This video shows memories from the first Being with horses clinic taught in the USA. Thank you to Sabine and Dan for coming all this way, and to all the wonderful participants for coming and trusting and creating such a positive learning environment.

We had four horses in the clinic:

Soldier - 9 year old dark bay QH gelding, previously trained as a performance horse, and used with cows. Soldier is a high ranking, noble, sensitive, and kind horse. He is extremely traumatized, and much of the work centered around breaking old patterns and showing him that being with a human can be positive. Emily practiced offering a neutral contact, but respecting Soldiers space and pace. At the end of the clinic he began to come out of his shell a little, and started becoming more comfortable around Emily.

Harley - bay Thoroughbred mare, who had been used in riding lessons and ridden mainly english. Harley is very sensitive and smart. She likes her owner, Heather, and after practicing the body language for lunging, Heather was able to work nicely with Harley. But Harley also had to unlearn old patterns, and throughout the clinic was able to learn that there is no more pressure and that while she is with Heather she can relax and be understood.

Sol - 24 year old Icelandic mare, who was used for trails and kids rides. Sol has a motherly side, and tends to just do her work. With her owner Mary Ann, she was able to start communicating again, and quickly responded to the natural body language.

Frankie - 13 year old bay Oldenburg gelding. Frankie has multiple sides - he can be quite conservative and skeptical, and still shows a lot of stallion behaviors. Frankie was a dressage and amateur eventing horse, until he was gifted to his current owner, Carla. Together they have been living based on the Being with horses...philosophy since 2015. Frankie was severely traumatized, but had been able to process a lot of this with Carla already. During the clinic, Frankie now communicates clearly what he likes and doesn't like, and Carla worked on honoring this, and not fixating on him during groundwork, so that he could move more freely. Frankie enjoys both groundwork and riding, and together they started learning leg-yield and changes through the circle.