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/

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