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  1. 2 dgn geleden

    233: Framing Horses Does Not Balance Coordination

    The unspoken assumption of driving horses energetically forward into bit resistance is that the only option a horse has is to lift the back and engage the hindquarters. But coordination is complicated, just not that simple. Many horses simple drop the back or adjust by going crooked, laterally bending or rotating the spine, instead. As riders we are often unaware of the subtle compensation patterns. Head sets, neck sets and collecting horses into a frame does not cause internal coordination to balance or even be used in a healthy mechanical way. We can't make a horse look right in order to be right on the inside. Bodies have a way of adapting in order to relieve pressure in many ways that are not balanced or even a healthy use of the body. We need to know what balance feels like and let the posture or frame reflect whatever internal coordination is actually doing during development. Guest: Deb Romero, Certified Alexander Technique Instructor www.optimalposture.orgHost: Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainerdeveloper of Training for Optimal Balance www.wexfordfarm.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kirstennelsen.substack.com

    233: Framing Horses Does Not Balance Coordination

  2. 11 jul

    232: Handling "Don't Touch Me" Horses

    Deb and I do our best to answer a listener's question about her sensitive mare that gets a bit snarly when being touched, groomed and tacked up. As people we tend to zero in on these "don't touch me" spots and try to use desensitization to gain acceptance. But the real issue is trust and those areas are protected by a horse for a reason. How we approach, our energy as well as our actions, makes the difference between gaining trust and working through self-protection or not. If we begin with the thought that the horse has a good reason to feel protective, it changes how we handle the entire situation. If we approach respectfully, instead of blasting into protected areas, then horses can at least learn to tolerate the required touching. If we work with what a horse does like, can authentically accept first, then little by little we can work our way into the protected areas and gain trust from our horse. Guest: Deb Romero, Certified Alexander Technique Instructorwww.optimalposture.orgHost: Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainerdeveloper of Training for Optimal Balance www.wexfordfarm.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kirstennelsen.substack.com

    232: Handling "Don't Touch Me" Horses

  3. 27 jun

    231: Riding Horses Bridle-less

    There was recently a bridle-less riding competition in England that has gotten a lot of attention on line. Deb and I both love and support these types of competitions because they demonstrate great horsemanship skills, essential self-carriage and refined communication between horses and riders, as it should be. These events help us move away from “framing” horses into uncomfortable, unnatural postures and movement, which we feel is a positive change for competitive riding. Riding horses bridle-less is not a trick, it is a result, the side effect of good training methods. Riders must have better balance because they can’t rely on their hands for stability. Horses must be balanced enough that steering and speed adjustments are easy and can be communicated through the rider’s seat and torso. When horses have freedom to move the neck naturally they find it easier to balance and rebalance during the performance. Guest: Deb Romero, Certified Alexander Technique Instructorwww.optimalposture.org Host: Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainerdeveloper of Training for Optimal Balancewww.wexfordfarm.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kirstennelsen.substack.com

    231: Riding Horses Bridle-less

  4. 13 jun

    230: Ways To Work on Balance

    How do we work on balance in simple ways everyday? Deb gives us lots of hints from her work as an Alexander Technique Instructor. Often we have poor internal maps about where major joints are in our body, which can throw off the use of our head, arms and legs as a result. Deb goes over in detail where 3 major joints are located and how we can bring our awareness to them, gently moving them, in order to improve our balance while we are out and about doing normal daily stuff. Guest: Deb Romero, Certified Alexander Technique Instructorwww.optimalposture.orgHost: Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainerdeveloper of Training for Optimal Balance www.wexfordfarm.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kirstennelsen.substack.com

