Mindfulness and Personal Space with Horses (Educational Leave, including Lodging and Full Board)

Developing a sense of presence. Recognizing your own boundaries. Engaging with confidence.

As soon as we interact with other people, the question of personal space arises. Whether in a professional setting, with family, or among friends: How we perceive and shape our own space—and how we respect the space of others—influences communication, collaboration, and relationships.

In this course, you’ll learn to be more aware of your personal space and to shape it peacefully and confidently through a clear sense of presence. Working with horses and the Alexander Technique will help you bring unconscious patterns to light and use your physical and mental posture more consciously. This creates greater freedom to act appropriately and individually in different situations, rather than automatically falling back on familiar behavioral patterns.

What you’ll take away:

- a more conscious sense of your own personal space
- greater presence and confidence when interacting with others
- the ability to recognize unconscious patterns and consciously change them
- new possibilities for clear and respectful communication

Horses as Mirrors:

Horses react immediately and without judgment to the body language and aura of the person they’re interacting with. This allows them to reveal the signals we unconsciously send out and how our inner attitude influences the people around us.

Personal Space & Communication:

You’ll learn how important mutual respect for personal boundaries is for successful communication and collaboration. This also involves becoming aware of your own needs, boundaries, and options for action.

Alexander Technique:

The Alexander Technique, developed by F. M. Alexander, helps you become more aware of yourself and your habitual patterns. Through individual sessions and group activities, you’ll learn or deepen your understanding of a conscious “use of the self” and develop a more natural and flexible presence.

Presence Under Stress:

Especially when under stress or driven by a strong desire to achieve a goal, we often fall back on habitual patterns. The Alexander Technique offers you a method to become more aware of these patterns and to act more flexibly and appropriately, even in challenging situations.

Additional Activities After the Course:

The educational leave program is designed so that additional riding lessons can be booked outside of the seminar. Your level of riding experience does not matter. Beginners, those returning to riding with basic knowledge, and advanced riders are all welcome.

Previous experience with horses is not required to participate.