Here you see a German master of the 1980s and a Norwegian master of the early 21st century in comparison. Do you see the difference? Is it a question of „Tagesform“, or do we see here different types of training, which result from two interpretations of the human vertebra? And the horse simply copying the rider?
James L. Oschman in, “Energie Medicine,” (2005), Chapter Eleven: “Gravity, Structure, Emotion,” writes: “The body’s plasticity and movement, as well as its ability to lift objects result from the interaction of stable and flexible elements. D.L. Robbie in 1977 goes as far as drawing the astounding conclusion, that the soft tissue and fascia surrounding the human spine under proper tension is able to practically lift individual vertrebrae from the ones beneath.
The human vertebra, due to its upright position, balances itself within the forces of gravity. As a tensegrity system it none-the-less is indepentent of the pull of gravity. And how is it with the horse’s horizontal spine? Prevailing logic calls for the conclusion that the horse’s backbone as well is a tensegrity and as such stable and independent of the gravitational force. This thought indicates a simple interdependence of the rider’s understanding of his vertebra as an upward system free from the forces of gravity and the horse’s willingness to dance. The horse can not, from its own physical experience, understand the human who views himself as bound by gravity. The rider must be willing to fly for the horse to danse.
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To draw conclusions such as these is impossible without appropiate and detailed research. This research is presented in „Die Elemente der Reiterei (The Elements of Equitation)“ and „Haltung (Human Posture)."
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