Ttouch & Tteam - a few thoughts
Last Saturday evening I went to watch the TTouch demonstration at Solihull Riding Club.
I thoroughly enjoyed the evening and thought that it was well presented and put together. The only drawback being the faulty microphone that Linda Tellington Jones was given, which meant that all commentary had to go through Sarah Fisher to "shout" to the audience.
The equine section began by an examination of the horses movement and a quick run through of what Sarah and Linda had identified as possible areas of tension, they also mentioned things to look for when assessing a horses movement. Then Linda went through some of the bodywork techniques with William. These included alot of techniques that are similar to things we use in Shiatsu for example mouth work, tail work and leg rotations.
It was obvious the difference in William as Linda was working with him, his eyes started to soften and his head lowered he also yawned. It was interesting the signals William gave when he was unsure about some element of the work. He was an extremely polite horse so didn't go much past a swish of the tail or a worried look.
After the bodywork William became very itchy showing an increased awareness of his body, Linda then got on with some Tteam ground and ridden work to help with his body awareness and balance.
I really liked her feel for the horses and the way when William was unsure about doing something she just verbally explained to him what to do and asked him if he could do it for her. Funnily enough he did! After William had showed us various techniques of gorundwork he gave a bow to the audience.
After the break we saw the dogs, which although is something I am less familiar with it was very interesting to watch the effects that the different elements such as the balance leading and the body wrap had on the energy of the dogs.
All in all I cam away having learnt alot and thoroughly enjoyed the evening. I think I may well endeaveaour to go to a more in depth workshop although at the moment I am torn between looking a the horses or the small animals.I'll keep you posted.
I thoroughly enjoyed the evening and thought that it was well presented and put together. The only drawback being the faulty microphone that Linda Tellington Jones was given, which meant that all commentary had to go through Sarah Fisher to "shout" to the audience.
The equine section began by an examination of the horses movement and a quick run through of what Sarah and Linda had identified as possible areas of tension, they also mentioned things to look for when assessing a horses movement. Then Linda went through some of the bodywork techniques with William. These included alot of techniques that are similar to things we use in Shiatsu for example mouth work, tail work and leg rotations.
It was obvious the difference in William as Linda was working with him, his eyes started to soften and his head lowered he also yawned. It was interesting the signals William gave when he was unsure about some element of the work. He was an extremely polite horse so didn't go much past a swish of the tail or a worried look.
After the bodywork William became very itchy showing an increased awareness of his body, Linda then got on with some Tteam ground and ridden work to help with his body awareness and balance.
I really liked her feel for the horses and the way when William was unsure about doing something she just verbally explained to him what to do and asked him if he could do it for her. Funnily enough he did! After William had showed us various techniques of gorundwork he gave a bow to the audience.
After the break we saw the dogs, which although is something I am less familiar with it was very interesting to watch the effects that the different elements such as the balance leading and the body wrap had on the energy of the dogs.
All in all I cam away having learnt alot and thoroughly enjoyed the evening. I think I may well endeaveaour to go to a more in depth workshop although at the moment I am torn between looking a the horses or the small animals.I'll keep you posted.