Conversations with the Horse | Equine Training, Horse Listening, Education, Psychology, Horsemanship, Groundwork, Riding & Dressage for the Equestrian.
By Elaine Heney
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Want to improve your connection and trust with your horse? Enjoy 28 remarkable stories from horsemen and women all over the world who were inspired by the award-winning documentary 'Listening to the Horse', and discover the remarkable events that happened when they began listening to the horse. This book is the perfect inspiration for all horse riders and owners looking to create a strong bond and partnership with their horse.
The 'Listening to the Horse' docu-series that this book is based on, is a seven part documentary that features over 70 of the world's most inspiring horse people, including Steve Halfpenny, Lester Buckley, Jeff Sanders, Mark Rashid, Jim Masterson, Dr. Robert Miller, Eitan Beth-Halachmy, Smokie Brannaman, Elaine Heney, Carolyn Resnick, Warwick Schiller, Guy McLean, Kim Walnes, Karen Rohlf and many more. This docu-series explores equine training, horse listening, education, psychology, horsemanship, groundwork, riding, dressage for the equestrian. It also includes horse care, health and ownership, knowledge of collection, communication, the horse's mind, connection and behaviour information tips.
Elaine Heney is the #1 best-selling author, award-winning film-maker, director of Grey Pony Films, and creator of the 'Listening to the Horse' documentary and author of the Listenology book series. She has helped over 120,000+ horse owners in 113 countries to create awesome relationships with their horses. Elaine lives in Ireland with her horses Ozzie and Matilda. Discover Elaine's series of world renowned online groundwork, riding and training programs at Grey Pony Films.
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Conversations with the Horse | Equine Training, Horse Listening, Education, Psychology, Horsemanship, Groundwork, Riding & Dressage for the Equestrian. - Elaine Heney
Conversations with the Horse
The official book of the award-winning
'Listening to the Horse' documentary, created
by Irish horsewoman & film-maker, Elaine Heney.
Elaine Heney
Conversations with the Horse
Copyright © 2019 by Elaine Heney, Grey Pony Films
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the author.
Published by Grey Pony Films
www.elaineheneybooks.com
Meet Elaine Heney
Elaine Heney is an Irish horsewoman, film producer at Grey Pony Films, #1 best-selling author, and director of the award-winning 'Listening to the Horse™' documentary. She has helped over 120,000+ horse owners in 113 countries to create wonderful relationships with their horses. She lives in Ireland with her horses Ozzie & Matilda.
The Connemara Adventure Series
The Forgotten Horse
The Show Horse
The Mayfield Horse
The Stolen Horse
The Adventure Horse
The Lost Horse
The Coral Cove Series
The Riding School Connemara Pony
The Storm and the Connemara Pony
The Surprise Puppy and the Connemara Pony
Horse Books for Kids
P is for Pony – ABC Alphabet Book for Kids 2+
Listenology for Kids age 7-14
Horse Care, Riding and Training for kids 6-11
Horse Puzzles, Games & Brain Teasers for kids 7-14
Horse Books for Adults
Equine Listenology Guide
Dressage Training for Beginners
The Listenology Guide to Bitless Bridles
Ozzie, the Story of a Young Horse
Conversations with the Horse
Horse Anatomy Coloring Book
Fancy a movie night?
Listening to the Horse is the docu-series created by Elaine Heney. This 7 part award-winning documentary features over 70+ of the world's most inspiring horse people including Mark Rashid, Jim Masterson, Dr. Robert Miller, Jeff Sanders, Steve Halfpenny, Eitan Beth-Halachmy, Lester Buckley, Smokie Brannaman, Elaine Heney, Carolyn Resnick, Warwick Schiller, Guy McLean, Kim Walnes, Dagmar, Julie Goodnight, Karen Rohlf and many more.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
The try and the release
The story of a mounted police officer
Is your name Chester?
Can dressage horses be light and soft?
Too old to be a good rider?
Looking for a retirement home
How do you think the horse feels about that?
Helping Baz to find his try
Could I have been the problem?
Are you asking your horse to go away?
