We do not speak the same language as horses, and yet they are always communicating.
In Episode 12 of Inside the Mind, I sit down with Giorgia Kolias at the London Horse Show, where she performs liberty work with her horses. No bridle, no saddle, no traditional form of control. Just trust, understanding, and a language they have built together.
What I love about Giorgia’s story is that she stepped away from the conventional equestrian world when it no longer felt true to her. And yet, it was the horses that brought her back. Not in the same way as before, but through a deeper, more honest way of being with them.
She speaks about listening to the horse, especially in the moments where the horse says no. So often, we are quick to correct or override that. But Giorgia shows how much can change when we become curious instead. What is the horse trying to say? What do they need from us in this moment?
She also speaks beautifully about sensitivity. The very thing we often try to train out of horses can be the thing that makes them so extraordinary. We do not want them numb. We want them thinking, feeling, and willing to communicate with us.
Giorgia’s work reminds us that connection is not created through control. It is created through trust. And very often, the deepest work is not about changing the horse at all. It is about changing how we listen.