HorseSense first began in 2010, with 3 wonderful horses that retired from conventional ridden work into supporting people from the ground to understand themselves and the world around them better. Horses have been shaping my life since birth, teaching me respect, accountability, non-verbal communication and to be kind to myself. By the time I had discovered that sharing this with others was a job I could train in, I was signed up and on a course getting my first qualification

The horse: human bond is an interesting one. Communication is through body language, not through a verbal language and each species has different needs and priorities. Long ago I learnt that any kind of success with horses required there to be a way of communicating. I needed to know when they were injured and unwell. They already knew me, because reading other beings is their primary language. They however also (in my experience) learn our word-based language, just as we mus

A recent social media post by Warwick Schiller, a horse trainer I highly respect, spoke about reasons why horses say "no". My herd...

Sometimes when people come to us they find it a lot more difficult to win over the horses trust, respect and collaboration than they were...

Horses aren't the only animals to teach us non-verbal communication! This is Amy. Amy is 16 and has been with us for 12 years; long...