How to listen to your horse...

What if your horse has been talking to you all along?

In this article, Sharon Wilsie introduces some of the foundational ideas behind Horse Speak®—from finding a calm, present state she calls “Inner Zero,” to noticing the subtle gestures horses use to communicate with one another and with us.

Sharon explores how observation, awareness, mirroring, and learning to adjust the “volume” of our own body language can transform our interactions with horses from one-sided direction into a true two-way conversation.

Read the full article to discover what changes when we stop simply asking horses to listen to us—and begin listening to them.

How do horses say hello—and what are they learning about each other when they do?

In this excerpt from Horse Speak: The Equine-Human Translation Guide, Sharon Wilsie introduces the Greeting Ritual, a three-part exchange based on the way horses greet and gather information from one another.

Through three touches—“Hello,” “Getting to know you,” and “What’s next?”—horses can begin sorting out relationship, movement, and what will happen next. Sharon shows how humans can participate in this conversation using a soft Knuckle Touch to the horse’s Greeting Button, followed by simple movements that invite the horse to respond.

Read the full excerpt and discover how something as simple as learning to say “hello” in the horse’s language can become the beginning of a two-way conversation.

Horses in Translation

What happens when we love our horses so much that our boundaries become unclear?

In “Horses in Translation,” Sharon Wilsie explores how our own body language, intensity, and emotions can unintentionally contribute to a horse’s behavior. Through the story of a Mustang named Timmy and his devoted owner, Sharon demonstrates the difference between aggression and clear, calm assertiveness.

Using foundational Horse Speak® concepts—including X’s and O’s, Zero, levels of intensity, and healthy boundaries—Sharon shows how horses respond when our body language becomes clearer and more consistent.

Read the full article to discover why setting a clear boundary doesn’t have to weaken your connection with your horse—it can help create the clarity and trust your horse needs.

What if your horse’s face is telling you far more than you realize?

In this lively conversation with Sharon and Laura Wilsie, the hosts explore the surprisingly subtle ways horses communicate through their faces and bodies—including blinking, nodding, movements of the chin, mouth and nostrils, and other gestures we can easily overlook.

Sharon and Laura also introduce roles within the herd, individual horse personalities, and the foundations of Horse Speak®, revealing what can happen when humans stop expecting horses to learn our language and begin learning theirs.

Listen to the episode and discover how paying attention to the horse’s point of view can open the door to an entirely different kind of relationship.

Webinars with Wendy

22 conversations. Years of Horse Speak® wisdom. One incredible collection.

Go back to some of the conversations that helped shape the early days of Horse Speak®.

In this 22-video series, Sharon Wilsie joins Wendy for engaging, practical conversations filled with observations, stories, demonstrations, and those wonderful “Oh! THAT’S what my horse is saying!” moments.

These webinars offer a chance to explore Horse Speak® as it was unfolding—hearing Sharon explain the language, answer questions, and connect the dots between what horses do and what they may be communicating.

Whether you’ve been with Horse Speak for years or you’re discovering it for the first time, there is a lot to uncover in this collection.

22 videos. Plenty of rabbit holes. A whole lot of Horse Speak®.

Start watching and see what you notice differently the next time you look at a horse.

How did a lifelong horsewoman become determined to decode the precise language horses use with one another?

In this 2021 conversation, Sharon Wilsie shares the experiences that led to the creation of Horse Speak®—from her early riding education to working with students and horses whose challenges pushed her to look more deeply at equine communication.

Sharon explains how years of observation revealed repeatable, predictable, and learnable patterns in horse body language, and how humans can begin communicating back using signals, postures, gestures, breath, and intentional touch.

She also explores a central idea behind Horse Speak®: horses have legitimate things to tell us. When we bring greater clarity to our body language and quality to our touch, we can begin listening to those messages instead of simply asking horses to respond to ours.

Read the full conversation and discover the journey that turned Sharon’s questions about horse behavior into an entirely new way of communicating with horses.