tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529851584296728593.post7720554846683384941..comments2023-06-14T05:22:27.586-07:00Comments on www.horsesdontcry.com: That Forest, Tree ThangAbby Koglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08450666025524079343noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529851584296728593.post-54040748834924803102012-06-05T16:09:38.740-07:002012-06-05T16:09:38.740-07:00Oh! Absolutely.Oh! Absolutely.Elaine Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529851584296728593.post-612195430571849282012-06-05T09:27:37.391-07:002012-06-05T09:27:37.391-07:00Snerk! Puking warthog, I think it is. The work is ...Snerk! Puking warthog, I think it is. The work is so sound, and I understand why she felt the TTouches should be named, and identifiable. But its like Parelli and the 'Games'...its hard to take the work seriously when it has all the goofy apellations. But the old 'Horse Don't Lie' adage is the best one. The horses responded to the TTouches no matter what we called them. And thats what mattered!Abby Koglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08450666025524079343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529851584296728593.post-39492841562598305232012-06-05T09:23:52.719-07:002012-06-05T09:23:52.719-07:00Ha! Elaine! Thank you so much for that. I am glad ...Ha! Elaine! Thank you so much for that. I am glad you are laughing. All these years later, I still laugh at the memories of those clinics. I learned so much, and the work has proven itself time and again, but man, some of the situations were just too much. Its a good thing we werent all there together, we'd have gotten in to too much trouble >;->Abby Koglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08450666025524079343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529851584296728593.post-2169732450383125762012-06-02T06:46:15.444-07:002012-06-02T06:46:15.444-07:00Abby....You are PRICELESS. I love reading about yo...Abby....You are PRICELESS. I love reading about your experiences at all these clinics and thank you for expressing exactly what other NORMAL horse lovers are thinking and feeling. Thanks for so many healthy belly laughs. OH! I feel myself getting younger and younger.....Elaine Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529851584296728593.post-11814657950470153532012-05-30T20:30:28.345-07:002012-05-30T20:30:28.345-07:00Through the years, I've used the TTouch circle...Through the years, I've used the TTouch circle (don't they have some name for it, is it the reclining zebra or the entertaining elephant?) in different forms, most often varying from Linda's strict positioning, which has never felt right to me. Call it my "intuition." Linda would!<br /><br />Nevertheless, as you say, it works, even when we vary from the "best practice. " Except for one horse of mine, whom Linda declared "too sensitive" for TTouch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529851584296728593.post-74788163659787941222012-05-30T11:56:29.589-07:002012-05-30T11:56:29.589-07:00Lindas Encyclopdia has a thorough and non-woo-woo ...Lindas Encyclopdia has a thorough and non-woo-woo explanation of the circle touch, and how she discovered its effects. I guess basically the correct application is important, but in the years since the clinics, I can't say that perfect circles and perfect pressure are vital to the success of the work. I know now that her work is based on Feldenkrais principles, which are sound and sometimes astonishingly effective. But at the time, the minutiae of the endless pursuit of circular perfection about made my head explode >;->Abby Koglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08450666025524079343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529851584296728593.post-49024954658880691482012-05-30T11:23:04.308-07:002012-05-30T11:23:04.308-07:00Okay, does it really matter whether you start at 6...Okay, does it really matter whether you start at 6 or 9? Or is it just the touch itself that makes the difference? I've been playing around with the Masterson Method and have been amazed at what a simple touch can do.smazourekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029180368325070266noreply@blogger.com