Rolfing for Horses and Humans - Maximize YOUR Horse-Human Potential
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* What the heck is Rolfing, or Structural Integration, and how can it help me and my horse?
* Find out why Structural Integration was the most effective healing modality that enabled me to access the hidden Magic inside of two trauma-riddled beings - me, and a little mare called Speed Axcel.
* AND, why I think it could be what YOU need to connect with your body, your horse, and your potential for magic between you, no matter what that looks like for you.
Join us for a candid podcast interview with two spectacular humans - Kayla Anne McGowan and Saxon Alexander - who work together to make the most of your horse-human potential.
Find out:
~ What fascia is and why you should care
~ How past injuries and trauma stored in our bodies affect our movement patterns, and how these inhibit our potential for fluid movement, balance, flexibility and connection with ourselves AND our horses
~ Hear how Saxon's journey into structural integration changed their experience with trauma.
In their own words;
"I have made it my mission this winter to spread structural integration to as many horses and humans as possible. I’d love to talk about my journey into (and out of) the academic biochemistry world, my journey through my non-binary gender in the gendered world of horses, and how horses have helped me through my mental health struggles. Thank you for all you do: your words and your shows make me feel a little less alone."
Learn more about them in the links below.
In the meantime, let’s examine the common trait between all the smoothest riders?
It’s all in the hips!
IF the hips can carry their weight evenly and with precision, if they can lift and drop, exaggerate or dampen the flow of energy over a horse’s spine - they can do ANYTHING!
Until then … NO MAGIC!
You can’t have good hands, without good hips.
And the focus on the hips doesn’t start and end with the human in the saddle - it extends to the horses, too, in both philosophy and approach, and in the physical sense, in terms of straightness and soundness.
Jack LeGoff used to say;
“Horses are like women. If you have them by the mouth … you may or may not also have them by the haunches … but if you have them by the haunches, you most certainly also have them by the mouth!”
Of course, that was delivered with a wink and a leer, and followed up up on with devoted fervor amongst my peer group. Say what you want about the obvious misogyny of the era, or of a coach saying this to his students in this day and age - I get it, I LIVED it - but … we were adults (mostly), and the metaphor was provocative and effective.
I wanted to be provocative, because I am bringing up some touchy, but very real subjects, like the concept of trauma being stored in the hips, a casual reference to the mysogyny of the era I grew up in, and a breezy mention of the vulnerability of learning how to move one’s body with the speed, suppleness and elegance of the world’s largest prey species. It is NOT for the feint of heart!
Buckle Up. If ever there was someone to un-pack these things with, it is the dynamic Rolfing duo of
Kayla Ann McGowan and Saxon Alexander!
This was my dream interview - I got to combine passions and build on my social justice platform, introducing gender pronouns, the land I am privileged to work and play on, and unpack Saxon’s trip through the horse world and the academic world, as a non-binary person.
And so, together let’s examine …
~ The importance of core strength, flexibility, and balance to make magic with horses
~ How our crookedness - or our inability to absorb shock and allow movement through our bodies - affects our horses
~ Imbalances - Patterns we witness in our lives (standing with one hip cocked)
~ How do our hips affect our horse’s hips?
~ What can we do to improve these things?
* For our bodies
* For our horse’s bodies
* To release trauma
* Why posture matters … ALL the time!
* What is Rolfing, and how can it help horses and humans develop the connection and smoothness they are seeking, as well as address some of the issues listed above?
Listen-in to hear a story about my own experience with Rolfing, with a hot little mare named Speed Axcel.
Want to hear more from these extraordinary humans? Follow the links below.
In the meantime, we will carry on our examination of how to evolve our Horsecraft alongside the decrepitudes of age that may have crept in, and alongside new methods that explore liberty training, freedom of choice, and R+ training.
Take a chance!
Paige
ANYTHING is possible (together!)
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KaylaAnn McGowan (she/her): certified Rolfer and Rolf Movement Practitioner. Board member of the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute
https://www.facebook.com/Fullbodyconnection?mibextid=LQQJ4d
https://fullbodyconnection.com
Saxon Alexandra (they/them): Advanced Equine Fascial Integration Therapy (EFIT) practitioner, NBCAAM-certified equine massage therapist
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083493601607
https://www.actualityequine.org/
