Posts by Selfseeds
What Is On The Selfseeds’ Horizon?
What is next on the Selfseeds’ horizon? First of all, the Selfseeds Virtual Riding Program is cueing up. Secondly, Karen and I have decided to move forward enthusiastically with the retreat development. Â The opportunity to develop, share, and help facilitate an environment for the living cycle of “being-to-doing-to-being,” through the eyes of the self…
Read MoreCheck Mark!
Headed back to the physical therapist for a final session. Â Check mark for recovery, but I do have to keep up with the exercises and movement or the body starts to tighten up. Â Very fortunate that it is all very manageable. Â The lesson of traveling and finding a way to keep “walking the talk” was…
Read MoreWhat A Journey!
What a journey! Â A couple of days left and then back to the US and onto India. Â It has been an interesting personal challenge to keep up on the exercise/nutrition program and find internet on a daily basis. A lot of the places had gyms/exercise rooms/access to local gyms as part of the stay.…
Read MoreNew Weight Distribution/Fitness Program
Cruising has created a new meaning to weight distribution while walking, running, sleeping, etc. It isn’t often that we are living off the land. Â While out on the open seas, the waves have been escalated as we headed towards the southern tip of New Zealand. Â Awesome to experience the diversity of nature, but running…
Read MoreSelfseeds Cruising
The Amazing Adventure continues now from Australia to New Zealand. Views off the top floor of the ship and out the gym windows.  Nothing like a cruising gym and someone cooking! No lack of Selfseed opportunities while cruising–fitness, stillness, nutrition, emotion, weight distribution, balance…  Hope you are discovering, planting,…
Read MoreTraveling In Australia With Selfseeds
Daily Selfseed #92 Walking Port Douglas, Australia (video link below–just click) Daily Selfseed #92 Walking Port Douglas, Australia *All video links are in color below–have fun!) Daily Selfseed #93 Port Douglas, Reflections Daily Selfseed #93 Port Douglas Reflections Daily Selfseed #94 Great Barrier Reef Swim Daily Selfseed #94 Great Barrier Reef Swim Daily Selfseed #95…
Read MoreThumbs Up
Fitness level is thumbs up again. Â The motivation to recover from the accident has led me to a level of fitness that I haven’t experienced in two and a half years. Â Fun state of being, but the next adjustment will be traveling and living abroad with modified exercise. Â I asked the PT what would happen…
Read MoreRunning Cadence
Couldn’t quite figure out how to get comfortable running at a slower pace, so I learned that I needed to quicken my pace to a particular footfall and the human movement system became efficient. Â More reasons horses need to move in a particular way to allow proper core and supporting muscle development, so the…
Read MoreEmotions–How Do They Influence Us?
Sky in Montana–what emotions are stimulated? What influences our emotions?  Thank you Kaia and dance group for sharing your dance expression. https://www.dropbox.com/s/hp0qtllfgyk475g/1314_Dance_Megz.mov Will we ever stop being surprised that other living, breathing bodies experience emotions? Dogs have FEELINGS too! Neuroscientist reveals research that our … Gregory Berns, a professor of neuroeconomics at Emory University,…
Read MoreBeing To Doing With Horses In Bozeman, Montana
Bozeman, Montana Early snow  (short video below)  1:24 Daily Selfseed #91 Travel Bozeman, Montana What are mindfulness and awareness? Probably opening a big topic with lots of different ideas with that question. In the pilot Equine Awareness and Mindfulness Retreat, Selfseeds and Refined Performance Horsemanship were combined to provide structure to the retreat’s focal…
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