A good student

Miss Dusty the Fox Trotter taking in her next instructions!

To be a little girl again!

You betcha!!

It really is the same Champion many of us rode as a kid and begged those nickles from our parents to ride again and again.

Never did I dream I'd ever see another one as an adult, let alone one that still works too.

I had the time of my life riding Champion again.

Liz

Strong message I know, and just dont care!

Whatever God or Higher power you may believe in, the Horse is a special gift. Given to us all to enjoy and helps us in many ways.

I don't believe the intention was to:

Neglect

Abuse

Misuse

Exploit

for greedy, sick , narcissistic or selfish purposes.

Especially being done so in the name of who ever your God may be.

Liz

Just not possible!

No matter how hard we try

It cant be done
You can fool yourself you can
But you only fool yourself
I cant do it, you cant do it

What it is it?

Nothing is better at being a horse
As a Horse

Liz Graves
copyright 2010

Gravity!!!!!!

It's about being comfortable together in it.
It's about knowing the risks, and finding our comfort zones in them, yet having the freedom
and feeling the freedom when we reach our goals

I love to ride to music and when the song " Gravity" was released by John Mayer on his continuum CD it became my favorite. It says so much about how I feel and the challenges that we work with to be good riders. One of the important lessons I teach in my travels is how we and our horses must work together in the world of gravity we live in to create the emotional and physical shapes of the horses and ourselves. Both are needed to get to the finest place possible in our work of getting there.

The road to learning this is just the best to me!

Liz

Let it move us all!

Something we should do more among our own specie.

Discovering Collection in the Beginning

Below are before and after photos of a private one day workshop I conducted here at the ranch yesterday. It's purpose was learning Bio-mechanics, locomotion and collection.

Of coarse the after photos are just a start for these horses and riders and none are in finished, refined form. In 1 day we made big changes through riders discovering what the shape of collection is, what the human, and horses body both need to do to create it, not make it.

Added to this is the saddles must fit,be placed properly and strapped on properly to allow a horses body to function properly. Headgear must help support when needed, not create discomfort or communication from hand to head gear will be compromised. They must be used properly with hands that can feel.

This was a super group of people, in that they came with their minds open and wanting the best for their horses in turn making the best for themselves.

I love people like this and none were afraid to work.

Morgan Horse before

This horse is a true ewe-necked horse in that the s-shape his cervical vertebrae create a small S-curve at the top and a long S-curve at the bottom

the higher he elevates his head the more evident this is. A neck like this can naturally incline a horse to be inverted and collecting these horses for life time of back health and soundness is imperative.

Morgan Horse After

Chestnut Quarter Horse before

Chestnut Quarter Horse after

Bay Quarter Horse before

Bay Quarter Horse after

Fjord Horse before

Fjord Horse After

Liz Graves
Copyright 2010