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The scientific study of the Language of Horses. 2) A program which utilizes both verbal and non-verbal communication in inter-training for horses and humans to promote deeper mutual understanding and safety. We are about horseback riding, Yoga on Horseback, Equulinguistics, kids, adults, Horseback Meditation, Trustwork, herd hierarchy, communication, safety, Equine Energy Work, Equine Assisted The
rapy, gymkhana, jumping, dressage, trail riding, endurance, International Adventure Riding ... Bring it up, we'll see if we can address it!
Happy May Day everyone!!
I am being interviewed today by the great Cat Caldwell Myers, as part of The Adventure Paradox Podcast! I’ll be talking about my most recent book Mindful Horseback Riding, and some other fun tidbits about me that you may not know. Catch us live at 10am mountain time - soon to be an always accessible podcast!! 🤠🐴👍
It is that time of year again… who’s coming to the Expo this year?? I’ve got a little different schedule this year… lots of LIVE action - I’ll be spending the days on mustang/veteran panels and gentling an untouched mustang yearling… as well as competing in the Mane Event Trail Challenges on both Friday and Saturday evenings. Come by and say hi!! 🤠🐴🙏
Just one more event left! Yoga on horseback, Sunday, 10 AM, Colorado time! 
Live Streaming Feed of the Main Arena in the Event Center
If you think you’re going to find yourself at the Rocky Mountain Horse Expo next weekend, be sure to come by and visit us at our 10th Mountain Equine booth! Alecz is presenting 6 TIMES throughout the weekend, alongside such greats as Julie Goodnight and Temple Grandin. Hope to see you there!! 🤠🐎🌞
Alecz has been working professionally with horses for over 30 years, and a successful competition and professional rider in a variety of disciplines.
It’s a big day out in the world for Marty and I! Today we have 2 jobs: bring joy to a birthday party, and then go release grief at a memorial service. Did you know we do all this? Just working to make the world a better place, day by day by day 🤠🐴🙏🌞
This little horse just makes me smile 😊
Good Karma 💖🐴
“But me, I took the road less traveled. And that has made all the difference.”
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SELF-REGULATION DOES NOT EXIST. We are resonant beings and need the resonance of others' nervous systems, and the rhythms of Earth and nature. Horses know this. When a member of the herd is dysregulated, that individual is a liability to the herd - s/he may attract predators, and may not be functioning well enough to alert the herd of danger.
Horses intentionally co-regulate each other - for the safety of the whole. They change the rhythm of their breathing - which influences their heart rate - which influences the heart rate of the dysregulated individual. (Physics: when the stronger, more coherent oscillating field comes into proximity of a weaker, more chaotic oscillating field, the weaker one entrains to the stronger one).
A great mystery to me is the willingness for horses to co-regulate people, rather than walking away - if given choice. There is way more to these horse-beings than we may realise.
Hay y’all!! Remember little Karma from our first Equine Comeback Challenge? We’ve done a lot of different things - trails and cows and lessons for kids and more - and just this year we came back to jumping! So here’s Karma - not so little any more - in the back yard doing her first combo... and of course it happened that we’re ba****ck! Yay Karma!!
Fun at the ranch this spring 🤠💖🌞🐴✨
Happy horses, happy humans 🥰
Pals
This Friday, Saturday and Sunday is the Rocky Mountain Horse Expo!! 🤠🐴🌞
Come on down and say hello, do some shopping, see some shows, and learn some things.
Alecz will be offering Mindful Horseback Riding classes on Friday and Saturday in the Ride With the Experts program, and also presenting her Healing With Animals lecture, including a demonstration of her Equine Assisted Trauma Releasement - with volunteers from the audience. Follow this link to find out more about the Expo: https://www.coloradohorsecouncil.com/rmhe/.
Hope to see you there!
Equulinguistics utilizes body language and the awareness of non-verbal communication as one of the very most clear, effective, and broad-reaching languages i...
Whee!! 🐎 Snow Play!! 🐴🤠⛄️ somebody’s all snowy!!! ❄️💨
Good Karma 💖
Wishing you all an excellent Thanksgiving!!
This is one of favorite Celestial Navigations pieces. Set by my friend Bill to pictures of me!
Enjoy! 🤠🐴🙏
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C4s6ahppLOY
Alecz Adams and Celestial Navigations
Karma out on a winter trail 🤠🐴
We did about 7 miles in a couple of hours - trail, road, technical, walk, jog, trot. She didn’t even break a sweat. Such a good Karma girl.
