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PAB 2022

Practical Application of Biotensegrity

Two year online course starts July 15th.

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“Historically, the most terrible things, war, genocide, and slavery, have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.” (Howard Zinn)

Long before tensegrity was understood as thoughtfully as today, experience suggested a frequency and tone proper to each horse. I observed that adjusting my tone and frequency to the horse reassured and calmed the horse. Searching for insights allowing me to match the horse’s tensegrity, I realized that the muscles of my seat, the gluteus maximus, upper thigh muscles, and psoas, tuned my whole physique to the horse. Lateral, transversal, dorso-ventral, and spiral forces interact between the horse’s thoracic area and our seat through the saddle. The saddles at this time were flat but thick paddings, and unrefined balance created disturbing shifts. Interestingly, in 1968, Philipe Guillot de Suduiraut reached the same conclusions and created the Samba.

The saddle problem being solved, I could concentrate on the “obedience” heresies. The whole Academic equitation is based on the horse’s obedience to the rider’s aids. Recently, Scott Grafton (Physical Intelligence, 2020) explained that the physique eases the overwhelming computing task of the brain, doing much more than previously believed. The concept of obedience to the rider’s aids has kept horses in a stage of slavery that hampers their ability to perform at their full potential. “Most of the length change required for the work of locomotion occurs not in the muscle fibers themselves but by elastic recoil of the associated tendons and muscles aponeurosis.” ( R. C. Payne, P. Veenman and A. M. Wilson. J. Anat. 2005) A large percentage of a horse’s gaits and performances result from the horse’s will, mental processing, and physical intelligence, despite the rider’s aids.

We don’t have aids controlling elastic energy, but we can create situations encouraging the horse to explore greater efficiency. Etienne Beudant envisioned actual knowledge when he suggested creating lightness, preparing the body for the movement, requesting, and letting the horse execute. The horse does not have inherently the most efficient solution, no more than I had when I was a gymnast. The bad coach questioned my will and criticized my errors. The good coach analyzed my physical difficulties and taught me how to coordinate my physique efficiently for the effort. A real Master constantly evolves with knowledge, and so does a real rider. Tradition hampers the practical application of new knowledge. Tradition is the peer pressure of dead people. Tradition deserves respect but not obedience. Tradition is a step toward greater knowledge, not a blind rule. So is biomechanics. It is necessary to understand how the horse’s physique produces forces, but the interaction of forces between the rider and the horse relies more on physics.

We created the “Wisdom” series to explore whether riders could evolve from mechanical thinking to subtle nuances in muscle tone of their whole physique; biotensegrity, if the advanced science and application of that science was comprehensively explained by Ph.D. professors.  The results surpassed our expectations.  Riders went beyond their previous limits.  They reached with their horses the relationship they wanted but could not have through mechanical thinking.

The practical application of biotensegrity (PAB) is a new paradigm, smart and appropriate for all riders and horses. IHTC members already have an updated understanding of equine physiology and body function. Anyone can join PAB. We advise joining IHTC for basic knowledge. PAB is a one-year program, a weekly conversation between intelligent riders. Each week we post a scientific study, Dr. Elizabeth Uhl, DVM, Ph.D., Dip, Acvp, and Dr. Michele Osborn. MA, Ph.D., and in parallel, the practical application of the scientific findings, Jean Luc Cornille, SOM. The associated forum is limited to questions and video analysis related to the posted study and example of the practical application. The forum is not for general discussion, debate or promoting one’s views but instead for the purpose of furthering the study of the posted subject.  It is in essence a classroom, not a chat room.

Dr. Elizabeth Uhl, (Betsy,) DVM, PhD, Dip, ACVP is a pathologist and researcher of the UGA. Betsy is also an advanced rider. Being a rider and a researcher, Betsy is conscient that in science as well as in the art of riding, evolution is constant. Explaining well demands knowledge. Preparing the horse’s physique efficiently for the effort demands skill and knowledge.

Michele Osborn Ma PhD is associate professor in the department of Comparative Biomedical Science at the School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University. Michele knowledge of comparative anatomy is precious. Similarities and differences between species help to better understand each specie. 

Science of Motion 2022

 

The Science of Motion undergoes a profound renovation. The age of Biomechanics is over. Riding is physics. Riding is an interaction of forces between the horse and the rider. The laws of physics running the relation between the horse and the rider are easy to understand. Indeed, they greatly simplify the relationship. The horse has functioned at the level of biotensegrity for centuries. The difficulties have been created by humans thinking in terms of obedience and mechanical responses.

