Comments on: “Mindful Movement” https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/mindful-movement/ Horsemanship and horse training the partnership way Sun, 11 Apr 2021 17:12:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Teddie Ziegler https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/mindful-movement/#comments/2169 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=12610#comment-2169 In reply to Jayne Nilon.

I am so sorry you and they have gone through that. I know first hand how tough it is for both sides. It is truly amazing what the brain can and can’t do when it gets jostled or bounced around. I hope your boys recover fully.

It has been a blessing for my friend to be able to go out to the horses and relax in nature. My horse just nuzzles with him and I swear he is giving him healing energy. You can just see the exchange when they are together. My horse just puts his head on my friend’s head and sits there very purposeful. They are truly amazing creatures.

Not only has that been good but so has just learning to relax and calm his mind. I think that has been the hardest thing – his brain injury made it hyper and it wouldn’t slow down. He’s had to remap his neural brain pathways around the damaged parts. But the doctors are amazed at how quickly he has improved and how much. They didn’t think he could get this far. They do say he’s at his limit now though. So it is just maintenance work now and it’s been 18 months since the accident.

Even volunteering at a barn grooming horses would be good for your boys. 🙂 Let me know how it goes and I wish you all the best.

Warmly,
Teddie

]]> By: Jayne Nilon https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/mindful-movement/#comments/2166 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=12610#comment-2166 Amazing Teddie,
My 2 eldest sons had a car accident nearly 2 years ago. One was travelling behind the other taking one of our cars to their aunty (my sister) since hers was undriveable from a rear ender she had. My sons had just pulled over to make plans where the oldest brother suggested the younger go first as the car had just been repaired and the oldest brother was in his brand new audi sport car. That way if anything went wrong with the newly repaired car, he'd know. They continued on their way, one minute later the younger brother in front had a head on. An old lady crossed double lines without warning and smashed head-on and fortunately the older brother travelling behind had awesome braking system and pulled up just in time before he had a head-on with her.

The younger brother was slumped at the wheel and the older brother got out, checked older lady who was trapped, in a bit of pain but looked over to see an image that has not left him, his brother slumped at the wheel of a smashed up car looking dead. Big brother called emergency and after 1 1/2 hours of cutting away at the wreck, his younger brother was air lifted to hospital. Incredibly, younger brother had only a smashed right leg, pinned from knee to ankle, he also has short attention span and lost his patience – slight brain damage from the blow to the side of his head breaking the side glass car window. Both now suffer from ptsd and still seeing Dr, Psychologist, and Psychiatrist. Both are still coming to terms with the event and older brother suffers from the guilt of sending his younger brother first. The older brother use to work with horses and now doesn't have the patience for any of our herd any more. Perhaps one day he may return to them. My 2 younger boys came to the accident scene with us as it was close to home. They too were disturbed by what they saw and have scenes left in their minds too.

We have had 2 beautiful quarter horses, well trained who taught us well. We have since increased the herd with 2 rescue ponies who taught our younger boys about winning horses over using trust. Since the older brother's accident, we've rescued another 3 horses from the doggers. 2 Quarter horses – 8 and 14 and a young paint. All are terribly spooky so just taking the time to spend time walking them and winning their trust. I saw your talent with horses which intrigued me and found your story with Mark. Will encourage my boys with what I learned psychologically from your story and see if we can get them working with our rescue family.

]]> By: Teddie Ziegler https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/mindful-movement/#comments/2165 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=12610#comment-2165 In reply to Linda.

I’m glad to hear this has worked for others with TBI as well. I hope your daughter has healed from the injury. It looks like he will get about 80% back to normal after about 2 years of therapies. It’s amazing how the brain works.

]]> By: Linda https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/mindful-movement/#comments/2163 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=12610#comment-2163 Love the basic idea of this – for my daughter with a TBI, we definitely found that going out to the woods or the ocean was very soothing, for all of us; gardening, as well. Even today, 20 years after her accident, woods/ocean/or gardening are both soothing and energizing for her 🙂

]]> By: Teddie Ziegler https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/mindful-movement/#comments/2162 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=12610#comment-2162 In reply to Alice.

That’s great Alice. Funny how we have to remind ourselves to actually relax and take care of ourselves. Thank you for sharing.

]]> By: Alice https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/mindful-movement/#comments/2161 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=12610#comment-2161 Hi Teddie. I was sorry to hear about Mark's accident. Please send my regards and wishes for a quick recovery to him. I have been able to change my relationship with my horse dramatically in the past years by just listening to him and approaching him without any fixed agendas. And we have done a lot of mindful movement without knowing because it felt so well for both of us. I always remind myself: Alice let go and enjoy the moment. I am sure Mark will get better soon thanks to Apollo and yourself. All the best to you three.

]]> By: Teddie Ziegler https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/mindful-movement/#comments/2160 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=12610#comment-2160 In reply to Janet Cameron.

The right people always find their way with horses when they’re ready to hear it or when their horse decides to let them in on the ‘secret’. 🙂 Thank you for your continued support.

]]> By: Teddie Ziegler https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/mindful-movement/#comments/2159 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=12610#comment-2159 In reply to sandy gazzard.

Mindfullness is a great way to solve a lot of emotional issues with horses, both for the horse and the human. Thank you for sharing.

]]> By: Teddie Ziegler https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/mindful-movement/#comments/2157 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=12610#comment-2157 In reply to Sarah.

Right on the nose as always Sarah. 🙂 I just had to find a way to “push the easy button” as I always say. Plus, I get to spend some extra quality time with Apollo too. Win-Win.

]]> By: Sarah https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/mindful-movement/#comments/2156 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=12610#comment-2156 I just love reading your emails and benefiting from your research on the science behind things. I love walking and horseriding in God's creation. Particularly by the beach and rolling hills/paddocks (not huge hills) and streams. My twin sister is visiting for a few days and so I floated my horse out yesterday to a park/little beach near us and did some riding, some leading and some hanging out with my sister. It was wonderful.

I am currently teaching parttime and doing a postgrad maths course which is connected with my teaching. I am right in the middle of an assignment at the moment which is huge learning for me as I haven't studied for 20 years, so taking time out is hugely important and is always something that I have made sure I did regularly, since having my son. My horse time is my time out.

I love your problem solving, Teddie. Finding a way for Mark to relax his brain but still move his body is a fantastic winwin situation as it also allows you to hang out with Apollo at the same time. 🙂

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