gives us-
I also beilve God gave horses to me to show what love is.
Why not have this in your life?
Why not horses?
Thorugh my 7 years with horses,
and through my life of 24 years,
and more future I am creating everyday....
I would like to share with you.
Because you deserve love and to feel that.
you deserve to be happy, delightful and joyful.
And horses deserve to be loved too.
And I strognly belive that
Being around horses invites you to that world.
Thankyou for reading-!
-Reina
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