The common saying is the comfort zone is only growing when you are uncomfortable.Ī student asked me the other day if she should take it personally that some days her horse didn’t seem at all interested in doing things with her when she came to see him. Most of us who aspire to be horse trainers think this is what horse training is. Most of us horse trainers are taught to find those things and then work them out. When the horse says I won’t do that, I can’t do that, I don’t feel like doing that. In this blog post I want to talk about Intolerance – those things the horse says NO to.
There are of course the learning stages of tolerance and acceptance that need to be worked through on the way to joy, and that is what I study and teach in Freedom Based Training. I am sure by now you have figured out I am not really talking about a plastic red button on an otherwise empty wall I am speaking as I often do, metaphorically.Īs I work with a horse, I am working to develop our comfort zones so that we will have more and more things we can do together that bring us joy. Or sometimes, even when you do know what that button does… you have to push it anyway, simply because nothing else is happening at the moment and something happening would feel more productive than nothing happening. When there is a button there and you are not sure what it does, don’t you just want to push it and find out? Now there are some personality types for whom this is not an issue, but for me this is a lifelong dilemma. What would happen if you pushed it? You know you shouldn’t, it doesn’t belong to you, but the curiosity flares every time you see it.
It is right there – red, shiny, catches your attention. To discover how far Equestrian Art can be developed solely using body language. Horses from many walks of life, communication through body language, tools used only for safety, never to train.
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