Recently, one of my friends came to visit us to help make honey. Before we started, we sat down to have some coffee, and she asked me about a post that was shared in our Being with horses Group. She briefly described the contents of the post, and that she was disappointed to see that […]

In this video-slideshow you can see Katharina with her 4 year old Haflinger mare Alisa. Alisa is not a traumatized horse, lovingly raised and bred but she didn´t always respected Katharina. She was one of the horses that starts quickly to fighting when put into a situation she does not like, understand, or feel stressed. […]

Translation by Carla Preiss When I was in Middle School, there was a girl in our class, I remember that she had a typical German name, like Ute or Silke. She had red hair, was always pale, and appeared to often be ill. She was not in school often due to being ill, so none […]

Not too long ago, we had a very special seminar. It was one of few seminars where none of the horses were traumatized. Although two of the horses had been previously traumatized, they had been able to work through their trauma, thanks to the trauma “work” done by their owners. I recently read a comment […]

I often meet people who live or treat their horses a certain way based on a “concept.” Actually, if I think about it, most people do this. I had to ask myself: what does the word concept actually imply? What does it mean? The dictionary describes it as “an idea, a general notion, a plan […]

His eyes, looking into the distance … Life Paths Essay by Sabine Birmann – February 2017 Translation: Carla Preiss When life doesn’t turn out the way we’d imagined, when things no longer feel right, what remains for a living being, a horse, or a person? As long as it doesn’t concern us personally most of […]