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The 'Blue Ball'
Finding Now
Right smack dab in the middle of the head
is a balance point. If awareness is
placed there, some fun things happen, things
like
- less eye strain
- deeper breathing
- a more released muscle-tone
- quieter mental talk -- or no 'words' at
all!
- an acceptance of what is
- easier movement
- that critic-Gremlin pipes down
It
happens just like the zing happens when you
hit your funny bone.
By
allowing the blue ball -- it's blue like the
blue in your first set of crayons, by allowing
the blue ball to find it's way to the very
center of your head, you'll get these benefits
right away.
Perhaps
as you're reading this you can 'see' a blue
ball, and then 'know' that this blue ball can
move around inside your head. As
it does, by paying attention to what happens
with your breathing and your eyes, you'll find
where the balance point is. When you
find the balance point, zing! you'll get
the response. They are tied together.
By
monitoring your 'self,' by noticing what your
eyes are like, what your breath is like, what
your muscle tone is like, where your blue ball
is, you can decide whether or not to invite it
to find it's way back to the balance point.
It
can be done with the questions, 'Would it be
possible for my blue ball to come into the
balance point? .... When would that be
possible?' (Ahh! isn't that
nice?)
Have you had a chance to play with this
in your riding? What is your experience
with this?
Copyright
© 2008 Lynn S. Larson
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Some info from today ~
This was originally put together in
2008 from some of my teaching materials for Centered
Riding clinics. In the clinic, you would be
talked through the steps to find the "Blue Ball" and then
I'd go around the room providing feedback so everyone would
have the skills they'd need to find the "Blue Ball."
Finding the 'Blue Ball' is a great way to come into
the present moment which generally creates calm in the
system and also allows for spontaneous action if
spontaneous action is what needed. This is
action that the system takes in direct response to the
situation it is in. It's not you thinking it
through or figuring it out. The action would
come from the gestalt parts of the system.
To get used to this concept, play with this for 5 minutes today, maybe once or
twice, and then tomorrow and whenever, 5 minutes at a
time. Playing with it is a little bit like pin the
tail on the donkey. You take a guess -- either
by feeling around internally, or 'seeing' internally,
and then feel and/or notice what happens when you go
to that place. Then you find another place and
notice what is happening there. You continue
checking out different places until you feel
calm. You take awareness to the different places
first. You rate the amount of calmness
second. The calm is a result of having found
your "Blue Ball." As time goes by it
gets easier and easier. It is a self-rewarding
activity and you body will begin to seek this out on its
own, without you having to remind it.
Let me know how it goes!
Lynn
03/30/20
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Are you looking for something more in your riding? Something that
really connects the inside and the outside? Sometimes a hands on experience can
do a lot to clarify something written.
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, how to develop resistance training programs, and more
recently I am incorporating concepts from Body-Mind-Centering. 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!
L
512-869-7903 -- this is an answering machine only, so leave a message!
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