Becky has an amazing and very expensive German simulator horse which is so sensitive and picks up all your postural imbalances. Front to back, side to side, hand tension, etc. I have been on a few times over the years and probably averages out maybe once a year. It was on strider many years ago we discovered my wonky pelvis (it was impossible for me to be level) and Becky introduced me the the most wonderful chiropractor in the world Brian Carter. Thanks to him this is no longer is the case.
Now due to Eager being young and not so balanced herself, it really has highlighted my weight to the right issue. I am sure a lot of the reasons she doesn't use her right shoulder is she is trying to counter balance my weight going right all the time by leaning on her left. Also after my sprained sacroiliac I am no sure how much that has done to my pelvis.
Even knowing is, it was somewhat of a shock to get on him and whilst he wasn't even moving the whole horse was tilting right and it took me a while to figure how to actually get him central. This has never happened before! The next 45 minutes was spent with me working out how to contort the insides of my body to the left. Initially I thought I had to push my left pelvis down away from my ribs. But this was really hard work and was creating a lot of tension. I just couldn't see how it was going to be sustainable. It had to be something else. Slowly but surely though I was becoming more correct without being aware I was doing anything. About half way through I decided the correction was to allow my body to do nothing... Mmmm not sure his was going to be memorable enough to replicate. So by the end with a good correction and no tilting, this is what I decided.
It wasn't a forced movement, it was allowing my left hip to relax. It wasn't forcing it down it was allowing it to relax down... This could be helped in future by doing fascia release on my backside. Also to get the same movement in the middle of my body that I had in the right hand side I need to think about being in my left. I had put myself in the left hand side of my body.. Sounds weird I know. But i just don't live in the left hand side of my body. Good session and massive thanks to striders sensitivity, Becky and Marian standing behind to watch my ballooning sides :-)
Two days later I was going to see Brian. I told him all about his and he had a light bulb moment and said he had to release my psoas on the left. To which he did, painfully reminding me of my KMI sessions. Clever man. Although he also commented that I was a very clever lady for working out what was happening. There are not many. Blaming the company I keep :-)
So all week I have been trying to think left. My mantra to the beat in RPM is "be left". Sitting on the train I am trying to relax my left hip and be left. Skiing next week maybe easier if I can think it then. No wonder I was such a rubbish snowboarder if when I was trying to go left onto my toe edge, my entire body was going right. It all becomes clear!
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