Inspirited Connections

Many years ago I was asked to create 'passage' in a horse by
simply picturing the slowest most animated trot I could imagine.
Passage did not rise under me and my instructor simply said your
body is not ready...I had no clue as to what she really meant but it
felt like somewhere inside my flesh my imagination was held captive.
My mind understood what I was trying to do but it did not know
how to move my body with this intention.

Our ability to move in new ways, new directions is directly related
to our capacity to embody new emotions, sensations and
experiences. It is said that we recognize what we know so the
question really is, how do we step into something unknown to us so
we can learn, heal and live fully ?
Often we rely on outer sources to guide us but really the answer
lies in us and speaks to us through our sensory experience of the
world.

What is my body saying ?
What am I experiencing ?
How can I be present ?

Creativity is a primary quality of our instinctive intelligence and
body wisdom. It is the quality that allows us to meet the challenges
and the 'wildness' of life.
Working with art metaphorically can help us observe, reflect and
transform by reconnecting us to the creative impulse that exists in
all things. All natural movements shift through emergence, growth
and decline. For us humans who like to name and know the in
between places of transitions learning to track the non-linear
movements of the unconcious can be a saving grace.

The focus of expressive arts is on process.
Through writing, drawing and moving we engage our unconsious
mind in diaolgue.As we free the body from being contained,
restricted and frozen by outside images and conditionned
behaviors, the powerful body becomes a body that can actualize
it's creative will and abilities and be the container to a wide range
of emotions. Through this process we develop emotional litteracy
and decrease our need to act-out uncomfortable feelings.

I see your body moving slowly yet powerfully
your legs deeply into the ground
rhythmically lifting
I feel boldness, centeredness, alert prideful presence
I imagine the willingness to fight for what is yours
I am here
I am beautiful

Swirling Crested Manes of Freedom
Oceanic
Flamenco wilderness

Our horses can only be as balanced as we are. Natural balance is
a dynamic interplay beteween the physical, mental, emotional and
spiritual parts of our being. Creativity is the only solution to
conflict that is acceptable to the soul.

It takes courage to meet with open eyes the unknown that we and
others are, but it also takes the power of imagination pulsing
through our cells and core to truly believe there is something else
an uncarved path... as we journey and leave behind what does not
serve us anymore, like through a snake's shedding we emerge back
into the world from our inner vision and wisdom.