Also known as “the power of a smile“.
Also known as “holy snappin’ turtles this clinic already rocks”
I don’t know how to begin telling you what happened in a clinic one on one session this morning. Far out… I’m sitting with an enormous heap of gratitude to Lynda for being happy to share this with you.
It started off simply experiencing the power of a smile – a smile that hit Lynda right in “the Feels” as my friend AJ says. OMG never underestimate the power of a smile. I’ve had people on Magic our steel vaulting horse who were technically in the “right” riding position for them, who didn’t get the “snick” of magnetically connecting to the saddle until they smiled. It’s THAT big and THAT important. There’s a FEELing that goes with a smile too. <3
Somehow my giant warmblood Oliver came into the session. He’s taught me sooo much about “wrongness”. He was born wrong. He was too big to be born and had to be pulled out. He showed us how someone picked up this shocky foal to get him to nurse and his body collapsed, with him going down with his fetlocks bent the wrong way – wrong again. There was a cascade of “wrongnesses” that culminated into this dangerous horse with a locked in PTSD being given to me – after he’d grabbed me by the heart in a healing session. (Aside: I’d never felt a horse grab me like he did.)
What’s that got to do with Lynda?
Lynda was born wrong too. Gosh even writing this I have a flush of emotion and tears.
She was pulled into the world with a forceps delivery. Her mum told her that she was so twisted, that the doctor was trying to pull her little legs straight.. OMG I’m crying as I’m writing this. Can you feel the similarity to Oliver?
That twist in her body followed her throughout her life, affecting her in all kinds of ways, but let’s focus on the horse side. It meant that her weight was uneven in the saddle and her riding seat was disconnected. It meant that she was constantly having to stop riding because her horse would get sore. That she was constantly battling the riding nerves that were a direct result of her disconnected riding seat. She simply wasn’t safe, so of course she was nervous!. It meant that when her friends were out trail riding and encouraging her to join them, that she couldn’t bring herself to leave the arena and when she did, thank god she had a fall that meant she completely lost her nerve, otherwise she might have ended up with worse injuries.
As we – the magical “we” of Oliver and me – coached her through feeling into the memory of the forceps delivery through how her body felt physically in that moment… My goodness the bravery of her was incredible. The willingness, her desire to get to the bottom of this and release it… Breathing big outward breaths, she found the power and feel of that smile and released the trauma of that birth, released her twisted pelvis and started to straighten up in front of our eyes. I’m still having bouts of happy tears writing this.
And the joy of it!
I took the first photo with a screenshot AFTER she’d already released her pelvis and her back was already starting to straighten. Did I mention she’s in New Zealand and I’m in Australia? The second photo is after a few minutes of “walking in” the session. In addition to the joyfulness that’s being re-triggered with every smile, her changed weight distribution is EFFORTLESS. The rest of her clinic will be focused on getting rid of the tension from some bad falls that were caused by her disconnected riding seat and getting back into the saddle with her horse as happy as she is.
This is incredible!!!🙏🏻🌈
I’m still getting the smiley warm and fuzzies whenever I think about it. There was another one this morning who’d had multiple breaks in a busted pelvis in a fall, that was just as profound. We’ve always had good results – though it appears that clearing my own crap going into this clinic has stepped us into a whole new space. Feels glorious…
That is awesome, I was born breech and have a slightly twisted pelvis so I never felt safe either, I still rode a lot but always with one stirrup shorter, even jumping. Never, ever felt glued to the saddle. I no longer ride due to other health issues.
Kathy you’re an old Fast Track student aren’t you? You will have a free fence sit for the clinic if your email is still there. That means you’ll get the recordings of the stuff the riders are willing to share. (I give them the option of not sharing stuff that is too personal). You can use those recordings to clear that up?
Kathy, Lynda has made a rather extraordinary offer to you. I’ve emailed you about it.