Hästens själ - Från första mötet till vänner för livet

by Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling

Klaus Ferdinand Hempflings första bok Dansa med hästar tog världen med storm. Nu får vi veta hemligheten bakom hans arbete. Här lär han ut hur du förstår din häst, hur du fördjupar relationen och skapar varaktig vänskap.

Hempfling har utarbetat ett system med 26 hästkaraktärer, som hjälper dig- både som ryttare och skötare - att se hästens förmågor och begränsningar. Han berättar vad som utmärker de olika karaktärstyperna, och vilka människor och hästar som passar ihop.

Hans hjärtefråga är konsten att snabbt kunna bedöma en hästs personlighet. På kort tid har han hästen “i sin hand” och arbetet kan börja med att skola in den - försiktigt, omsorgsfullt och med respekt.

I den här boken tar han upp olika aspekter på hästarnas liv, som han menar försummats. Han sätter fokus på frågor som allt fler hästmänniskor önskar få svar på:
-Hur kan jag verkligen se min häst?
- Hur kan jag hjälpa min häst komma vidare?
- Hur kan vi bli vänner för livet?

Hempflings livsfilosofi är att om du förstår din häst rätt, får såväl du som din häst ett bättre liv.

Genres: Horses, Nonfiction, Animals

204 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2003

About the author

Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling is a globally recognized coach, consultant, and bestselling author—renowned for his expertise in the fields of personal, professional, and social development, as well as holistic enhancement and renewal of coherent expression and perception experiences. With a background in engineering and communication sciences and decades of anthropological studies, the author draws on his vast perspectives regarding general human interactions and authentic, holistic forms of a genuinely positive and fulfilling way of life. As a globally recognized consultant, mediator, and troubleshooter, his reach on social networks has now grown to tens of millions. Although it represents only a smaller aspect of his many activities, KFH also became globally known for his unique, revolutionary, completely peaceful approach to working with horses—where he refers to the primal principles of non-verbal communication in terms of personal character and holistic growth. By helping people continuously develop their heightened awareness of body, senses, and mind, his approach is fundamentally different from other well-known systems. His childhood in the seclusion of the forests of his homeland gave KFH, as an author, a unique life perspective, enabling him today to articulate the subtleties of human experiences and the natural world with rare clarity. Born in Germany, the author has lived in Denmark for the past two decades, where he also runs his consulting organization.

Reviews

[Gingerbeet · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Personality typing for horses"

A bit gimicky, but then I'm also skeptical of personality typing for people too. This book has a lot of beautiful pictures and does provide a starting point for understanding Hempfling's approach to horses (which is quite compatible with my own).

As with all frameworks, there is a tendancy to want to make an individual fit into a box and once that happens, there is a tendency to funnel your observations and experiences through the lens you've just created.

Proceed with caution: Jung founded personality typing for people and prefixed it with a note that he could have described hundreds of discrete personality types, not just the 15 you hear thrown around today. Same thing here. This book will be most valuable to you if you use it as another piece in the toolkit and think of the 'types' as more like moods, i.e. transient in nature. This book will be least valuable if you go through the checklist, try to make a classification of your animal and then proceed on the assumption that the box you've placed him in is correct.


As always, remain present with your mind and aware of your own agendas and motivations as they impact your horses.

[Thomas Stroemquist · Rating 4 out of 5]

26 possible personality types for horses? No, I do not believe this hypothesis to be true, but I sure enjoyed Hempfling's arguments for it. And either way, he's someone I'd trust with horses, so he gets to come up with and argue ideas as much as he likes as far as I'm concerned.

[Randine · Rating 4 out of 5]

So much information - i am sorry to say I have a prejudice against Hempfling (even though I completely admire him) because he basically says that Quarter horses are deformed and their personalities are to be pitied. BUT! He knows horses and his personality break down is terribly interesting.