Time to look back on two wonderful weekends in March in Austria and Sweden. Both weekends was a  Rach(a)el’s on tour combination, at which  Rachel Bedingfield lectured on Emotions the Saturday and I would lecture on Calming Signals of horses the Sunday. Thank you to all attendants for the indepth

………..One……….Two………..Smile! Emotions and Calming signals, they do make a wonderful match. Back from a lecture in Manchester where I met so many wonderful people. Loved the questions, open atmosphere and conversations. I am so happy that the knowledge on Emotions and the Calming signals of are finding a place in

“What a privilege to enthuse people on the Calming Signals of horses. Duffel Belgium, were I gave a lecture last Sunday was no exception.  The attendants were involved, asking questions. And during breaks there was time to get to know some people attending. Many thanks to organiser Inge Teblick and

  A royal award: the King’s medal of Exceptional Merit in Norway from H.M. King Harald for my teacher Turid Rugaas. To honour her work and dedication to dogs over the past 40 years. It is so well deserved! So many years of hard work and dedication to better the

  “While treating horses, I see many body signals. Due to the insights I gained at the Calming Signals Seminar, I am better able to interpret these signals. During a treatment, a horse responds in various ways, showing me which areas are painful or create stress. Now, even more so

Good news! The first print of my book has been sold out in 6 weeks. I am very happy that the calming signals of horses are so well received. However it does ask some patience from the people who have ordered a book and are still awaiting the delivery or

The 21th of January I will be giving a lecture in Duffel, Belgium. The spoken language is Dutch. I am looking forward to it. Meeting new people, interacting. Also with organiser Inge Teblick, who herself wrote a special book “Denkwerk, of waarom paarden van leertheorie houden” that I hope will

Do you want to know more about my study on language signs, calming signals, communication ladders and read background information and various tips. My book is available. You can order by opening this message and tap at CRC Press. Or order it at various bookstores and webstores in your own

Analysing 220 films image after image of over 40 domesticated horses while interacting with humans, has not only lead to studying calming signals, but also to the making of several communication ladders. These ladders show different tension levels and accompanying signals and features of how a horse may respond to