You will find Hempflings way described in the books 'Dancing with Horses' and 'What Horses Reveal'.
http://www.hempfling.com/
Experience Klaus live - Next Dates:
DENMARK: September 2011
This video describes important parts of the fundamental work of the horse therapist Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling. For a better and correct understanding and to avoid misunderstandings, it is important to connect the shown video with his background, which we are adding in the following lines:
Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling continues shaking up equestrians all over the world, with response in all fields like natural horsemanship, horse whispering, classical and freestyle dressage, equestrian sports, western riding, endurance and eventing. He is at the forefront of new ideas on working and interacting with horses and is known for amazing groundwork with breeding stallions, considering their special potential and necessities. He considers the horse's psyche and communicates via body language with these beautiful creatures. His first book, 'Dancing with Horses' met with overwhelming international success, especially in pleasure riding and natural riding.
One of the newest publications with huge impact is The Path of The Horse by Stormy May http://www.thepathofthehorse.com/Home.html, where Hempfling is portrayed.
One of his specialities is the work with difficult horses - he transforms dangerous, nervous, traumatized horses into cooperative companions. They recognize him as their leader, and become willing partners in groundwork and under saddle.
With a handful of known names like Monty Roberts and Pat Parelli, KFH is influencing the natural equine handling at top level.
A number of main articles on his horse work have recently been published in Horses For Life http://www.horsesforlife.com.
Very important for Hempfling is in general to interact in all field as long as the activities accord to the horses nature. He is therefore also training and coaching horse-people from fields like show jumping, baroque and artistic dressage, driving, racing, working equitation, doma vaquera and garotcha.
KFH also talks about issues like join-up, round pen, bullfight with horses (rejoneador de toro, toreros), and barefoot riding, natural hoof care, bareback riding, rein-less and bridle-less riding. His own riding system Balanced Weight Riding starts with thorough groundwork and lunging at liberty, building up the potential for the exercises of the High School Dressage (Haute Ecole), like shoulder-in, Spanish walk, passage, piaffe, half-pass, flying change, which all origin in the horses natural movements and may be performed at completely loose reins, in contrast to English dressage (represented by names like Helgstrand and Grunsven), and the conventional classical dressage (represented at Cadre Noir, the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Escola Portuguesa de Arte Equestre and the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art).
Genetic changing in breeding, horse characters and horse types are also topics in KFHs repertoire, which he employs with all horses (What Horses Reveal). You will often find him with horses of baroque breeds like Lusitano, Pura Raza Española horses (PRE), and Friesian but he is also very attached to the natural horse types like Arabian, Criollo, Welsh Cob, Haflinger, Icelandic and Connemara. His approach is valid for all horses and everyone may feel at home in these authentic basics of Equus. In his courses therefore also riders and breeders from totally different styles are learning how to gain the friendship of their horses, often associated with breeds like Quarter, Thoroughbred, Pinto, Irish Cob, Paso Fino and other horse types.
One may say that he is meanwhile one of the leading names in the issue animal and especially horse welfare, as well as wildlife, roots in nature and animal communication.
Hempflings professional background is in the fields communication, art, theatre, music, study of native people and cultures. He lives on a small island in the Danish Archipelago where he conducts exclusive courses for people from all corners of the world.
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This is inspiration. It wil change your life. Forever.
flowerpowermeid 2 months ago
what a beautiful man , he takes my breath away he has a gift
mrtorino351 4 months ago
Time is what most people don't have. They don't turn their priorities around so they can focus, myself included. Yes, Hempfling is probably a "starseed". There are a few good people out there who have forsaken all else in order to open the lines of communication between horses and people. For anyone who sees this and becomes inspired to try, at least your hearts are in the right place. Go for it to the best of your abilities and desires!
swiftsophisticate 6 months ago
Hempling, Reis, Palm, Podhajsky, Swift and all the other greats. They are not aliens nor magical beings they simply take the TIME to understand the horses needs, wishes and desires and LEARN to communicate by listening rather then speaking all the time (verbal and movement) HIs insteruciions along wiht Dennis Reis are some of the best currently avalible but you have to LISTEN to them. its a long term lerning and teaching systemt YOU need to step back aand take the TIME , GROUND WORK NOT RIDING
Race62hud 8 months ago
I'm glad that he warns not to try this bridleless riding yourself, especially on the trail. I had a mare that was so sensitive to me that she would respond to my thoughts. Before the thought was fully formed she would be obeying it. 99.99% of the time she would do exactly what I wanted her to do, and in the most uncanny way, like we were one being. I got in the habit of riding her with a halter and leadrope, even on the trail. And then one day it happened and she bolted with me and I bailed off.
smkhaury 1 year ago
I have ridden my whole life, have a great rep for redeeming ruined horses, and I don't even qualify to shine this guy's shoes.
Please, please...someone please admit this man is really an alien, so I don't feel so humble when watching him...
nameofthepen 1 year ago
@edlovehorses most dressage horses are ridden with bits and horrible head tacks, ofc they aren't free. They are just doing what their rider tells them to or otherwise the tack or whip will hurt them, sure, were not talking about killing them but that stuff still hurts them. A horse which is ridden whitout tack, whitout those forcement of pain...they are simply free because they are doing everything by their free will whitout getting hurt.
BuckskinRat 1 year ago
Oh, so dresage makes it so they aren't free? Yeah, some dressage riders make horses lifes miserable and do hyperflexion but that doesn't mean all dressage horses hate their jobs. If they still get loved and turned out than they should be happy. Of course any horse that gets ridden isn't "free" but that doesn't mean that they can't be happy.
edlovehorses 1 year ago
Hempfling is amazing.. but I honestly don't think than everyone can just learn what he can. I've seen him train with horses once and his body language.. there's no words.
He has a gift.
StreetLolita 1 year ago
@TheGrandDuchessE It's extremely difficult. Horses, who can feel a fly land on them, can detect your slightest vibrations, even if you're not touching him. Same goes for emotions and feelings, and they will find your weaknesses and exploit them. I do parelli atm because it's what is available to me, but there's something missing.
H0useMouse 1 year ago