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Monday 26 November 2012
Horse Treats
A combination of recipes I came across all similar to the treats you can find in most livestock stores. This is relatively inexpensive and can make quite a few treats for your horse - the best part is knowing exactly what's in the treat and what is not in the treat.
Wonderful warm - winter rubber boots
Picked these up on Sale for $40, regular price $130. Love them, they are warm and grip the ice/snow..
Horse Hair Jewelry App
Found an App on the iPhone for Horse Hair Jewelry. If you download the App it will give you instructions/walk you through making your own.... If you are interested
Stiff & Cracking joints
Eli is a 9 year old OTTB and compared to Ella, a 9 year old STB has stiff, cracking joints and stocks up above his feet. Equine Glucosamine was recommend to help his joints and prevent the development of arthritis so I am going to give it a shot and start him on it this coming weekend..
Yoga & Horses
Thinking of the Martial Arts Horse Stance and how beneficial it is to the horse AND rider got me thinking about Yoga. I'm sure there are yoga poses similar, sure enough there were and better yet there is Yoga for BOTH rider AND Horse. Here is a link to an awesome web page with Linda Guanti and her Horse Lewis:
Yoga with Horses - Linda Guanti and Horse Lewis
Below photos (2) are from her website
Yoga with Horses - Linda Guanti and Horse Lewis
Below photos (2) are from her website
Horse Stance - Martial Arts
Something I discovered trying to work on strengthening my core is that there is a stance in martial arts and Tia Chi called the 'Horse Stance' or 'Wu Chi'. This is a beginners position and used to focus on building the foundation to transition into other poses. The primary focus is to build core strength to maintain balance and align the head, neck, back, hip, knee and ankle.
The stance provides the needed support and good posture that realigns the spine and removes pressure from painful trigger points.
There are many benefits to developing good Horse Stance, in my opinion much like the importance of ground work before riding it is important for the rider to work on strength and balance on the ground themselves as I am sure this will have a positive impact on their ability to ride and communicate effectively with the horse.
TIP: when starting out if it is to difficult to hold the pose start off in a seated position sitting up straight and work towards standing, balance.
I have included the Wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_stance
The stance provides the needed support and good posture that realigns the spine and removes pressure from painful trigger points.
There are many benefits to developing good Horse Stance, in my opinion much like the importance of ground work before riding it is important for the rider to work on strength and balance on the ground themselves as I am sure this will have a positive impact on their ability to ride and communicate effectively with the horse.
TIP: when starting out if it is to difficult to hold the pose start off in a seated position sitting up straight and work towards standing, balance.
I have included the Wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_stance
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