Comments on: Bruce Lee: The Dance of Unpredictable Rhythm http://www.carolynresnickblog.com/bruce-lee-the-dance-of-unpredictable-rhythm/ "Take my Quick Quiz to discover your true relationship with your horse!" and join me to learn all about horsemanship and horse training at liberty Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:24:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Bonnie http://www.carolynresnickblog.com/bruce-lee-the-dance-of-unpredictable-rhythm/#comment-7048 Bonnie Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:04:20 +0000 http://www.carolynresnickblog.com/?p=904#comment-7048 The title of this post resonated with me immediately and reminded me of what I'd done this past week with my mare Paloma. She is so unique in her approach to... well, life, and I find myself continually underestimating her. Her reaction to my "efforts" to further her training has been to react big, push back, and avoid contact. After viewing Nevzorov's work, I was determined to honor this big girl's innate intelligence. This is why I started searching for more creative ideas and found Carolyn's website. So, this past week, I was working on sharing space with Paloma and I had my iPod on. Before I knew it, I was dancing in front of her to Fela Kuti's Shakara and soon she began to pick up her front feet in what seemed like a dance. We danced together for about five to seven minutes! I would never have planned to do something like this with her but I see that spontaneity piques her interest. I can only imagine what this looked like from a distance... The title of this post resonated with me immediately and reminded me of what I’d done this past week with my mare Paloma. She is so unique in her approach to… well, life, and I find myself continually underestimating her. Her reaction to my “efforts” to further her training has been to react big, push back, and avoid contact. After viewing Nevzorov’s work, I was determined to honor this big girl’s innate intelligence. This is why I started searching for more creative ideas and found Carolyn’s website. So, this past week, I was working on sharing space with Paloma and I had my iPod on. Before I knew it, I was dancing in front of her to Fela Kuti’s Shakara and soon she began to pick up her front feet in what seemed like a dance. We danced together for about five to seven minutes! I would never have planned to do something like this with her but I see that spontaneity piques her interest. I can only imagine what this looked like from a distance…

]]> By: Hertha http://www.carolynresnickblog.com/bruce-lee-the-dance-of-unpredictable-rhythm/#comment-2933 Hertha Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:10:19 +0000 http://www.carolynresnickblog.com/?p=904#comment-2933 Reading these replies put me in mind of 'theatresports' where people are given a random theme and improvise around it, relating each new moment to the moment that went before it. I used to play this with friends in the summer as a kid totally naturally to wile away summer afternoons. What Parelli calls the 'arrows in our quiver' and what Carolyn is teaching us must become unconsious ways of responding the the horse of the moment. This is what is so hard to explain for people just starting out who are still so wedded to their 'story' for the horse (ie. the 'sport' they want to do with their horse). It is the 'letting go' of the 'story' and the willingness to listen to the horse that allows the water to become the glass. Reading these replies put me in mind of ‘theatresports’ where people are given a random theme and improvise around it, relating each new moment to the moment that went before it.

I used to play this with friends in the summer as a kid totally naturally to wile away summer afternoons.

What Parelli calls the ‘arrows in our quiver’ and what Carolyn is teaching us must become unconsious ways of responding the the horse of the moment.

This is what is so hard to explain for people just starting out who are still so wedded to their ‘story’ for the horse (ie. the ‘sport’ they want to do with their horse).

It is the ‘letting go’ of the ‘story’ and the willingness to listen to the horse that allows the water to become the glass.

]]> By: Pam http://www.carolynresnickblog.com/bruce-lee-the-dance-of-unpredictable-rhythm/#comment-2908 Pam Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:25:38 +0000 http://www.carolynresnickblog.com/?p=904#comment-2908 The word harmony comes to mind when I read this post - harmony basically meaning agreement. My dressage instructor, who is truly a horseman, mentions being in harmony with your horse more than any particular movement one might want to learn at the time. It seems all of the masters must understand this - I wonder if the people who struggle the most with horses are not basically in agreement with the horse and whatever they might offer at the time. More of a fighting with than going with. Anyway, thanks for this post, it is my favorite so far! The word harmony comes to mind when I read this post – harmony basically meaning agreement. My dressage instructor, who is truly a horseman, mentions being in harmony with your horse more than any particular movement one might want to learn at the time. It seems all of the masters must understand this – I wonder if the people who struggle the most with horses are not basically in agreement with the horse and whatever they might offer at the time. More of a fighting with than going with. Anyway, thanks for this post, it is my favorite so far!

]]> By: Becky http://www.carolynresnickblog.com/bruce-lee-the-dance-of-unpredictable-rhythm/#comment-2907 Becky Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:18:49 +0000 http://www.carolynresnickblog.com/?p=904#comment-2907 Plans used to make me feel safe because they'd trick me into thinking i had predicted the outcome of a session. So when things didn't go to plan, i'd feel even more unsafe! A vision is different from a plan. I'm a writer (trying!) and it's the same. If i have a vision of a story, i just have to write in a stream of conciousness, and as i do, connections start to happen in my story, the unpredictable happens and i work with it, and normally when i finish, i realsie that it is not just a load of garbal, a thread has been created. If i planned a story, i'd never find these surprising threads, and never have anything to pull out, re-work and weave into my finished peice...and sometimes by this point, even my vision has changed. It's that water thing again! Fanatstic post Carolyn Becky Plans used to make me feel safe because they’d trick me into thinking i had predicted the outcome of a session. So when things didn’t go to plan, i’d feel even more unsafe! A vision is different from a plan. I’m a writer (trying!) and it’s the same. If i have a vision of a story, i just have to write in a stream of conciousness, and as i do, connections start to happen in my story, the unpredictable happens and i work with it, and normally when i finish, i realsie that it is not just a load of garbal, a thread has been created. If i planned a story, i’d never find these surprising threads, and never have anything to pull out, re-work and weave into my finished peice…and sometimes by this point, even my vision has changed. It’s that water thing again!

Fanatstic post Carolyn

Becky

]]> By: lIz Folb http://www.carolynresnickblog.com/bruce-lee-the-dance-of-unpredictable-rhythm/#comment-2905 lIz Folb Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:36:27 +0000 http://www.carolynresnickblog.com/?p=904#comment-2905 I think its called "enjoying the process" -- Carolyn, I am proud of you and grateful that you are modeling the behavior of a true teacher. Its like the philosophy of teaching a starving person how to grow food rather than just giving him or her money to buy it. I think its called “enjoying the process” –
Carolyn, I am proud of you and grateful that you are modeling the behavior of a true teacher. Its like the philosophy of teaching a starving person how to grow food rather than just giving him or her money to buy it.

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