Allen Guisinger, Christina Pivarnik, Andrew Shier

Spirit of the Horse

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"When you're working with a horse, you're in a flow; it's all energy. It's all about proximity and body language...and how you read your horse, adjusting yourself relative to that. Then it's a phenomenal flow and that's a great blessing."

By Christina Pivarnik, Allen Guisinger and Andrew Shier
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Christina Pivarnik: It’s always lovely to be together. Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening! Andrew, Allen and I welcome all of you. We’ve been having a great time preparing for this hour together. To begin, we’d like to share some videos with you. 

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Excerpt of Uranda’s August 5, 1953 class

It’s quite a privilege to have Uranda introduce our time together today! I’m sure we all sense his vibrant spirit with us in this moment. This was an excerpt from a class given on August 5, 1953, entitled, “The Way to Serve—Horse Training.” He used the analogy of training a horse to working with those awakening, emphasizing trust, patience, and confidence. And in his last point, he stressed letting love cast out all fear. Love is always the answer, with both horses and people. 

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