Starting with Carolyn Resnick's Uberstreichen

Starting with Uberstreichen

This video clip I made for Carolyn Resnick's blog classroom.
www.carolynresnickblog.com. Do not do these excersises before studying them and the waterhole rituals carefully.

I put the camera up in a tree and started. Before starting I have been reading on Carolyns UE Thursday blog and I had printed out the first two exercises and read them over a couple of times and also watched Farahs and Carolyn/Alexandras videoclips on UE. So after the theoretical preparations I did the mental preparations which was to clear my mind. I clear my mind by watching some video clips of horses, it can be the Unbridled Spirit Videos or listening to a few music pieces. I did not
watch the Waterhole reflection DVD yet of Carolyn, but this is the kind of video you can use to clear your mind.

You may notice in the video that I am not distracted of the other horses and I am very focused on what I am doing. My mind is right there 100%. Throuh my journey so far with Carolyn, one thing that has surprised me the most is how much of what you want to acheive is in your mind. Clear your mind, set your mind and then through the waterhole rituals you can "just do" new exercises with out "training".

This may sound a bit strange but through clearing my mind, sharing territory and doing the other waterhole rituals some times, I could make this UE video clip with no "UE training". What you see in the video is the first time these two horses are doing UE.

I started with giving love and thanks to my horses. That prepared me for working with them, other times I start with sharing territory or a game or exercise to tune focus and attention, it all depends.

Prior to starting the UE, I have worked with the waterhole rituals for about two years. Before I have trained basic classical dressage from the ground while I lived in Denmark. The idea of the UE reminds me of these exercises where the goal is first of all to get a "loose relaxed" horse in the head and neck. But there is a very big difference in achieving this smoothness.

I like the UE because it is very logic way to smoothen up and prepare the horse for training. How we are taught to start the UE is through very small steps, asking head a bit down, moving the nose a bit, walking and stopping, lowering head a bit. I like all theses small steps and all the details it really works for us.

The waterhole rituals have prepared us and the horses fully trust "giving their heads" to me. We can together focus on what we are doing and not all kinds of other things, so through the waterhole rituals we have reached a unity that enables us to continue learning together because we are connected.

I was very focused on the timing, the 5 minutes, the 7 seconds, the 15 feet and the 5 seconds and had gone through this in my mind a few times before starting. I took a deep breath and counted to seven. I walked over the lawn to the horses and counted 15 feet.

I was thinking of what not to ask the horses this first time with UE and that was not to do the 8 figure with the nose and also ask too much arch. I know that most likely my horses would take a step back if I asked for the arch. When Carolyn had watched this video, she me realize that the horses had offered a bit of arching without me asking.

Isn't that amazing?

The next times we work with the UE I will carefully ask a bit of the nose 8 figure and the arch.

I can be reached at stina@richmondvaleacademy.org

Love Stina

No 27

Category:

Education

Tags:

• carolyn resnick
• stina herberg

[ruellajoy]

Thank you, Stina. I'm sharing your video with friends who are interested in the UEs. Your presentation shows the importance of a calm, focused mind when going to your horses.

[stinahumana]

@ruellajoy thanks ruella!

[horsefever0558]

Well done Stina. I've also been practicing the U.E. for the last 6 months The WHR for the last 2 years) and have fantastic results. But I've only done the first 2 exercises. Have you been successful in the other 8 exercises? If so, do you have videos of them. This is great since we get to see the results. Thanks for posting.

[stinahumana]

@horsefever0558 - hi horse fever, yes there are 2 more videos, just go to the playlist our journey and you find them there.

kind regards Stina

[stinahumana]

@horsefever0558 and also farah has some videos of the UE's

[LopeztheGypsy]

You are so focused, and they respond so well to that, learning quickly and picking up on what you're giving them. I love how the young ones are so interested! And how you communicate with them all-- even shooing the ladies away to "observe better," you are gentle and firm.

Also, I love the music for this video, very calming. I can't wait for more videos, how exciting!

[stinahumana]

Hi Lopez, thank you for your comment, it is really a pleasure to work with the horses, so it good we learn to stay focuse, if we do the horse will to /Stina

[Caballotimba]

Please keep posting your work it is beautiful to watch. I just got my WHR DVD to use on my gelding Paso Fino horse. After almost two years of owning him he started showing a little disrespect on both ground and on top. I know that Carolyn,s method is going to work for us.

We are all learning from each other.

As they say in my language

Muchas gracias, magnifico!

[babyhorsey6]

at 7:40 the horse looks so relaxed he's about to fall asleep! Wonderful video

[Gydjulind]

This is so great and well done Stina! I'll post a reply on the blog too.

Marja

[Mysyriansun]

Thank you for posting this - very clear, great to learn from and the focus was palpable. I just loved the learning going on in all directions, particularly with the youngsters!