tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657955103086716631.post2523664038346686014..comments2023-10-09T04:52:59.121-06:00Comments on Trails to Lead Old Cowboys Home Again: EpiphanyCrickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834640625999522559noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657955103086716631.post-89060494853815372462014-01-22T11:26:49.822-07:002014-01-22T11:26:49.822-07:00Yes, let me know how you like the Tellington-Jones...Yes, let me know how you like the Tellington-Jones book! Hope you were able to recover from your busy week. It sounds like you had a wonderful time with your mom!Nicole Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09817619834026667737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657955103086716631.post-13193751332433054692014-01-20T05:49:24.986-07:002014-01-20T05:49:24.986-07:00Epiphanies are great. I'm so excited for you!Epiphanies are great. I'm so excited for you! Liz Stouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18267806576736655184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657955103086716631.post-52694801219733582592014-01-19T22:39:10.991-07:002014-01-19T22:39:10.991-07:00I looked up the book on Amazon and added it to my ...I looked up the book on Amazon and added it to my wish list. I would have ordered it if it was available on Kindle.<br /><br />Currently, I am reading the dressage book by Tellington-Jones. I'll let you know how it is. <br /><br />I'm sure I would discuss this at length if I wasn't so darn tired. We have had a heavily packed week which was topped off by an emotionally exhausting game. (I am a big football fan and we watched the Broncos from the stadium.) Hopefully, tomorrow I will have the mental energy to put my thoughts and feelings into words.Crickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00834640625999522559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657955103086716631.post-13000008177021487742014-01-19T19:35:01.307-07:002014-01-19T19:35:01.307-07:00I'm finally in front of a proper keyboard so I...I'm finally in front of a proper keyboard so I can comment on this post! First: it's AWESOME to hear of someone else that talks to her mom every time she's in the car driving to/from work. I've mentioned to some people that I do that, and most of the time I get weird looks! My mom is my best friend. <br /><br />Second, this is a wonderful epiphany. I'm so happy you had it, and so happy that when you were able to do everything correctly, it didn't hurt!<br /><br />I find myself recommending this book to everyone lately, but reading it marked a true turning point for me in my riding, and it seems like a lot of people around me are at that moment where I was about 2 years ago: knowing that my horse could do what I wanted, but knowing at the same time that I was the one preventing her from doing it. And not knowing how to fix it.<br /><br />The book is Riding With Your Mind: An Illustrated Masterclass in Right Brain Riding, by Mary Wanless. http://www.amazon.com/Ride-Your-Mind-Illustrated-Masterclass/dp/0943955521/ref=pd_sim_b_2<br /><br />My dressage trainer in FL shoved it in my hand and told me to read it. It was one "ah-ha!" moment after another while reading it. Wanless uses what is called imagery to show you how your body affects your horse's balance and movement, and how doing certain things with your body can allow your horse to do pretty much anything, or completely block the horse from being able to do anything at all. It is basically what all good trainers tell us to do, but sometimes you need someone to explain it in a different way to really "get" it. To really understand it. This book is written with that purpose. It took me a long time to get through the book because I had to read it, think about it, apply it to my riding, then go back and continue reading. <br /><br />I had always had problems with riding in a chair seat regardless of saddle as a result of my h/j days. One day I showed up for my lesson on Lily, and as I asked Lily to trot, I suddenly felt like I was on a different horse. My trainer exclaimed about the difference in us, and I was grinning from ear to ear. Everything that I'd been learning in my lessons and while reading suddenly fell into place. I didn't have to think about it anymore; all those weeks of reading, thinking, and slowly applying suddenly clicked together into a whole. My heels were in perfect alignment with my hips and shoulders, and thus I could balance on Lily as if I were standing on the floor. Shoulder-in? Here. Haunches in? Voila. Canter without falling into the circle? Piece of cake. I thought what I wanted, moved my body the way I had re-learned to do it, and Lily was able to do anything I wanted. It wasn't that Lily had changed; it was that *I* had changed the way I rode. We were a centaur. It was magic. <br /><br />Get the book. I think it will help you get through to the next step in your riding, as it did me! :) My copy got lost in the move and I just re-ordered it so I can review it. It's one of those books that you will come back to later on as well. <br /><br />YAAAAY for epiphanies!!<br />Nicole Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09817619834026667737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657955103086716631.post-47164461898948916922014-01-18T05:57:19.001-07:002014-01-18T05:57:19.001-07:00Thats great! I love those ah-ha moments! Thats great! I love those ah-ha moments! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16373645714219556738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657955103086716631.post-21243605019173092642014-01-17T11:07:50.846-07:002014-01-17T11:07:50.846-07:00Great epiphany!Great epiphany!Lauren @ She Moved To Texashttp://www.shemovedtotexas.comnoreply@blogger.com