prey. The way a horse shows to be trusting another individual
is to let the other enter his personal space. Trust is not a
situation fixed in time; it can actually disappear if the other
individual shows a behavior that is not trustworthy, but trust
can also be present and displayed again with evident behavior
as soon as the horse perceives that he can trust the
approaching individual. It is actually possible to decide if a
horse can trust us or not by consciously acting in a manner
that is worth trust or not. Acting upon space and movement
allows us to communicate to the horse that we trust
him, and we better be always aware of this fact, because
when we are with a horse it happens anyway.
Communication is a matter of energy too, just not in a
metaphysical form. Leaving aside feelings and emotions,
which are existing forms of energy but not very handy to instantly
modulate, the definition for kinetic energy is the energy
that objects possess due to their motion, and is equal
to one half times the mass multiplied by velocity squared.
So, if we purposefully modulate our kinetic energy while approaching
a horse, we can choose to look like trust worthy
or not, and actively dialogue with the horse about trust.
The key element to immediately connect with the horse
is to consciously switch the vector of our communication,
from language to behavior, and meaningfully modulate
every part of it in terms of space, time, movement, and
sense perception.
We need to be mindful about what we show as our
behavior, because learning in life never stops. Horses are
able to memorize situations, and we always want to build
positive memories, especially about relationship values
such as trust, and have those support us at all times when
we are with a horse. EE
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