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In 2015, under Manuel Jorge de Oliveira’s watchful eye, the Oliveira Stables in Germany was created. It is a place of knowledge, where horses, students and trainees absorb his teaching and later, disseminate it to the wider world.

The first three year training course, for riders of all levels (known as the Escola de Equitacao) started in 2016. This book is the textual version of the first year of this course. He clearly states his philosophy in this quote: ‘There are only two possibilities to train a horse; the Path of Truth or the Path of Untruths. Everybody who buys or owns a horse, including professional trainers, must decide which of these two paths they wish to take. The Path of Truth creates proud, bright eyed horses ridden on light, invisible aids’.

The title of the book is Vertical 1: Why? Because the goal for all riding must be vertical balance.

Manuel Jorge Martins de Oliveira from Portugal has been and remains one of the best-known mounted bullfighters of recent decades. In this struggle between life and death, his bond with his horse is vital for survival. De Oliveira’s philosophy of riding does not depend on any method; it is based on spirituality.

In riding, it is his wish to cross a threshold with his horse into another dimension, the dimension of eternity:

“When you ride a horse and achieve the perfect balance between yourself and the horse, when both are breathing from the deepest depths, when both sense that time has been suspended — that is what I understand by eternity. In moments of perfect balance with the horse, doors open and stairways stretch out before you. Horses have the ability to lead you into this other dimension, into the realm of immortality.” In “The Touch of Eternity”, Manuel Jorge Martins de Oliveira describes this journey into that other dimension.

He writes about his teacher Nuno Oliveira and tells of his own path to inner liberation. Manuel Jorge de Oliveira

This book is about the experiences and connection between Manuel Jorge de Oliveira and Nuno Oliveira

Wise words, or better to say: clear, simple words, which are sometimes able to tell the mature rider more than 100 pages of theory.


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