Smelling the daisies...

So, remember that charity dinner that J9 and I went to, to raise money for a local barn that burnt down (again, no horses or people were hurt).

Well, I bid on a private yoga and chakra balancing session and I WON!!!

I was SO excited!

So, I had my chakra balancing hour session.
I've NEVER done anything like that but it was super relaxing, cool, spiritual and just all sorts of fun. I did laugh a few times but for the most part, totally positive and spot on and I got a cool crystal and scented oil to keep my chakra's aligned ;)

I'm down with that!

She also knew I was a horsefreak girl so she gave me holistic oils and treatments as it pertains to horses. How VERY cool of her!

So, I'm sharing with all of you! 

Good to know and I already use a thrush spray by Zephyr's Garden that has Oregano oil in it, for daily scrubbing/cleaning.

**Interesting note about pure oils, is it says to put on coronet band for better absorption.

I spy two spoiled ponies from the top of the hill...

I love that Laz never minds me pulling him from the field.

Work ethic of an OTTB

 We've been walking our dirt road (approx 1.88 mile) every other day.

I'm trying to build up sole toughness, although I'm keeping his RH padded/booted for now to allow the sole to regenerate some, as I did some major bar removal.  That hoof is ever changing, but I think in a good way right now!

Stopping on our 'walk' to eat some greens

Daisies!

My lovely boy.
Does anyone remember Sun In? 

I would have died for his bang's fluff and coloring back in the 7th grade ;) 

No pictures because we are always ALONE  but we rode on Sunday!

It was windy, and cool and he was 1000% awesome. No antics, no spooks, just bareback out in the big field working on walking and trotting. Nice boy! 

We pretended to XC train, on the um, er flat.

There are hills though :)

Today, our hand walk work.

It was after work, so the street was buzzing with people, cars, UPS truck, commercial lawn mowers, weed whackers, screaming kids. All great for his exposure

I SO enjoy hand walking him, I get my exercise (that is a joke because we amble down the road) but it feels good and I can watch how he's walking.

Laz's impression of an Arab snorting at a lady weed whacking her shrub.

SNORT!

 See behind Laz?
That is our neighbor (boarding neighbor) who returned from FL.

His name is Killian (great name!) we just found out, in talking to his Mom and he's 33 yrs old!

He literally has the sweetest nicker and calls to Laz when we walk by.

She told me Killian got out the other day and she found him up with Laz and Justin, chatting over the fence, lol! He is a very sweet old man and he's by himself (although he can see Laz/Justin) so I like to let him have a social moment when we walk by.

I hope to have Laz until his 33...or 133!!

Today, we also adventured out in the tall side grasses.

Laz can be a brave boy. I just send him in and no problemo.

 Would you be afraid to go in knee deep into a field full of snickers? I think not

 He was into 'touch it' BIG time today...EVERYTHING he wanted to touch.
No treats just lots of praise

 Some stills of his trot work today, booted/padded 

(only when I'm there-otherwise I leave his hoof naked).

I see slight improvement in his striding out and coming underneath himself more...

 He's obviously more sound on grass/sand so I get videos/still of both terrains and we work on both for variation

And yes, these Slo Mo videos are BORRRING but also it's my gauge/guideline to help me with trimming him. How he's landing, how it's changed from trim to trim, etc :)

This video was taken while we walked up a small incline, turned around and back down to check different of landing on fronts.

Rockley has some amazing slo motion videos and totally inspired me to do my own!

I hope in 6 weeks to see some major differences as long as I don't do something to F it up!

YogassageMiester

Today, I had Laz's third massage since owning him.

Tami, is his guru.

She studied under Masterson and other methods

She has the 'magic hands'

Yes, Chiro adjustments are great too...but this massage is deep.
Like 3 hours deep!

Lazaroo loved every minute of it

"Whass da say? U gunna rubs me or whatz?!"

 Lots of tension in his poll

Look at his eyes. 

I think Laz remembered Tami from last year's clinic with a happy memory!! :)

He was so good and willing

 Working on his neck..this is about as flexible as Laz is.

I never see him touch/itch his sides

EVER

 Hopefully after another session in July when she returns, he'll be even more flexible

I do some massage work with him, but this is at another level

It was interesting to see Laz relax his heavy head on Tami..give in...

She would stop and allow him to release..in which he LOVED to touch her first...
"Hi...can I ???"

"Do dis.....ahhhhhh"

And then release-blowing, yawning, snorting

Thankfully, by removing some of his bars last Sat, he was able to stand comfortably and really enjoy this treatment.

 Did you know around the skin at their rear end (yes, around the hole) are points that if you just lay your thumb and finger at 10 and 2, your horse will LOVE it.

He even flexed forward and down releasing his back muscles

It was incredible

Mid yawn, while she worked on his hinds

 Forward, back, side stretches..

I'm to work on his back stretches as she showed how tight he was in both hind legs

 Released a lot of back tension

 A few times, I swear, he was an eye blink from falling over asleep

LOTS of eye rolling, blinking, licking, yawing, groaning and flexing.

SO COOL

Flexing and circling ...something I need to do more of in between trims to help with circulation and blood flow. Plus it's not something Laz can do to himself, so I need to help him with this.

 Releasing poll/TMJ, neck, shoulders

 

 Laz has such a STIFF neck and stiff right shoulder...all this was so great to loosen him up

 I'm hoping this combined with my current trimming, will help him extend better and aid in his heel first landing

 Tongue alert!

 "You stretch n holdz dis, I eat dis"

Getting behind the shoulder

His right shoulder has an old racing injury (per Chiro) with lots of old scar tissue

He had some discomfort here but allowed work

Lots of loosening up

Total relaxation...if you know what I mean.

he even PEED during his massage at the end!

In the end, Laz approved!

"Oh ya..I rememburs her...she feelz me sooo good!"

Thank you to Tami and Skip!

Another fabulous session...for anyone in IN, MI or WI area-CALL HER.

http://equineatparr.com/

This was 3 HOURS of joy for Laz and amazing to watch

He did SO great and really got a lot out of it