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Extending and Finding Support
Solid vs. Delicate

What if we knew when we reached forward, if we extended from our center, there would be support?  That we could find support?  That we were confident we could find our way?  How would that change the relationship we have with the ground?  

How much of our movement is initiated from the center, reaching and extending forward?  How solid is our expectation of finding support?  Of feeling support throughout our body?  (What parts of us accept support?  Which parts hold back or contract fearing no support?  Can there be a conversation there?)

When you trace the bones, they become finer and smaller the closer to the periphery, allowing us more intimate, delicate connection with the world around us.   We are more solid in the center and more refined in the periphery.  What if this translated into our riding?  How delicate are we?  In which areas are we solid and in which areas are we delicate?

In what way would this delicate extension of ourselves interact with our horses?

Allegheny River Plateau 

have fun!  ask questions of yourself!  listen to the answers of your body.

And if you find this interesting, there is more where this came from! 

L

Are you looking for something more in your riding?  Something that really connects the inside and the outside?
I've studied horse and human anatomy for twenty five years.  I started with Centered Riding and that is solidly based upon how bodies work and how brains process information.  I know Alexander, Feldenkrais, Trigger Point, myofascial, Ortho-bionomy, and more recently how to develop resistance training programs.  I've done yoga for more than forty years, studied (and used) the chakra and meridian systems for over twenty.  Sometimes I don't go into theory because in the middle of a lesson it would detract from the practical learning of how to ride, but I do clinics where I share this information along with how to incorporate it into your training program.  And if you really don't mind listening to me yak forever, I can easily do that during a lesson, too.  It's just most folks want to ride!  

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