Going back to basics
Could it be due to pain?
Miniature horse adventures
Listening to Pete
The power of the bladder meridian technique
One step at a time
My name is Lucy
Are they lonely?
Considering your horse’s health
Have faith in yourself
Every horse matters
Stabling and health
A 15 Year Old Experiments
Horses understand more than you realise
Lengthen your lower back
Softness, patience and lightness
Lessons learned
Inspiration with Jim, Jeff and Lester
Final thoughts from Elaine
Foreword
Istarted riding aged 6, with the purchase of my first Shetland pony called Breezly. We soon became inseparable. Even though he didn’t move any faster than a walk (he was very economically minded), that was perfect for me. And we spent a lot of time together as great friends.
My fascination with horses was influenced by my Dad. When I was about eight years old, he bought a young horse and over the next three or four years, he would slowly back the horse, then start riding it in the fields, and then take it schooling over the Irish ditches & banks we are famous for.
I remember watching this process at a young age, and comparing it to magic. It looks like something magical, to be able to change a young, inexperienced horse, to a calm, friendly, beautiful mannered riding horse.
From age six the principals I still believe today were put in place. You are always patient with a horse. You always give the horse time to figure things out. You work on things in small incremental steps, and build confidence and relaxation along the way. You never hit a horse, or use aggression. A horse is to be treated with respect and kindness.
As I grew older I saw other people who didn’t quite agree with these principals, so in my late teens and early twenties, I withdrew from competitions and ‘advanced lessons’, because they didn’t align with what my Dad taught me when I was six years old.
After my first job in an office in Dublin, I went back-packing in New Zealand and I found an inspiring horse treks in the Southern Alps. Not only did they share my principles to do no harm, but they rode their horses doing really advanced moves with relaxation, softness and lightness.
My life changed totally. Now I could see what was possible. Since then, I’ve continued to be fascinated by good horsemanship.
After many years of hosting clinics & travelling around the world, I found myself behind a camera on set with Steve Halfpenny, the renowned Australian horseman, working on my first short documentary. This led to my first feature length documentary ‘Soft Feel & Light Horses’, both of which won many film festival awards.
Soon after that, I began work on the Listening to the Horse docu-series. I invited over 70 of the world’s most inspiring horse people to join me in this documentary.
After this documentary premiered online in 2018, to tens of thousands of horse owners, I started to get emails from people all around the world, from the USA & Canada, Europe, to South Africa, Asia, Australia & New Zealand.
In these emails I read the most amazing stories of the lessons they learned from the Listening to the Horse docu-series.
Because these stories were so powerful, I knew they needed to be shared with the world.
This book is the result.
I want to thank everyone who watched the documentary, and a special thanks to those who submitted their stories.
It’s my honor and privilege to call you my friends.
Elaine Heney
www.greyponyfilms.com
The try and the release
Ihave been riding horses for 22 years now and I have owned and cared for horses for 18 years. I have loved horses since the moment my uncle sat me on a pony at the local riding school at the age of 6.
My involvement with horses has morphed and changed over the years. I have gone from the pure adoration of a child to frustration with learning how to ride, riding out racehorses, hunting, starting young horses. I have been through the make the horse do your bidding with a big stick if necessary phase, which I am not so proud of.
When I started breaking young horses I had not had a whole lot of instruction in the matter so I tend to do it in a manner that makes the most sense to me with the least amount of fuss and gadgets possible. In the last few years I have been involved retraining abused ponies which has forced me to research all manner of equine behaviour, natural horsemanship techniques, neuroscience and more esoteric stuff also. I have trained as a craniosacral therapist for both humans and horses.
During the course of this work I have witnessed horses voluntarily involving themselves in helping people to heal trauma and release physical and emotional restrictions. I have witnessed my own horses, who had no previous experience of this type of work barring the craniosacral therapy treatments I have given them, help severely disabled children and their families with their healing process. Because of this I have returned to that sense of awe that I felt for them as a child. They are far more intelligent than we give them credit for. We owe it to them to the best we can to understand them and help them understand what it is we