Taktur

This is a childhood dream come true! I now have a sleigh for my horse. This sleigh is about 100 years old and was renovated by my father last year. This model was very popular in Nor...

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Maridalen, Oslo. Beautiful view to the north. Branntomta - Fagervann - Båhus

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2013/02/winter-in-oslo.html

Bø Turlag The highest peak in Bø, where I grew up is Jøronnatten. The top is 1275 meters above sea level. I don`t recommend anyone to take their horses here, unless they are small and...

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2012/07/mountain-trip-jronnatten-1275-meters.html

Taktur has arrived on the autumn pasture: And I will miss him!

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2011/08/autumn-haze-trot.html

I started driving with Taktur more than 10 years ago. Last year I invested in a new carriage and harness. As Taktur is getting older I find it very nice to train him more and more without sittin...

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2011/08/carriage-driving.html

I look at my horse, and I just think he looks more beautiful than ever. He is certainly getting older, and I am starting to adjust training and feeding as far as my knowledge goes. We have be...

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2011/08/taktur-running-free-and-looking-good.html

Glirtna and Jarl are bouth from Iceland, and belongs to my friends, Elisabeth and Ann Kristin. Their training has been mostly groundwork without riders and light riding in on the roads and nature...

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The past week I found some inspiration to train dressage. Taktur has been lovely to work with, and is always improving. It is challenging to ride dressage on a Icelandic h...

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2011/07/dressage-summer-2011.html

Today it is 20 years since this little wonderful Icelandic horse was born. Countless times have I looked at him thinking that he most be the most beautiful horse in the world. I so much appr...

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2011/05/taktur-20-years-old.html

My horse is spending the winter in Dreamvalley. I went to visit him, and got to feel the magic of the mountains from his back. The pictures where taken by Live Bonnevie; hesteneskla...

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2011/01/riding-in-dreamvalley.html

When I ride my horse like this, there is a long story behind it. The sad story of young and "difficult" Taktur belongs to those who already know it. I just want you to know that it is not th...

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2010/09/ride-with-love.html

Trough dressage we can train the horse more elastic and strong. The horse will then become healthier and better prepared for the riders weight. Participants, assitants and teachers In Jul...

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When the lesson is done, how does your horse feel? As most of riders have learned, positive feedback is very important for the horse`s motivation. I always praise my horse and feel proud of his ...

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2010/06/make-horse-feel-like-sucsess.html

Ahhhh. I just love to be a part of this team, Taktur and I:

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2010/04/joy-of-riding-my-horse.html

The novel Hestenes Klan (Clan of the Horses) is written by my dear friend Live Bonnevie. In this book she gives us a fantastic story about relationship to horses and life itself. After reading t...

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2010/03/short-film-on-horses-and-women.html

Last weekend I was leading a two day workshop in Telemark, Norway with eight wonderful women and some very nice horses. We spent the mornings indoors with meditation and exercises to get the calm...

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2010/03/deeper-connection-with-horses-weekend.html

Klaus`s work with horses and his reflections has been a great inspiration for me. I feel lucky that I have had several opportunities to watch him work with horses. This is a new collage of old cl...

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2010/02/klaus-ferdinad-hempfling-what-is-it-all.html

This connection is comming out of an 11 year long relationship between Taktur and me, and many deep changes inside me. Riding in the forest like this gives me the feeling that if life ended if ...

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2009/12/unbridled-love.html

This film was taken on a long ride in the darkening Norwegian forest. The moon was full and clear. Happy and safe on the back of my dear Icelandic horse, no bridle, no saddle, just a free, ...

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2009/11/night-riding.html

Experience of presence with a horse is a wonderful practice. This kind of practices has been an important preparation for the transition to ride bridle-less with my horse. When the deep connec...

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2009/10/meditation-with-my-horse.html

One September weekend we visited my friend Tina, and 11 natural living Icelandic horses in the mountains. I got to ride an amazingly sensitive and cooperative gelding, Sindri. I am always happy...

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I had the privilege to take the first part of this clinic series and meet Sherry Ackerman in her home at Mount Shasta. Mount Shasta is located in northern California, and this volcano mountain ...

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2009/09/dressage-in-fourth-dimension-expirience.html

I love my subscription to the web-magazine Horses for Life. I have looked at it many times, but some weeks ago I decided to actually pay to get full access to all the back issues. It is just ...

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Taktur and I have spent 11 years together. Hour after hour, day after day we have been communicating in a non-verbal way, learning with each other. This morning I tried to verbalize my true i...

http://taktur.blogspot.com/2009/08/manifest-to-my-horse-expressing-my.html