My First Riding Lesson

Yesterday I had my first horseback riding lesson at equi-valent. Normally I wouldn't write about things like that, my more personal life, on this blog, but I have to explain what happened. So Jessenia was teaching, she is the owner of equi-valent and taught the riding lesson. Centered riding is not just sitting of on the back of a two ton animal and jerking on it's mouth to make it go where you want. Centered riding is connecting with the horse. When I was up there riding Ranger, who is the horse pictured above, I took that picture right after my lesson, and Jessenia was telling me what to do, I seriously felt I was doing yoga. I don't mean i was doing pretzel shapes on Ranger's back, I mean I was really doing the true essence of yoga. Integrating my body and mind, and of course working my body to a state of ability to except the immense energy of enlightenment, but that second one if beside the point. While riding that horse, working my body to fit with Ranger's which is pretty much what I was doing I could also tell my mind was working, and not thinking up ways to get me away from what I was doing, something it loves to do, no it was getting whipped into shaped and forced under MY will. It is very... nice. to get a bit off topic and quote Einstein "The mind is a faithful servant" Well yes, but only if you can capture it first. My mind has not only escaped my capture but is also taking my over bit by bit, and I do not intent to let it do that. At first I thought this horse back riding thing was just going to be an extra thing I would do when I had the time, but now I realize just how useful it is going to be for every little part of me! So I will try and write tomorrow, so check back in. I have another entry to write but do not have the time right now.