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FINDING SOFTNESS & BALANCE- Through Natural Horsemanship
By Christa Miremadi
Most of us who are pursuing a gentle, respectful way of being with our horses like to refer to our ways as soft. We like to look at how we work with
our horses as being balanced and gentle and we hope that others who watch us working with our horses will notice how soft and balanced we are too.
Horses are gentle, quiet creatures with big hearts and a bold spirit. For centuries humans dominated, abused and used these animals against their will, relying on muscle and strength, ropes, chains and restraints in order to “break” their spirit and “bridle” their power and skills. Using horses for transportation of goods, people, supplies, working cattle, sport and pleasure, hunting and war, horses served people and provided mankind with progress of all sorts.
Somewhere along the way, a few cowboys realized that horses would likely be willing to do the same job, possibly with more heart, if they were given the ability to learn it in a gentler manner. Read the rest of this entry »