Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Looking Forward to the UK in September!

Hi James, just a quick note to say I continue to be thrilled by the improvement both in my own balance and movement and in the ridden work. I am finding that it is much easier to feel into my body for my contribution to the problem - for instance, my horse was feeling rather hard and unyielding in my left hand, and I could feel that my left Chi Whoey was closed, and allowing it ot soften allowed my horse to soften too.
And on the ground, I feel much lighter in my movement, it is noticeably easier to stand from sitting, and in doing the exercises I now find that my neck turns are coming from midway down my thoracic spine and lifting the chin I can feel the stretch right down the centre of my abdomen. So it's all good! Looking forward to your visit in September.
Kind regards,
Julie P

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Hannah from Yorkshire and her Big Trot!

Great course with James Shaw James Shaw's Tai Chi riding techniques have proved themselves yet again!

We had a fantastic course with him in July, getting deeper into how our body influences our horse. This can be both positively or negatively!

My big breakthrough this trip was getting the key to sitting a big trot, something I've been struggling with for a while! It's taken a lot of work to get here, but when I managed to get all the pieces together (it's all in the bellybutton!) sitting Toby's bigger trot was easy! I had an hour and half lesson from James yesterday, nearly all of it in trot and canter and none of it with stirrups! I don't know another method that enables you to get this easily and pain-free for both horse and rider. Seriously, check it out! http://www.shawtaichi.com/

And the good news is he's back in September teaching courses all over the UK, so click here to find out more and when he's near you!

Hannah, Hannah Dawson Equine
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