Reflecting on the Uberstreichen Exercises
Feb 4th, 2010 by Carolyn
In today’s classroom there are some things I want to share and a book I would like to recommend that you can read at this time with your horse, if the weather will permit. I will give you the 5th Ueberstreichen Exercise next Tuesday because it is time for us to pause, reflect and witness our forward progress.
Many people are still working on the first two Uberstreichen Exercises so there is no really need to progress to the 5th one at this time. I will extend the classroom to next Tuesday, which is usually a time for sharing my thoughts.
The blog is becoming a classroom where we are all learning form each other from sharing our experiences, while becoming aware of our surroundings in nature like a horse would do. ‘New magic’ is on the horizon, it is happening all around us from our awareness of our horses in the moment. It was what I was hoping to build.
I am watching the YouTubes that I have inspired people to create. I am watching YouTubes where people keep the camera rolling in real time in the environment and holding beautiful vibrations. On their journey with my Method they are filming their moments with their horses and filming their surroundings in nature. In these YouTubes people are filming beautiful skies and streams and happy rhythmic dancing with their horses and watching people doing nothing but experiencing being truly alive with a horse, breathing in and breathing out with long moments of “whisker touching”. I am seeing many scenes of sunlit air intermingled with tree branches and beautiful backlit spider webs caught in autumn leaves.
A man willing to share what is real without purpose other than wanting to make a connection with anyone who would enjoy sharing the moment in his own experience. What I am witnessing is a new song without agenda with horses. It is a song where we are sharing with one another our private moments we have never shared before with anyone. We are learning through sharing, we are becoming a herd of humans. We are helping each other to develop higher horsemanship from sharing our own experiences. We are building a friendship brought together from the love of horses. I am also noticing that horses are behaving differently than they have in the past from our spiritual evolution in magical ways. We are discovering “the new horse”.
I would like to recommend a book for you to read right at this juncture called the “Songs of Horses” by Paul Belasik. It will help you grow your understanding in how to view and create different approaches in how to connect and train horses. It is one of my favorite books of all time. This book allows my soul to soar and to grow and gives me more hope in bringing us all together to celebrate and share the “cutting edge” of this growing symbiotic connection in cross species bonding and dancing between horses and humans. It is a magical read along with being quit educational.
Please remember to check in the comments section so I know you are still interested and reading my instruction. There as been a lot of drop-off in the classroom. If the drop-off is too large, I will return to the regular articles. These exercises are very simple to learn but are very focused and detailed and need to be practiced over a period of time. I can understand why you might lose interest. They may take too much focus for the average horse owner. I love them and I get lost in the details. I like that they are gentle, simple to employ and produce such amazing results for my students who use them.
I do hope you stay interested. Remember, do not do them for more that 10 or 15 minutes a session. Let me know how they are helping you and if you have any questions regarding their application. Remember to sign in even if you have nothing to add. It is my roll call so I can see if you still want to go forward with the free instruction program.
Have a great weekend
Carolyn
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March 3rd, 2010 at 2:59 am
I’m intermittent in following the blog, but I have watched some recent videos on the UE method and am planning to buy your upcoming book.
Right now I’m reading the blog entries in reverse date order catching up a bit.
Thanks!
Meg
February 25th, 2010 at 11:57 am
Carolyn,
I went missing because my computer crashed in Jan ..finally replaced it and now I am catching up on all the blog posts that I sorely missed !!
It’s been a very cold winter here as well ..so haven’t had the time I’ve wanted to be doing the Uber’s w/ my boy..we are basically still working on the 1st exercise. but with softness and relaxation will be progressing on to the next exercises.
Please continue to share with us as these exercise are like a meditation w/ your horse. They are invaluable.
February 23rd, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Just another check-in. Because I dont have a horse of my own, i’ve had to drive a 100 mile roundtrip on weekends to get to a wonderful horse whose owner has generously let me work with him. However, due to treatment for a brain tumor (benign thankfully) i’ve not been able to get up there for the past several months. I’ve been reading these blogs like a thirsty person drinks water. Of course, I cant wait to get back up there, but in the meantime, i’ve found another wonderful friend who is willing to “share” her horse with me, so next week i begin establishing a connection with this new horse. Spending lots of companion time in the herd/on the ground with my new horse friend is perfect for me at this time in my recovery…i’ve always loved hanging out with horses, and now life has dictated that i HAVE to hang out with them until I’m well enought to ride–not that it’s really any type of “have to” situation. And until then, there is so much to learn and do and connect with. Thanks so much for these lessons…i’ve said this before..will say it again..so glad i was led to find you here!!!
February 21st, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Hello Carolyn!
I went to a local “ground working” clinic yesterday and Sampson (17′2″ Missouri Foxtrotter) and I were the stars! I began with your UE, facing his head, walking around him both ways, dropping his head before the clinic. When the clinic started we did everything the clinician asked for. She couldn’t keep up with us! Sam simply did everything I asked from him, staying out of my space when I was “working” moving things around the arena, stepping one foot at a time, then stopping with each subsiquent foot over a groundpole, walking and trotting the long sides of the arena and stopping each time I stopped (she wanted me ahead of him but we “companion walked”). We even sidepassed down the groundpole because we ran out of things to do. YOUR STUFF WORKS!
I wrote you yesterday but don’t see it on the posts. I wrote that I was in the middle of your book and was jut wastching the Liberty DVD. I am hooked!
Nancy Klifman, MA Spiritual Psychology
February 20th, 2010 at 10:08 am
Dear Carolyn
Please know that your information and lessons are invaluable to me.
I am just starting out at the age of 71 and feel that your way with
horses will work for me and my Mustang, Nevada.
He is my first horse and was sold to me as a “beginning rider” horse.
Having been bucked off four times I have found him to be quite a
challenge. I have been through Parelli, level one, with him but find
I need to do more to gain his friendship and trust. I have read Naked Liberty and have your DVD with Pandero.
Which of your DVD’s would show me the Waterhold Rituals?
Keep up the good work.
Thanks,
Vicki
February 16th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Hello Carolyn, Everything you offer is read, savored, noted and practiced. Just not always on the date it is sent. I will do my best to always check in so that you know how important what you are offering is to me and for my herd.
Connie Funk
February 13th, 2010 at 5:45 am
Carolyn – I am following the Exercises, although I apologize for not signing in at the beginning. I really hope that you will continue to share them with us. What you are doing is a wonderful example of the best use of the Internet in connecting us all together. I thank you again for your generous and wise teaching. I am hoping that at some point, you can address the issue of helping a horse learn to balance better. Siete sometimes has difficulties with keeping her balance while just running around on her own in the pasture and also with a rider. Also, the 5th Uberstreichen Exercise addresses an important problem that she had while working with a trainer and is incredibly helpful and meaningful to both me and my horse. I appreciate your help so much!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
I did the 5th exercise today with 2 different horses and it went very well,
I started with UE number 1 and 3, then introduced number 4 with a banana and then number 5. Both horses were walking forward with their nose close to the ground 3-4 steps while I was also walking close to the ground. I did it 2-3 times with each horse and as it felt so good, I stopped there and will pick up tomorrow again.
I progress with UE 1 and can move the number eight now and ask a bit of an arch without the horse moving backwards.
These are the first exercises I work with for a long time without any treats, we are together about the learning. It was not planned, but it just felt right.
Greetings from St. Vincent / Stina