Intuition Vs. Process
Intuition Versus Process
Intuition is a necessary ingredient to effectively training your horse, to know when to continue on or when to slow down. However, life (including Horse Training) is all about balance. You also need the process. If you’re a process-driven person by nature, you’ll then need to come to understand the more subtle energies involved in training and intuition. If you are already really in touch with these subtle energies, you may need to work more on having a logical process.
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In the circle of horse-people I like to call my, “Tribe,” we’ve been speaking about the important role intuition plays in our horsemanship. Learning attunement and developing your intuition in such a way that it becomes a part of, almost every interaction or observation with horses is a process in itself. This process takes time, patience and a great deal of self-awareness to develop. Additionally, it’s something you continue to work on and develop over your lifetime. It’s not a skillset that you can say, “Yes, I have intuition,” like it’s a trophy you proudly display on a shelf.
So glad you included this video!
I’m 60 and grew up training horses, racehorses, riding horses and even an angus bull once. They say everything and everyone comes into your life when you’re ready. I just found my tribe about a month ago. I’ve always loved groundwork. However, I think at best I was hit or miss and always moved on before I should have. I loved your post and just wanted to share.
Hi, I’m very happy with this video, thanks Warwick! The intuition part I have and now I’m learning to have a plan and stick to it
This is so true, this made me cry. Thanks for being so raw x
This is great! So aware I am lacking on the process side.
Thank you, Warwick.
I was so glad to hear that intuition and process go hand in hand. That makes so much sense. I think I’ll just process this for today. I need to find that balance. Today I’ll just go have some 10 year old girl time with my girl.
I started on Monday and it’s taken 5 days to get to the end of day 3. There is so much wonderful information and I keep replaying the videos. I think I’m starting to see things in a very different way. Like you did I’m also going to sit and watch my horse and enjoy his company today and allow myself to process the information before moving on 🙂☕️
As a teacher, I read Alfred North Whitehead’s ‘Aims of Education’. In it, he describes a similar idea. He said that the student wants to learn and the teaching is effective when there is a balance of both Romance and Precision. I started a marimba based music program at my school. The romance was the amazing instruments and the sounds they made with a strike of a mallet. All the students wanted to play them. The precision was the technique required to make a beautiful sound in time and harmony with others. I also started the school drama program, and for years used my own horses to have a horse program focused on non-verbal communication and body awareness. With each of these the romance was off the charts, but so was the precision. Living in the continuum between romance and precision, intuition and process, is my growing place. A gap in either aspect is the opening for new learning.
Amazing, thanks for sharing
This was fascinating. I do a lot of work with intuition as a key leadership competency in organizational culture and the pursuit of perfectionism has annihilated intuition. When we talk about it as a competency, I frame it in a way that aligns with this video:
Underused Intuition = analysis paralysis, data only, self-doubt, missed opportunities, narrow or fixed mindset, reduced agility
Overused Intuition = impulsivity, reactivity, trust erosion, inconsistency, instability
Just Right = strategic adaptability, feelings + facts balance, balanced decision making, confidence + accountability, grounded insight