March 2009 – The Horses at Alderlore Present

The King

Posted on March 16, 2009March 16, 2009 by bonnittaroy

ChoCho

I want to introduce the character type The King Everyone agrees this is who I am. You can see how much I resemble the figure in Klaus Hempfling’s book that epitomizes The King.

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And here is a photo from the book, and below one of me working out.

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Here is what Klaus Hempfling writes about The King in his book What Horses Reveal

The nature

The King is uncomplicated in his nature. Hardly anything unnerves him. He is tougher than the Minister and not quite as sensitive. He is one of the three types of horses that as a rule are very well suited to High School levels of training.

Spontaneous associations with the King

… the King is an outstandingly good horse, often a sort of icon. He is uncomplicated, clear, powerful, honest, practical, loyal, noble and ‘discreet’ in his nature. This horse enjoys good health, he is quiet because of inner strength, grounded, spirited, and very alert in character, and he usually has a solid compact conformation.

Which person suits the King?

This is no beginner’s horse: he must and will scale the highest heights, and so he is a horse for an experienced horseperson who wants to achieve mastery of himself and with his horse. If this is not offered to the King, then depression, sorrow and grieving for unused and dormant talent will ensue.

The King is a horse for mature human beings. And if such a horse and a mature, experienced, enlightened horseperson meet, few words and aids are needed, and there is no fuss. They are as one from the very beginning, full of respect and modest self-awareness.

In bad or unpracticed hands, this horse will quickly become brutal. He does not become sad but merely atrophies, which results in a sort of unemotional and unmerciful aggression. Then a horse of this type, particularly a stallion, can become a killer: he reacts without any pity, and the consistency that this horse offers his humans in positive ways is then employed in battle against them. This is merely the other side of the same coin. In work and in daily relationship these horses are open and honest. You must always be able to give them answers to their questions.

The Colors of Dawn

Posted on March 15, 2009May 9, 2009 by bonnittaroy

Here is an energy color field I did today of Dawn. It shows her energy in orientation to a person.

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And here it is digitally edited to get the right “feel”

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Khemancho’s Session

Posted on March 15, 2009March 15, 2009 by bonnittaroy

Here is another session with Khemancho. The song is “When You Have to Say Farewell”.

Remington’s Session

Posted on March 15, 2009March 15, 2009 by bonnittaroy

I am interested in peoples’ interpretation of some of what I view as healing sessions here at Alderlore. I am constantly struck by the range of emotions and depth of engagement the horses offer. Here is a session of Remington’ s Broken Hallelujah

The Color Field of A Horse

Posted on March 9, 2009May 9, 2009 by bonnittaroy

When I am feeling intimate with my horses, one of the meditative exercises I like to do is to color their energy field at that moment. This exercise is a way to practice feeling into the energy and working intuitively with the Spirit of the Horse as it moves in vibrant and oftentimes brilliant fields of energy. We talk alot in our workshops about energy having a certain shape– more precisely, it is the movement and flow of the fields that together combine to give us a sense of shape, just like the movement of the electron in the atoms are responsible for giving us the impression that a table is a solid object, albeit physics tells us that it is made of atoms that are themselves mostly “empty” space.

Here is a coloring I did of ‘Jhana recently

colorjhana It helped remind me of what a remarkable being she is, the strength of her intention, her HUGE heart, the way she inhabits space through a loyal and dependable presence, the lightness of her back end, the power through her loins, and her rootedness in the earth, especially true to green of germination, renewal and spring.

Through digital technology, I can get the image closer to the feeling of her energy field:

jhanaenergy

Running in the Snow

Posted on March 3, 2009May 9, 2009 by bonnittaroy

The first week of March and spring is just around the corner — but 14 inches of snow awaited us in the morning. The horses love to run in the fresh snow, fueled in particular by the morgan Dawn, who bucks and rears and chases them around, and who, in the end, takes all the credits.

Month: March 2009