International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 57 | Page 45

Kathy Pike is the founder of The Academy for Coaching with Horses. Dedicated to helping others realize their full potential through reconnecting their spirits to nature and horses. thought pattern, you move on. In short, horses heal. Horses are your teachers and they want you to learn. You need to be open and listen. You will hear the questions they ask you, and if that sounds crazy let me tell you, the questions that pop into your head when you are with a horse are not by accident and they will have profound meaning. You just have to be ready to hear the question and think about the answer. The smell of a horse’s neck can bring the most amazing clarity to any situation. You cannot pick a horse to teach you, your teacher will find you. Each horse will have their own special skills and you have to allow them to connect with you. If you are ever lucky enough, and you can make this a reality with Kathy, to stand among a herd of horses and just be still and be, you will soon discover which horse is ready to connect with you. I have seen, many times, people standing with their arms folded, protected, complaining that no horses are coming to them and after explaining their body language, the message they are giving and encouraging them to open their arms, shake away the tension and relax, I see their faces turn to smiles as their teacher moves forwards. Kathy offers various options for connecting with Horse: You cannot hide your emotions Personal Growth Programs from a horse, you cannot pretend. They see so deeply into you that at Combining life coaching times it can be almost unnerving. techniques along with horses, you You can be working around horses can develop and nurture your own with all kinds of things going on natural and basic instincts. A horse in your mind and then suddenly survives on its instincts and by you are aware of being watched. becoming a part of the herd you When you look up you see one of can learn to do the same. Horses the herd looking directly at you. understand body language and They feel, they see. They make are finely tuned to the energies of you stop in your tracks, you then others. This combined with their question what it is you are thinking highly valued social structure is about and then, like magic, you that which keeps them safe and find solutions. You change your works very well with humans too. www.internationallifestylemagazine.com