    230: Ways To Work on Balance

  5. 6 jun

    229: Working on Balance

    Balance in mind and body brings a sense of ease, efficiency, focus and clarity. Finding balance is a self-rewarding process because every time we improve emotional, mental or physical balance we just feel better - thanks to pleasure hormones and reduced muscular tension during motion. Working on balance is something we can do all the time internally even during challenging situations that the external world throws at us. The very first step of working on balance is awareness. Becoming aware of our thoughts, emotions and ease or lack of ease in physical movement is the very first step. Without awareness we rely on habits and instincts. With awareness we have the choice to change our habits. Small pauses with a shift to internal awareness can be done anytime, anywhere and in any situation. Giving ourselves permission to pause and create a little space internally in order to develop more awareness is not hard to do but does require practice. Our habits and instincts will kick in unconsciously all the time. Once we feel bad, muddled, stressed or have physical discomfort, those are the moments we can build awareness and start exercising choice about our internal world. Guest: Deb Romero, Certified Alexander Technique Instructorwww.optimalposture.orgHost: Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainerdeveloper of Training for Optimal Balance www.wexfordfarm.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kirstennelsen.substack.com

    229: Working on Balance

  6. 30 mei

    228: Influencing Horse Health Through Training

    When it comes to the health of our horse typically the last thing to be considered is how our horse is moving and how we balance as riders - how habits of coordination may be affecting our horse's well being. The veterinary term for dysfunctional coordination is mechanical lameness, meaning discomfort before any limping or pain manifests. While research on equine biomechanics has advanced, the information from that research is not yet part of our regular riding and training work. We have traditions in training that actually cause dysfunctional coordination in horses but they are so prevalent and common that they are never questioned. We contribute to our horse's healthy, balanced coordination or dysfunction every single time we ride and train horses. Because coordination, movement, are just habits stored in the nervous system the person who rides or trains a horse the most frequently has the single biggest impact on that horse's coordination and health over the long term. Guest: Deb Romero, Certified Alexander Technique Instructorwww.optimalposture.orgHost: Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainerdeveloper of Training for Optimal Balance www.wexfordfarm.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kirstennelsen.substack.com

    228: Influencing Horse Health Through Training

  7. 23 mei

    227: Trail Riding in Balance

    Being "just a trail rider" still means that how we balance on the back of a horse has a positive or negative impact on how horses feel, mentally, emotionally and physically. We are not neutral when we interact with horses. We are either helping horses thrive or we are making life harder. Learning how to adapt to different situations, sometimes rapidly, in order to help our horses feel safe, stable and comfortable during trail rides is the challenge of trail riding. Just because we don't compete with our horse does not mean that we don't have the same impact on our horse's well being. As riders we need to know how to help horses feel safe once they don't, and how to feel physically stable and comfortable when they don't. If we don't know how to do this then we may be more of a burden to our horse than a friend. Guest: Deb Romero, Certified Alexander Technique Instructorwww.optimalposture.orgHost: Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainerdeveloper of Training for Optimal Balance www.wexfordtraining.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kirstennelsen.substack.com

    227: Trail Riding in Balance

  8. 16 mei

    226: Focused on What is Wrong or Right

    What we put our attention or awareness on has a direct affect on our perceptions. Our perceptions are what trigger general nervous system use, for short or long term survival. Dominance of the sympathetic (fight or flight) or dominance of the parasympathetic (rest or digest) affect the body globally - influencing health, brain function, decision making, behavior and responses, further strengthening or altering the original perception. Focusing our attention on what is wrong is a good way to stimulate a stress response, dominance of the sympathetic portion. Focusing on what is right, gratitude or appreciation for what is going well, is a good way to stimulate dominance of the parasympathetic portion. We actually have a choice about how we feel and how we help our horses feel. How we feel directly alters our perceptions of all situations which influences our behavior and future choices. We can stop a negative spiral into anxiety, tension or depression by consciously altering what we put our awareness and attention on. Guest: Deb Romero, Certified Alexander Technique Instructorwww.optimalposture.orgHost: Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainerdeveloper of Training for Optimal Balance www.wexfordfarm.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kirstennelsen.substack.com

    226: Focused on What is Wrong or Right
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    2022 - 2026
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