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The Horse Geeks Podcast - Where we look at horses and riding from the inside out
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Topic: When we begin to understand what balance means in mind and body, we also come to see that our goal is not out there, ahead of us. Instead, our goal is in the middle, between 2 opposing problems, two directions, or any duality. Balance is an equalization of whoa and go, left and right, energy and relaxation or equal parts of any opposite qualities. Anything we have or do in excess is what defines a problem. Finding or developing a counterbalance to what we have too much of are the skills needed in order to restore balance. We all miss the mark many times, swinging between too much of this and too little of that many times before we discover the middle way of balance.
Guest: Deb Romero, certified Alexander Technique Instructor
www.optimalposture.org
Host: Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainer
Developer of Training for Optimal Balance
https://kirstennelsen.com/
The workbook series mentioned is only available at: https://kirstennelsen.com/shop/ -
The Horse Geeks Podcast - Where we look at horses and riding from the inside out
NEW: Wexford Training monthly newsletter! Get micro lessons with Thoughts to Ponder, Info on new content, learning offers and updates to my calendar delivered to your inbox monthly by signing up on the email list.
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Topic: Any aid we give a horse, using reins, legs, seat or tools, does not automatically mean that our horse responds the way we want or does what we think we are asking for. Aids are a dynamic resistant force that we apply. Aid resist what is currently happening but does not really tell our horse what to do. We give a leg aid when we want to resist the current speed in order to get more speed from our horse. But our leg aid can not tell our horse how fast or for how long. When our horse slows down is the next opportunity we have to give the same aid again. If we constantly drive our horse forward - anticipating a slow down that has not happened yet - then our leg aids start to mean nothing at all. We just sound like a nag to our horse. Our aids can only say "no" to our horse, doing whatever our horse is currently doing, but we have to wait and see how our horse responds to our aids in order to know when and what kind of aid is needed next.
Guest: Deb Romero, certified Alexander Technique Instructor
www.optimalposture.org
Host: Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainer
Developer of Training for Optimal Balance
https://kirstennelsen.com/
The workbook series mentioned is only available at: https://kirstennelsen.com/shop/ -
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The Horse Geeks Podcast - Where we look at horses and riding from the inside out
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Topic: Because horses are naturally masters of compensation, in order to avoid the eye of a predator, we really have to feel balance before we can fully recognize it visually. We all try to determine if our horse is moving well by what we see in the use of the head, neck or legs. But how our horse balances during motion is determined by much deeper, more central parts of the body that then dictate how the head, neck and legs are used - not the other way around. When we start to work through our sense of touch, what we feel, instead of relying on our sense of sight, what we see, then we can begin to tell the difference between balanced and unbalanced movement in our horse. Gaining the feel or experience of balance, even improvements in balance, changes what we see while observing horses. If we don't know what balance and imbalances feel like, then we are often fooled by horse's frames, speed, stride length or head set. This is why even high level performance horses can be moving in severely dysfunctional coordination, leading to behavior issues, lameness issues, poor health and early retirement, while we remain clueless to our horse's suffering.
Guest: Deb Romero, certified Alexander Technique Instructor
www.optimalposture.org
Host: Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainer
Developer of Training for Optimal Balance
https://kirstennelsen.com/
The workbook series mentioned is only available at: https://kirstennelsen.com/shop/ -
The Horse Geeks Podcast - Where we look at horses and riding from the inside out
NEW: Wexford Training monthly newsletter! Get micro lessons with Thoughts to Ponder, Info on new content, learning offers and updates to my calendar delivered to your inbox monthly by signing up on the email list.
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Topic: Dr. Hancock shares with us some important parts of our horse's nervous system that we may be influencing without really knowing it. The more we understand about how our horse's body works, which parts of the body are key parts of the nervous system, the more we can make better choices for our horse's well being. Both health and performance are affected by how well or how poorly our horse uses the nervous system. Chronic stress can lead to health issues of all kinds as well as hind our horse's ability to compete or even do the simple jobs we ask our horse to do. Hopefully this information helps you help your horse, supporting the function of the nervous system, in one way or another.
Guest: Dr. Ann-Marie Hancock, DVM and Equine Osteopath
True North Equine in Marshall, VA
www.truenorthequinevet.com
[email protected]
Host: Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainer
Developer of Training for Optimal Balance
https://kirstennelsen.com/
The workbook series mentioned is only available at: https://kirstennelsen.com/shop/ -
The Horse Geeks Podcast - Where we look at horses and riding from the inside out
NEW: Wexford Training monthly newsletter! Get micro lessons with Thoughts to Ponder, Info on new content, learning offers and updates to my calendar delivered to your inbox monthly by signing up on the email list.
Sign up is at the bottom of the home page at www.kirstennelsen.com
AND - For a FREE Power Hour consultation please visit: www.kirstennelsen.com
Topic: The anticipatory reflex is an unconscious, core reaction in us and our horse as soon as we perceive a possible threat or possible destabilizing action to the body. This reflex is why we can't help but tighten everywhere when our horse does something unexpected, even when it is not dangerous. It's also why our horse acts out suddenly when something unexpected happens in the environment. We and our horses will always have this initial, unconscious reaction to something unexpected, startling or out of our control, but we can learn to pause instead of reacting. When we become more aware of this reflex, we automatically gain more control over it. We learn to pause and redirect, ourself and our horse, in order to over-ride unsafe instinctive behavior and work together in harmony.
Guest: Deb Romero, certified Alexander Technique Instructor
www.optimalposture.org
Host: Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainer
Developer of Training for Optimal Balance
https://kirstennelsen.com/
The workbook series mentioned is only available at: https://kirstennelsen.com/shop/
