Why it’s been hard to teach horsemanship in India (and why it's changing)
We opened the Manjeev Natural Horsemanship (MNH) centre in Gurgaon, India, in 2016 as part of our dream to spread effective and gentle...
Natural Horsemanship at the Friendicoes Sanctuary
In January 2023, we organised a natural horsemanship session followed by a guided tour of the Friendicoes Sanctuary in Gurgaon. We have...
Retiring Maharani and Goodwill
For the first time since we started our natural horsemanship centre, we decided to retire two of our horses. It was a very difficult,...
What Join Up means
Join Up, which was first described by Monty Roberts, can be quite complex to explain. The way I like to look at it, it’s a conversation...
Enjoy a working holiday with us
What’s a working holiday? During a working holiday, you’ll spend the whole day with us (and stay with us if you’re not from the area) and...
10 ways volunteering helped us build our horse business
Almost 3 years ago to this day, Manjeev and I left our corporate jobs in Singapore and jumped into the great unknown. We had established...
Our journey making our horses barefoot
Unlike many hardcore advocates of 'barefoot' horses who go out of their way and work hard to transition their horses from wearing shoes...
Why we only see what we want to see
We only see what we want to see, and we only hear what we want to hear. "Our belief system is just like a mirror that only shows us what...
11 things to consider before getting involved in a horse rescue project
In northern India, “tongawalla’ refers to the horse carriage people. Horse carriages are still very common in India, from the grand...
Violaine, or how a French trainer made a successful Marwari dressage horse
Violaine on Mahakal in 2013 at the Jappaloup competition in Pune, the first time a Marwari horse won a dressage competition Violaine...