We continue IHTC as the course provides an updated understanding of the horse’s physiology and body function, but the practical application demands to think again. The In Hand Therapy Course builds the intellectual and emotional muscle we need to stay curious about the world to change it.

Keeping an open mind is a teachable skill, but the ghost of tradition is powerful. What if, instead of fearing the ghost, we liberate him from his chains? What if, instead of integrating new knowledge into traditional thinking, we upgrade traditional thinking to actual knowledge? Then we meet the horse in his real world. We assist the horse’s willingness with our knowledge, and we converse with our whole physique through subtle nuances of muscle tone.

Classical literature promises this world but confuses the portal into an unsolvable labyrinth. Instead, the portal is wide open when intelligent, honest, real, and deep science is explained by experts mastering the subject. The practical application demands to think in terms of our body as a whole, guiding the horse’s processing through subtle nuances in muscle tone. The horse is fundamentally willing. His “errors” result from a morphological flaw or muscle imbalance the horse instinctively protects. Identifying the problem and isolating the root cause demands knowledge and experience. Knowledge evolves, and experience deepens. We don’t find happiness waiting for the day we will be good. Becoming good is a journey that never ends. The pleasure is the journey. The pleasure is the intimacy of the conversation with the horse. The greatest of all pleasures is realizing that the horse’s idea is better than ours. We have then reached a level of humble intelligence that opens our eyes on the horse’s willingness, the capacity of his physical intelligence and mental processing, and the realization that dominance is a product of our ego that does not have to dominate us. The horse teaches us that we are better than our ego.

We have created several “wisdom” short courses, and the numerous members of the wisdom courses have experienced how easier it was for them to access a level that traditional thinking had banned. We are better than the systems, and the Practical Application of Biotensegrity, (PAB,) is holding your hand and walking with you in a world.

Join us. PAB officially starts July fifteen.

The course is a weekly scientific explanation from, Elizabeth Uhl, DVM, Ph.D., Dip, ACVP and Michelle Osborn, MA, Ph.D., and a discussion about the practical application, Jean Luc Cornille, SOM.

The Forum is a classroom where questions are asked to further study the posted subject.

Testimonials on the Practical Application of Biotensegrity.

Anna Henriksson

It is wonderful that you bring us with you on those different cases. It amplifies that no case is the same as another. It really makes me think and act more carefull, different and to dear to explore beyond what’s common, no matter what people think. Like listen to the horse a lot more and treat the horse with full respect and as a cheerful partner. The result, even little things, are amazing. Horses start to blossom, give clues, and suddenly when I am still, straight and function with good tensegrity in a holistic way, it works better. Especially the flow, balance and harmony. All of a sudden, I´m experiencing that I have more time. Time to breathe, for analyzing, planing, notis what I feel, let my intuition and intention work without me interfering with aids or micromanaging the horse’s actions. It feels a bit like slow-motion, and a few times, I have felt that the horse took me with him for a longer session. I absolutely love the word “assist” the horse. It represents respect and helps so that I don´t fall back in to bad old habits- like that I take over too much again. The different cases give the opportunity to grab how practical application of Biotensegrity can be done. The horse in this case is very sore and moving. Every normal human must feel empathy and willingness to be kind and try to understand the horse. I have started to ask my students other questions, with other words than before, as a reminder of what is important. I do the same with myself when I am riding or working In Hand. It is easy to understand this horse in the videos reaction, that probably and sadly is quite common. It is very interesting to follow your thoughts, listen when you explain and at the same time see in the video what happens. In fact, I think this is a game-changer that you let us follow your thoughts and observe the process, it gives fire to try. This and what we learn from Dr Betsy and Dr Michelle, why and how it works with Biotensegrity and how to bring it in to practical riding and training.

Gail Pearles

What Ronda brings up regarding muscle pain and what Jean Luc brings up in aggressive equitation is a vicious cycle. It is a culture among most disciplines. The horse reacts in a “Negative” to the training and the cycle begins by grinding them around in mindless circles, the horse reacts due to the physical pain and then the trainer gets angry and applies more pressure then the emotional pain rises in the horse. The escalation of anger in the human is relentless as there is no understanding of the guidance the horse needs. The horse will continue on becoming more dysfunctional, then protecting the dysfunction and end up living a life of misery ~ Or be labeled as dangerous, a label created by the very human who trained him. Agreed, the wisdom course is a mind bender for sure, I’m thinking in a positive light, deep down we’ve known there is a better way all along, that’s why we’re here. Thanks for keeping your light shining everyone.

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