INTUITIVE RIDING
Do you remember the moment when you first set eyes on your
horse? What was it that attracted you to him/her? Much in
the same way that we meet and become friendly with other
humans it is not a set of logical criteria that bonds us
together, more an instinctive knowing of each other at an
intuitive level. Birds of a feather flock together the
saying goes. Lasting relationships that grow to love are
born from right brain intuition not left brain logic. You
cannot truly love because you ought to , it is because you
cannot help it! Recognising our similarities helps us to
understand one another better and form a better partnership.
Surely this is what we are all looking for with our horse.
Results can be gained through fear and domination but one
partner always suffers as a result and the full potential of
the union goes unfulfilled. Only through a true symbiotic
relationship can true harmony be found.
Sadly we live in a world where left-brain logic rules many
of our lives. When we are taught and learn by rote without
experience we miss the learning opportunity. A child learns
to walk by making mistakes that are learning experiences. If
chastised for making mistakes we become fearful and so fail
to develop our learning for fear of failing. Many people
become stuck with a problem with a horse and rush to another
to fix it for them. Today I want to present to you the idea
that perhaps you are the person that knows best and with the
help of your like-minded horse to mirror you, the solution
can be found within yourself. If you can listen to your
horse he/she will tell you the way to find the harmony you
are searching for. No one can tell you about right or wrong
that is a question of your own perspective. We are all
individuals with different likes and dislikes (Thank God, or
all women would be after the same man) What matters is what
makes you happy what FEELS good. I hope today to act as
counsellor for our guinea pigs and open up a new
perspective on their relationships. This is no special
talent or trick, just opening up the way to new learning
through breaking away from learnt behaviour and habit and
helping them to find how much more potential they can
discover by allowing their partner to show them the way.
Horses connect far better than humans to their right brain
capabilities and therefore can help to show us how easy it
is to bring out their talent, if we let them, through
sensitivity and Intuitive riding .
Lucinda McAlpine.
bowhayesfarm@btconnect.com