Nevzorov Haute Ecole – A Horse Leads Me to Water

More NHE Links to the Human-Horse Relationship as Spiritual Practice

Tractate on a School Mount by Alexander Nevzorov is ostensibly about the correct posture and position, and purpose of a human who decides to sit astride a horse. We are directed to the science of physiology and myology of the horse to clarify the horse’s physical experience under a rider. It dictates that it is the responsibility of the Nevzorov School student to master this science thoroughly, as well as to know why, if at all, one might seat oneself on the back of a horse. (It should be noted that NHE abolished any mounted work as part of the School in 2010) A student of the School embarks on understanding the horse precisely, as an exact science, in order […]

Focusing on the Spiritual Essence of Nevzorov Haute Ecole

Image: Stallion Kaogi with Alexander Nevzorov When I talk about NHE (Nevzorov Haute Ecole) now, in 2025, it’s different than when I was immersed in it as a student of the School beginning in 2009. Since the International Online Forum and School dissolved between 2018-2021 and my daily interaction with the administration, student body and interested NHE social media followers faded from the fall of 2018, my thoughts about the School and my identity as an NHE Representative changed. My active years at the School included helping with forum moderation, writing and editing for the forum, social media and the numerous NHE publications. I also presented five seminars as one of about a dozen official representatives of NHE and co-organized […]

Discovering the Gateway to Liberation

Without the voice of the trainers and clinicians in my ear my riding on Jim faltered as I couldn’t ignore his signals of discomfort with the bit, the spurs, the crop and ultimately the saddle too. Was I simply inept as a rider? Perhaps. But do horses not also resist or evade competent riders who may be better adept at overruling them? They do (and it often does not go unnoticed) . Not living up to the standards of my original equestrian dreams was disappointing, as well as confusing. Trying to avoid feeling as though it wasn’t a good idea in the first place actually kept hope alive while self-doubt rose and self-esteem fell. Could I turn things around? Besides […]