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The Path of the Horse DVD
Stormy May Productions, 2008
60 minutes - $29.95
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Reviewed by Carol M. Upton:
First published in Horses All:
The next step is up to you. Return to what you know or find a path where you can join in the dance. ~ Stormy May
In this breathtaking documentary, producer Stormy May recounts her unusual search for a more meaningful path of her own. After years of training horses and riders, she began to see “something lost” in the horse during the process. She sought help from six visionaries, people working in the most innovative ways with horses today, and she found more wisdom, evolution and higher consciousness than she could have imagined. The film features Mark Rashid, Carolyn Resnick, Linda Kohanov, Kim McElroy, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling and Alexander Nevzorov.
All of these equestrians use similar principles, achieving astonishing results by focusing on trust and passive leadership, sharing space without agenda, listening more closely to horse language and spirit, and increasing self-understanding, with no coercion or discomfort involved. The possibilities, for both horse and rider, are incredible and may not yet be visible to all.
The Path of the Horse, through carrot rather than riding crop, gently encourages average owners to view their equine friend with fresh eyes. The questions touch our hearts. Are threats of pain acceptable in eliciting desired behavior from any living creature? Will love, praise, affection, and friendship produce better results?
The truth may lie in the dramatic sequence of photographs shown towards the end of the film. These startling photos, taken at a Russian Trail Riding Competition, capture the pain and fear expressed by horses being cued, in what we commonly view as acceptable ways, to perform for that ribbon.
Attitudes and practices in the horse-human partnership are shifting. “The next step” requires new levels of patience, flexibility, and creativity on the part of the horse owner. The outcomes, so clearly demonstrated in Path of the Horse, are magnificent and inspiring. Riding communities will find this a provocative film to view and discuss.
“Celebrating horses in our lives for their past, present
and future service for mankind”.
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Stormy May is a lifelong horsewoman who is able to combine her background in fine art, photography, graphic design and marketing with her passion for the beauty of horses.
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