Wednesday - MMJ

More on this as I get the chance to watch video and collect my thoughts.

Basically we did the session 7 "catch the thought" backup-with-collection exercise with both. For Try the issue was she kept offering things she knows. For Sephira it was tuning out/going to sleep/and her attempts much more subtle than Try.

Monday - Nov 10 - Try in prep for MMJ

Played in round pen with Try on MMJ stuff but concentration was scattered with workmen building paddock fences next to the fence. Then pleasant ride with nice concentration. Then back to round pen and all was much better.

Jennifer rode Sephira as it was a school holiday and her friends were visiting and all riding.

Friday

My first priority was observing myself for positive thoughts. It was a beautiful day and I loved the drive seeing all the fall colors in the sunshine. I carried the positive feeling with me until I got to the grocery store mid afternoon then forgot it as I was tired.

Try:

• She came to me
• She was loving
• She was relaxed
• She gave me great warm golden feeling energy
• She acknowledged my presence during the day

next time

1. pleasant ride

2. ?mental stimulation?

Sephira:

• We started with the respectful energy from Wednesday
• In the round pen we played with the golden ribbon and as we progressed I saw greater relaxation
• She follows me at liberty zone 1 to zone 1, and side-by-side for a little while.
• We played friendly game at mounting block without mounting.
• we made strides with lead line, mirroring and refreshing our memories as to lead line ground manners

next time

1. I will want to be observant. As I play friendly and help Sephira relax she loses respect and gains dominance. I believe she equates gentle, loving connection as wimpy. I now know I can use Parelli methods to change a disrespectful attitude as it arises and it likely will.

2. Time to get back to some really riding rather than lovely putzing about.

Thursday - Starting over with B ME - days 1, 2 and 3

Day One: Starting over from the beginning:

1. reviewed session 1 notes and video
2. plan 3x a day for at least 3 days - 7 min GM golden mode:

• physical relaxation
• 5 minute movie, visualization--bringing in Try or Sephira, listening to inner voice
• 60 second count down to set the feeling

Going back to reset my relaxation and positive thinking path.

Forgiving myself for getting off track. The answer if I see negativity in my horses is always GM, dwell time, mirror, just hangout together. Positive warm, loving GM cookies.

For me--I got off track with trips and non-horse stuff that is not geared for spiritual development. However, it is up to me not to others to challenge myself to stay with the program with other distractions, getting tired, etc.

Journaling to provide discipline. Perhaps in notebook, perhaps here??

So Day 1 thankfulness time

1. tension--observed, movie--focus an issue, 60 sec ct good--did with MMJ tape

2. worked on relieving tension for several minutes, movie attempts better, 60 sec great

3. less tension, movie--jogging in the sand and rubbing Try's neck--focus scattered, 60 sec touching set more GM than in quite some time.

Day Two: Session Two - Mirroring

Today I plan hanging out, dwell time, lots of GM cookies and mirroring--1. not asking for anything, and 2. ask/release and reward with cookie. (gm/visual/60sec).

THankfulness time:
1. Did in bathtub 8 am physical relaxation better, movie--asked Try for movie??, 60 sec ok
2. At Rollover with Try: phys tension better, movie--both Lexie and Try came to me physically and I quit as Lexie was nearly on top of me and I do not know her.
3. I forgot to do a 3rd time.

Mirroring: I did this with both Try and Sephira--Try at a standstill and on lead line and Sephira on lead line. Should I be seeing some result?

The MAIN thing I did was be conscious of positive thoughts and washing out any negative. I had a lot of success with this. This is especially important with Sephira as fears or anticipation of problems can affect our connection.

I played with GM and energy ribbon a lot with both horses and for both I saw greater relaxation as I went along. I even saw Sephira get a little sleepy looking. Using TM focus and energy ribbon both Try and Sephira come to me and are connected. Sephira has difficulty stopping with me.

Exhale--both Try and I exhale and recognize the cue but don't have it coupled with stopping. Sephira licked and chewed a lot but rarely exhales.
They both back from my focus and energy without the energy ribbon--unsure if its a sincere thought--catching the thought. Please review--lessons 5-8.

Day Three: Thinking and Studying

Constant Conscious Awareness

1. think positive
2. think in terms of energy
3. think about catching the thought/reading the horse
4. find release and reward with cookie: gm/vis/60sec

7: use my energy bubble to catch Try's thought and ask her to shift away from me

8. direct Try's thoughts to move her feet

Using GM to create new + pathways

ITS ALL ABOUT AWARENESS

Wednesday with Sephira

• She followed me--really sticking to me--at liberty immediately in the round pen
• She was perfect at the mounting block
• She was so much better on the lead line
• I loved her beautiful big trot and today we trotted a lot in a relaxed easy way--loose reins
• She was sweet for grooming and showering
• I was able to be gentle and loving and she recognized it as a good thing

1. check the mounting

2. progress the??

3. what's in it for her?

Tuesday with Sephira!

Today was the first attitude adjustment day in the round pen.

Sephira was lovely until I wanted to mount and kept moving as I tried various approaches. Finally enough is enough--went to round pen. Sufficient free lunge/changes of direction/not completely full out for her safety until she was ready to come to me/stick with me and follow me like a puppy. Went back to mounting and she stood still then took a step as I was mounting. Correction given then easy ride. She started out nervous both the step and walking--but we walked until she relaxed and then trotted a little. Then played with mounting several more times until we got it right.

• I loved her trot
• I felt successful in attitude adjustment
• I felt successful in winning the mounting issue
• I felt successful in reading her confidence level
• I felt successful in helping her relax

1. continue mounting block
2. what's in it for her?

Mondays

Monday October 27
Easy hack with Try, play in round pen liberty and play with kicking ball out of dressage ring. Try lovely to be with.

Monday, November 3
Same--Try in and out of bad mood.

• Cadillac who drives herself
• relax - no worries
• no pressure - safe
• we share a language
• she knows me

1. cranky/boredom whats in it for her
2. talk with her
3. ??she doesn't know why she is cranky??