On Stillness

( this is part of a correspondance I had with zaadz friend Elea on my other site )
   It started when I saw a phrase she has on her profile "let us all be silent for a while" ...


        ON   STILLNESS



its busy world we live in, many more are taking than are giving...

its a noisy world we live in...

We have to filter so much, and with animals, who have senses
 
that are more acute than ours have  to try to come to terms

with our impositions...and then they have to make sense of what

we say compared to our actions...



Sometimes you'll hear birds making sounds to their selves,

People that need to talk all the time remind me of birds , except
 
worse, they always have a need to fill in the silence with words...

some things are better left unsaid, somethings are better un-explained...



When I spend time with horses, I notice that when they're resentful

of people, they also can't be still because its never been offered,
 
because people are noisy with their words, and their motions...

you'll also see these people always going to the horses faces...

Two things to remember, unless horses understand when

to go and when to stay , in relation to us then doubt tells
 
them to move...its funny how people say they love their horse and

at the same time they're restraining the horse ,and snuggling ...

horses aren't cats or dogs or stuffed animals... thats not a sign of

affection for horses, you'll notice when horses are relaxed they stand head- to - tail

swatting flies, and also they have a 360 degree view for safety from predators...



When I am asked to re-train horses, one of peoples concerns is the horse won't

satnd still when they try to get on, and the horse won't stand when they are on the horse..

so I teach people to be STILL...



This is easy...just put your hand on the saddle area and be still...

Just be...most people cannot keep their fingers from moving,

its like they have to fuck with something, and in this case its the horse,

  just be still...   when people  learn to be still, and the horse breathes

up into their hand and relaxes,then a change in the pattern has occured...




Anyway, Elea and I were discussing kids...and the problem with a class
 
roomful that sometimes occurs...so I had two suggestions...




(1) is to have them stand and hold their arms like wings, have

them breath from the bottom of the spine to the top of their head, and

when it gets to their shoulders, open the wings wide...hold the breathe deeply

and then let the breathe out and relax the wings , and tilt  the

head forward as they relax   ......after three times  a change occurs,



and


(2)   have them tilt their  fore - head ( where the 3rd eye is) toward you

       and, also, tilt your head toward them ( distance doesn't matter )

      and have them look you in the eyes, and you look in their eyes,

      and tell them they can say anything  they want, without words, or

     making a sound   ---  


  ( some of you will know what is taking place  here )

                        (c) by Sol Spitz