You’ve gotta love an episode that starts with a confession!
Toda’ys interview with Master of Horsecraft Don Healey ended with an unexpected bit of serendipity that gave me chills. On the way to interview Don, I pulled over on the side of the road in my little VW Bug Mable to settle my nerves, and went Live on Facebook to deal with them out loud, in hopes of dispelling a few myths and helping others. I have started out today’s episode with that clip, and you can see how it ties into Don’s last piece of advice - a real gem that he shares with us at the end of our time together.
In today’s episode, you’ll hear us talk about:
* How Don came to live by the motto “Go slow, to move fast”.
* A common thread Don believes all great horsecraft practitioners share
* The importance of being able to read a horse’s body language
* A tip Don shares to learn how to read your horse’s body language
* Timing, feel and the importance of ‘letting go’
* A tip to get your horse really ‘light’
Quotes by Don Healy:
“You can’t be brave if you’re not scared.”
“There had to be a better way. Because the horses were so afraid. (…) So I started slowing everything down, and I found that slow was good. I’ve been criticized for taking too much time, but at the end of 3 months with a horse, I’ll be further along than the old conventional way that we used to do it, and you have a better horse.”
“You can’t get the second step, until you get the first step.”
“I learn something every day with these guys. They'll all teach ‘ya somethin’. And if anybody says they know everything about horses, just walk away real quick!”
Pre-interview, Don and I shared a conversation about HeartMath, The Silva method, anxiety, and the importance of mindset and being in a calm, centered place to work with horses. If you have any questions and would like us to have a conversation about how the Silva method or HeartMath might help YOU, please let me know!
Take a chance,
Paige Lockton
P.S. ANYTHING is possible!
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