Meeting with Pasat, why "you have to" kills "I want to"
For Ewa Murach, a Horse Assisted facilitator, the owner of Siedlisko Niebieski Szczur and her wonderful horses with thanks for creating space, where miracles happen. This summer I had an opportunity to work with a beautiful bay horse, Pasat. I could even try to work with a horse from the ground for the first time. However, unlike other horses, Pasat behaved as if he was thinking “I’ll do what she wants and she’ll leave me alone”. It was difficult to spark any energy and he wasn’t eager to do anything new. He seemed not to understand what I want from him and what for. It turned out that Pasat had been trained for dressage for 15 years. He has been staying with a free herd for a year, but a year was not enough to change him. Ewa, the herd’s owner, said Pasats’ heart is closed. He could only play back what he had been taught. I thought of many of my students. I’ve been wondering for some time why it has been so difficult to engage them in anything new, not to mention extracurricular activ