Dancing with Horses: The Art of Body Language

It is an excellent tool but you need to have the book also because it does not describe the steps one by one. But you see the training in action and can study the excact posture of the body and actually see some of the reactions by horses and humans, which I think is, if not essential, the least exctremely helpful, in order to do what is described in the book "Dancing with horses".

As an equestrian who seeks to continue to broaden my knowledge of the relationship between horse and human I found the content to be lovely to watch but not enough information was provided. I was anticipating more examples of how Mr Hempfling goes about his training. I do believe Mr Hempfling has something to offer the equine community, but it seems he is keeping a lot of the "how to's" to himself. Maybe there is more information in his follow up books and videos, but after viewing the Dancing with Horses video I am cautious about spending more money to find out.

I really like this book, however, it is not as "how to" as a person might want. It really helps to already be familiar with the methods of Tom Dorrance or Ray Hunt then this will make more sense. However, I give five starts for what it is. It does require some thought and study, and shedding some old practices.

This book approaches the topic from a very personal, fundamental, baseline and requires that the reader step back from the modern, mechanical, approach to understanding these wonderful creatures. All great horsemen reach a spiritual understanding of horses and through that discovery achieve the deepest levels of communication. Here, as in many aspects of life, less is definitely more.

I purchased this item based on the feedback -- feedback from others is a useful tool. I was looking for a HOW TO program, but instead received a 60 minute infomercial on Hempfling's work with horses. This should have been free. So, if you are looking for a HOW TO, this is not for you. If you want to pay $30 plus for a promo on horse instruction, this is as good as any others.

It was beautifully done, but it is not instructive in how to get the same results for yourself and your horse.Nancy

I expected to learn how Mr. Hempfling did to reach such respect from horses, specially from stallions. The DVD contains some beautiful images but very few instructions on how to do. That's what really frustrated me.

Klaus gets the point across about the handler/trainer/rider needing to be grounded and balanced mentally and spiritually That is how humans can best relate to horses to gain their trust.

Actually all and even more of Klaus which is in this video you can find in internet for free.I expected rather some practicall excerses reffering to the book (there are series of fotos which could be with grate increase of value replaced by short videos)Might be of interest only for somebody completely fresh to natural horesmanship who wants to see short intro to the suject.

Very interesting

Brilliant!

Ein toller Einblick in eine ganz andere und wie ich meine bessere Art, mit Pferden umzugehen.Leider war die DVD-Hülle zerbrochen, als sie hier ankam. Aber die DVD selbst war i.O.

Seemed to be more about him and not his training methods