probably one of the most fundamental shifts i made in my training approach is honoring that the horse leads me, first. there's no need to dominate nature. it's actually counter-productive when i desire to empower horses through our work. instead i acknowledge that i'm a student of these deagons that are filled with a power we did not give them. it's just my job to steward it well, with boundaries and humility.
full episode on Youtube. link in bio.
can't wait for y'all to see where Canterbury is now.
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feels like so much of the content in the world is about proving to others that we do something "too" or can do or have done. truly that is not my narrative. the world i center knows that this work is our legacy, knows we have always done it well and knows it is our birthright to preserve it.
just because the dominant narrative is a product of colonial propaganda doesn't mean we have to center it.
signed, a proud descendant of plantation horsemen, sharecroppin' farmers and MULTI-gernational Black agrarian GENIUS.
full episode is now on Patreon and Youtube. link in bio 🤍.
#Dressage #BlackFarmers #BlackCountry #BlackEqyestrian #BlackCowboys
feels like so much of the content in the world is about proving to others that we do something "too" or can do or have done. truly that is not my narrative. the world i center knows that this work is our legacy, knows we have always done it well and knows it is our birthright to preserve it.
just because the dominant narrative is a product of colonial propaganda doesn't mean we have to center it.
signed, a proud descendant of plantation horsemen, sharecroppin' farmers and MULTI-gernational Black agrarian GENIUS.
full episode is now on Patreon and Youtube.
#Dressage #BlackFarmers #BlackCountry #BlackEqyestrian #BlackCowboys
The horses remind me that this art, at this pace and with this grounding is worthwhile.
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