KF Hempfling described

Hertha · KF Hempfling described

I'm hoping it is okay to pass this on to more readers. It comes from the KF Hempfling Australian website [http://hempfling.com.au] where they ran a competition for a description of how Hempfling is different to other 'horse trainers'.

I thought it made some interesting points.

Written by Margaret Pickering

"In order to define the profound difference between Klaus and other horse trainers, one could first look at the similarities between the two. Both take physical action with the horse. Both use apparently similar equipment and at first glance many of the exercises used by both and their aims look similar. But the most fundamental similarity is that both Klaus and any other trainer are working with the same universal laws, often called karma, cause and effect, law of attraction and so on.
The profound difference between Klaus and a horse trainer then is in the individual's degree of concious knowledge of and alignment with those universal forces.

The horse (as with all of life) is an inescapable and accurate reflection of those interacting with him in any given moment. With this in mind, in order to determine a specific outcome with a horse it makes sense to pay very close attention to the action causing that outcome.

Having aligned himself with 'life' and its laws, Klaus comes to the horse free from ego, fear, anger or the need for the horse to validate or compensate for him, all of which would inevitably cause a 'negative' reaction in the horse. He therefore acts with a clean slate so to speak, trusting, completely open to and able to recognise and work with simply what is here and what is necessary in the moment, rather than with preconceived ideas of what could or "should' be. From this expanded level of clarity and awareness he is able to create a very specific and powerful influence through very subtle and precise action, ('action' being defined even as thought or intention as well as physical movements etc), thereby producing maximum results with minimum effort and without ever having to go against the horse in any way.

In this kind of interaction the horse is released from the burden of human agendas and expectations to simply be who he is at the most expanded level possible, and from this place he acts from his natural desire to be with and co-operate with such an authentic leader. Once this basis of communication is established, from a spectator's viewpoint the difference becomes very obvious, as it becomes clear that no training or methods as such are necessary and the horse, knowing that he is better off being with such a human, chooses freely to be with the human rather than the human capturing and subduing the horse.

Of course this is very different from what we routinely see in human-horse relationships. The great majority of trainers do not explore their relationship with themselves and with life, and approach the horse from a need to be validated or completed by the horse and often with much fear due to the lack of connection with their own true nature. This attitude sometimes shows itself in overt domination and brutality, or very often in subtle and unconscious ways hidden under the best of intentions, but the horse will always reflect the total state of whoever is with him rather than what the trainer would like to show to the world about himself. The horse is incapable of covering for a human and so will always reveal the state of the human he finds himself with.

These trainers, operating under the same universal laws as Klaus but in an unconscious and muddied way, succeed in setting up a situation where the horse has no option but to behave in ways we call 'difficult', tense or they physically break down. The trainer looks outside himself to the horse for the cause instead of inside himself to what the horse is reflecting, and blames the horse for obstructing him in his goals. Because of this mistake in perception training methods of all types are employed to correct the apparent 'problem' and can easily be justified by the trainer since he has no awareness of himself as the creator of the situation.

The difference between Klaus and other horse trainers is perhaps then best defined by what he does NOT bring to the situation with a horse, and how he is then free alongside the horse, knowing the truth about himself and life, to align further with natural law to experience and expand in the energy of life, instead of trying to control and manipulate it."

Sunny

Thisis really nice, Hertha. I have his DVD and would really like to meet him one day. Has anyone here seen him in person?

Sunny

I'm a member of the KH site and though some folks here would like to join us:

Should we move this to the "Spirit of the Horse" Thread?

appellativo

I love this description of KFH.

And have y'all seen the 'stallions' youtube??? I LOVE it!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhNXt_c2nXw

Sunny

Here's some more Klaus for you....

1001 Solutions

http://hempfling.com.au/about-kfh/256-1001-solutions.html

With or Without Reins

http://hempfling.com.au/about-kfh/255-with-or-without-reins.html

alexwein

Thanks, Hertha, for the post. If this is true about him, then he is my kind of teacher. And I think it makes his 'method' more unaccessible, since few of us are self aware enough, or far enough long even if we are, to approach horses with this kind of freedom. I have moments where I feel this, then there are others where my 'ego' gets in the way.

I love this way of being in the world, much less with horses!

" The horse is incapable of covering for a human and so will always reveal the state of the human he finds himself with.

These trainers, operating under the same universal laws as Klaus but in an unconscious and muddied way, succeed in setting up a situation where the horse has no option but to behave in ways we call 'difficult', tense or they physically break down. The trainer looks outside himself to the horse for the cause instead of inside himself to what the horse is reflecting, and blames the horse for obstructing him in his goals. Because of this mistake in perception training methods of all types are employed to correct the apparent 'problem' and can easily be justified by the trainer since he has no awareness of himself as the creator of the situation."

Beautifully said!!

Hertha

I enjoyed those articles, SavvyLearner. Thanks.

The one about using reins is very interesting.

Who said that "the reins belong to the horse"?

It is so true and sadly many people think the reins belong to themselves.