Connecting their MIND and FEET (🇪🇸 Conectando su Mente y Pies)

Mind and Feet horse that will not lead

Written by Rachel Windchaser

September 27, 2019

When a horse “plants ” their feet it usually is because of a combination of factors. However, all result in a disconnection between their minds and their feet. By working with them this block can be removed.

You need to reconnect the MIND with the FEET and the only way to do it is by waiting. It is an exercise in patiences and a perfect example of the ‘tortoise and the hare’ theory.

Begin with a verbal cue then take up the slack and wait. You are looking for the slightest indication of forward movement. This can be anything from a thought followed by a small change in the body, to a step. The important thing is that it is forward. Release the moment you feel the rope soften.

NO MATTER HOW SMALL the movement is, RELEASE. Then begin again. After each release allow them to process (RELEASE, RELAX, REFLECT)

Do not get into a tug of war, you will loose and the connection you have built will be lost.

Once their minds begin to connect with their feet they will follow. If they stop and retreat into a mindset of not moving then WAIT and start again.

It will soon be something you remember as a distant memory…

🇪🇸 Conectando su MENTE y PIES

Cuando un caballo “planta” sus pies, generalmente se debe a una combinación de factores. Sin embargo, todos resultan en una desconexión entre sus mentes y sus pies. Al trabajar con ellos, este bloque se puede eliminar.

Necesitas volver a conectar la MENTE con los PIES y la única forma de hacerlo es esperando. Es un ejercicio de paciencia y un perfecto ejemplo de la teoría de la “tortuga y la liebre”.

Comience con una señal verbal, luego tome el relevo y espere. Está buscando la más mínima indicación de movimiento hacia adelante. Esto puede ser cualquier cosa, desde un pensamiento seguido de un pequeño cambio en el cuerpo, hasta un paso. Lo importante es que es hacia adelante. Suelta el momento en que sientas que la cuerda se ablanda.

NO IMPORTA CUÁN PEQUEÑO sea el movimiento, SUELTO. Entonces comienza de nuevo. Después de cada lanzamiento, permítales procesar (LIBERAR, RELAJARSE, REFLEXIONAR)

No te metas en un tira y afloja, perderás y la conexión que has construido se perderá.

Una vez que sus mentes comiencen a conectarse con sus pies, los seguirán. Si se detienen y se retiran a una mentalidad de no moverse, ESPERE y comience nuevamente.

Pronto será algo que recuerdes como un recuerdo lejano …

Thanks for listening.

“Connect with their MINDS and their Bodies will Follow”

THE WHOLE HORSE CODE

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