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Morning Mantra: "If your happiness depends on something you can lose, you'll spend your entire life afraid of losing it." The more you cling to something, the more fear you have of losing that something or someone. The less fear you have, the more love you have. Strive to make your love greater than your need, and let love be the most powerful force in your life.
Progress with Convict goes well. The connection is growing, which is right where we want to be. I love working with horses. Convict is a wonderful, quintessential mustang.
... a moment of reverence...
This handsome face belongs to a mustang named Convict.
We are going to be joining Blue Rose Ranch at the Rocky Mountain Horse Expo to demonstrate his abilities at reining and trail on March 1, 2, & 3. Join us if you can, and follow us here, and on the page Alecz Adams Horse and Rider Training.
Is that really Karma? She's so dang cute!! 💖🏇🏻☀️
Here are just a few of the friends I have in my training program at MVHR. Horse and Rider Training currently available to the public in Eagle and Chaffee Counties. Come join the herd!
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Happy Spring!!!
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Hay y’all!! Remember little Karma from our first Equine Comeback Challenge? We’ve done a lot of different things - trails and cows and lessons for kids and more - and just this year we came back to jumping! So here’s Karma - not so little any more - in the back yard doing her first combo... and of course it happened that we’re bareback! Yay Karma!!
Karma out on a winter trail 🤠🐴 We did about 7 miles in a couple of hours - trail, road, technical, walk, jog, trot. She didn’t even break a sweat. Such a good Karma girl.
Lily, getting her groove on with Be 💜 The rain got us just a bit, but we danced in it. 🦄
Nap time for Karma. I rubbed her to sleep. 💖🐴
DAY 6, RIDE 4 - GABI This little mare is doing absolutely amazingly! This was her first ride without a person on the ground in the arena. Reversing at the trot, leg and weight yielding, obstacles... She's getting all ready for her first ride with her new momma on Saturday. 💖🐴✨
WATCHING HORSES EAT IS MEDITATION!!! Watch this 1 minute video, and see if you don't feel more calm and relaxed. Share it on your page, to relax your friends, and yourself, any time! 💖✨🐴
Karma did great in her first ever cow class!! We had an awesome time, even though we finished at the bottom of the group this time. I am so proud of this little girl!! And oh my goodness! Thank you everyone for all your support!! Wow! We feel the Love!!! Trail class at 8am tomorrow!
Really, mom? Through there? OK... ❤️
Teaching Your Horse to go Bridleless This will probably be the last installment before the Rocky Mountain Horse Expo this weekend... so if you want to keep seeing more, be sure that you have liked and followed our page, Soaring Spirit - Equulinguistics. As you can see, in this clip, we have dropped down to a naked horse, save for the leadrope around her neck. You want to make sure that, as you progressively train your horse in this way, she (or he) is in a comfortable, relatively fear free environment each time you step up to the next level. Allow your horse to begin with their most comfortable moves from being in a bridle and under saddle, so that small successes come easily, and you can build quickly and concisely. Also, be sure to include a moment of 'pause' after each exercise, so that your horse can assimilate his (or her) success. And as always, use your voice commands, weight, and verbal and physical praise to assure your horse they are doing what makes you happy. #EquineComebackChallenge #ahomeforeveryhorse #ColoradoUnwantedHorseAlliance
Just having some fun at the indoor today... no cameraman, so I strapped the iPhone to a post for a different view. Karma and I have prepared for this upcoming weekend 's #EquineComebackChallenge pretty darn well. I am so excited to be a part of this wonderful program, and looking so forward to the Challenge and the Expo this weekend!!! Come on down and watch us move cows, ride a reining pattern, compete in a trail class... and if we do really well, we'll also get to show off our freestyle!!! See you there!
Another installment on the 'Taking your Horse Bridleless' series. In this clip, you can see that I have Karma in just a halter, with the leadrope attached to the halter in the appropriate place from which to lead, as well as looped under her neck. You need to be fairly gentle with the rope around your horse's neck - it is their throat, and if you pull too hard you can cause physical damage. You want to support your weight commands with use of the leadrope attached to the halter, while you begin to familiarize your horse with the leadrope cues on their neck. Always reinforce all your training with voice commands and verbal and physical praise. Happy trails! #EquineComebackChallenge #ahomeforeveryhorse #cuha
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