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Building the Bubble #2. Just Converse

  One of us flaps our legs while standing still, banging our boots in the stirrups, twisting around in the saddle, then leaning down to throw our arms around his neck. We mean to be funny and child-like and show a certain sort of lazy bravado. We mean to act like there’s no special skill involved in riding. Then to get a dramatic response, we jerk the reins hard sideways and pop the gelding with…

Building the Bubble #1. Just Notice

Here’s last week’s Pretending to be a Horse scenario, from the equine point of view, abbreviated for sense-limited humans.

His thought balloon: (hard pavement. head pull, loose gravel. fast car. smell dog-coyotes. she’s distracted. breeze picking up. horses in the pasture on right. head pull. pavement. no dog-coyotes close. she’s distracted. she kicks. pulls and kicks. need a breath. pulls head,…

The Daily Draw: Two of Cups, reversed

Build a relationship with yourself Reversed cards can indicate an internal flow of the cards energy as opposed to an external flow when the card is right-side up. The Two of Cups is a card of connection, specifically at the heart chakr a. It can indicate forming, realizing or strengthening a relationship that could be a conventional romantic relationship or could be the coming together of two…

Lately I’ve noticed there are so many people who feel like they’re just not good enough.  It’s an epidemic.  I want to gather them all around me and tell them, “You are good enough exactly how you are in this moment.”  Of course, I could do that and it wouldn’t make a difference.  Probably.  Maybe it would make a difference for five minutes and then they’d be looking for the next person to…

Left in the Dust: Your Ridiculously Slow Response Time.

Have you noticed that horses are incredibly quicker than we are? I’m going to tell you the good news about that, but it’s going to take a while to get there.

Horses have the fastest response time of any common domestic animal. Yes, they measure these things, and horses are quickest to perceive and respond to stimuli–partly because they are prey animals. Sharp awareness, coupled with the ability…

External VS. Internal Focus

Lately I’ve noticed there are so many people who feel like they’re just not good enough.  It’s an epidemic.  I want to gather them all around me and tell them, “You are good enough exactly how you are in this moment.”  Of course, I could do that and it wouldn’t make a difference.  Probably.  Maybe it would make a difference for five minutes and then they’d be looking for the next person to…