About a year ago I took a three-day workshop with Margrit Coates. The reason for the workshop was to learn to understand about being in contact with horses and how this actually works.
I already knew the feeling about having contact with horses; now however it was a total involvement and I got a clear vision of what was really happening.
After the workshop I started to use what I learned; every time after riding or after a coaching session with a client using a horse I take the time to place my hands on the horse and to thank it for its efforts.
The experience is a bit different every time; sometimes it takes a bit longer than at other times, sometimes it is more intense, but it always feels good. The horses become more relaxed, and I have come to see it as a good closure, my present to these special animals that give me so much and that we can learn from so much.
Book
Title: Healing for Horses
Author: Margrit Coates
ISBN: 9780712601382
This book describes in a clear no-nonsense way what healing is for horses, why horses need it and how you can get started with it yourself. In addition, there are practical cases in which I have learned a lot.
For me it was an eye-opener that when I put my hands on the horse, in a loving way, without expecting or expecting anything from the horse, I can never hurt the horse.