http://www.dressagedisgrace.com/self-carriage-%e2%80%93-why-do-we-want-it-and-how-we-can-get-it-quite-quickly-jenny-pearce 'Enough is Enough'! Speak up NOW to stop this cruelty... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:47:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.dressagedisgrace.com/self-carriage-%e2%80%93-why-do-we-want-it-and-how-we-can-get-it-quite-quickly-jenny-pearce/comment-page-1#comment-673 Susan garvin Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:02:29 +0000 http://www.dressagedisgrace.com/?p=588#comment-673 I got in touch with Jenny after reading her post here on Dressage Disgrace. Then got her Zen Connection book and the cd of as-you-go-lessons. If anyone wants to do the opposite of what we are seeing in international competition, or indeed what we are seeing in the average riding school/lesson, the place to start is with Jenny's book, it has been a true breakthrough for me, and hopefully to my horse too, once I've got my self in order.... It is so so easy to get a horse to comply with the rider's wishes through bullying and force, but it is true horse-person-ship to do it in harmony and without force or fear, something that I challenge any 'top' competition rider to do....... I got in touch with Jenny after reading her post here on Dressage Disgrace. Then got her Zen Connection book and the cd of as-you-go-lessons. If anyone wants to do the opposite of what we are seeing in international competition, or indeed what we are seeing in the average riding school/lesson, the place to start is with Jenny’s book, it has been a true breakthrough for me, and hopefully to my horse too, once I’ve got my self in order…. It is so so easy to get a horse to comply with the rider’s wishes through bullying and force, but it is true horse-person-ship to do it in harmony and without force or fear, something that I challenge any ‘top’ competition rider to do…….

]]> http://www.dressagedisgrace.com/self-carriage-%e2%80%93-why-do-we-want-it-and-how-we-can-get-it-quite-quickly-jenny-pearce/comment-page-1#comment-588 Sarah Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:53:54 +0000 http://www.dressagedisgrace.com/?p=588#comment-588 Thank you Jenny for your eloquent description of the enormous benefits we can all enjoy when we enter into relationship with our horses that are free from fear, pain, force and dominance. I have just watched the blue tongue video again, perhaps each time I see it there is a small part of me that hopes it will not be as shocking, not bring up tears and confusion, unfortunately every time is the same. I cannot help but feel quite powerless and at the same time grateful that my ego does not dominate my life or that of those around me. I hope the work of people like yourself grows in comparison to the mistruths we are often taught about how to train horses and that a significant shift in human consciousness alerts each and everyone of us to the spiritual power afforded us when we connect authentically with a horse. Horses appear to be yet again carrying us through a silent spititual war as we each feel the inner conflict of external experiences that cut us off from 'being' and determine pain and suffering in our own lives which we then project onto our horses. The horse has long represented great freedom and power throughout history, it is our hearts that yearn to return to this state of grace and humility but unfortunately we pay more attention to what our minds tell us to do. The journey from our heads to our hearts does not have to be so arduous when made on the back of a horse. Their self carriage, when allowed to develop naturally, appears to have a great deal to teach us about our own. Thank you Jenny for your eloquent description of the enormous benefits we can all enjoy when we enter into relationship with our horses that are free from fear, pain, force and dominance. I have just watched the blue tongue video again, perhaps each time I see it there is a small part of me that hopes it will not be as shocking, not bring up tears and confusion, unfortunately every time is the same. I cannot help but feel quite powerless and at the same time grateful that my ego does not dominate my life or that of those around me. I hope the work of people like yourself grows in comparison to the mistruths we are often taught about how to train horses and that a significant shift in human consciousness alerts each and everyone of us to the spiritual power afforded us when we connect authentically with a horse. Horses appear to be yet again carrying us through a silent spititual war as we each feel the inner conflict of external experiences that cut us off from ‘being’ and determine pain and suffering in our own lives which we then project onto our horses. The horse has long represented great freedom and power throughout history, it is our hearts that yearn to return to this state of grace and humility but unfortunately we pay more attention to what our minds tell us to do. The journey from our heads to our hearts does not have to be so arduous when made on the back of a horse. Their self carriage, when allowed to develop naturally, appears to have a great deal to teach us about our own.

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