tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948751560813372065.post3205601335102068451..comments2023-04-12T04:32:36.404-05:00Comments on A Fearsome Beauty: The Strange Integrity of FearMuddy Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07937615888562277779noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948751560813372065.post-34327655878408645042011-10-27T20:14:59.986-05:002011-10-27T20:14:59.986-05:00My first visit here and I really enjoyed this post...My first visit here and I really enjoyed this post - reminds me of my first ride after 20-some years out of the saddle. On a fancy black mare who would only do a relaxed, rhythmic trot when *I* relaxed and breathed. Amazing how that worked to get me in tune with my body!!billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18187141867284800597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948751560813372065.post-24054507317835349052011-10-27T15:04:39.148-05:002011-10-27T15:04:39.148-05:00Wow, she sounds amazing (horse and instructor). Ke...Wow, she sounds amazing (horse and instructor). Keep it up :)smazourekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029180368325070266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948751560813372065.post-63600581847063641552011-10-27T12:39:51.080-05:002011-10-27T12:39:51.080-05:00Sounds like your lessons are helping your confiden...Sounds like your lessons are helping your confidence. Great post.Grey Horse Mattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837575441967937196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948751560813372065.post-47803557618316654922011-10-27T09:39:08.246-05:002011-10-27T09:39:08.246-05:00GREAT! Your confidence in yourself and your body ...GREAT! Your confidence in yourself and your body is growing leaps and bounds and that will make all the difference in your riding. You explained it very well too.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472219069662152722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948751560813372065.post-37628913022051805752011-10-26T21:04:36.003-05:002011-10-26T21:04:36.003-05:00Very nice!Very nice!Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428008814751524182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948751560813372065.post-2543612354610202162011-10-26T18:10:06.829-05:002011-10-26T18:10:06.829-05:00You have great insight and feel. Your lessons sou...You have great insight and feel. Your lessons sound wonderful. Keep up the good work.Once Upon an Equinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807098276875052982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948751560813372065.post-14692054367722976622011-10-26T15:35:56.883-05:002011-10-26T15:35:56.883-05:00Wonderful!! And, really, isn't this what it&#...Wonderful!! And, really, isn't this what it's all about? The connection and communication and just being able to do it without thinking, thinking, thinking. Yay!!!Oak Creek Ranchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02875705582058188289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948751560813372065.post-7974386941632082752011-10-26T14:45:06.920-05:002011-10-26T14:45:06.920-05:00"My body recognized it and then adjusted to h..."My body recognized it and then adjusted to help her. It just did. I moved to help her find my flow since she had lost hers." Yay!! I am happy that you are reconnecting with the "rider inside". :-)Wolfiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743943656869294788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948751560813372065.post-70805601203444340302011-10-26T12:15:57.444-05:002011-10-26T12:15:57.444-05:00Great post. I took a lesson with a trainer who to...Great post. I took a lesson with a trainer who told me that she was afraid every time she rode a new/green horse and that her trick was to make sure her body wasn't afraid. The horses would realize that her body was relaxed and they would follow suit.Mona Sterlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12077277801514781079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948751560813372065.post-18343559703553446442011-10-26T10:04:20.467-05:002011-10-26T10:04:20.467-05:00Oh man...truer words were never spoken. We forget ...Oh man...truer words were never spoken. We forget sometimes that we are animals, too--we have our own built-in reactions we need help resolving. It's a good thing horses have this figured out.Captain Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09294085455860971795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948751560813372065.post-84329946384298470892011-10-26T06:46:22.763-05:002011-10-26T06:46:22.763-05:00Well put and totally true, when the body knows wha...Well put and totally true, when the body knows what to do it can respond immediately in any given situation and then there is no place for fear. Sounds like you're getting wonderful lessons!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948751560813372065.post-45882470718807202362011-10-26T05:07:04.947-05:002011-10-26T05:07:04.947-05:00Great stuff . . . keep taking those lessons!Great stuff . . . keep taking those lessons!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com