Comments on: Breathe. Feel. Trust. Giddy Up. http://www.athleta.net/chi/2009/06/29/breathe-feel-trust-giddy-up/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:23 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Margaret Burns Vap http://www.athleta.net/chi/2009/06/29/breathe-feel-trust-giddy-up/comment-page-1/#comment-32012 Margaret Burns Vap Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:27:49 +0000 http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=1805#comment-32012 Thanks Heather for your comments! always love to hear about the blending of yoga and horses. what an amazing partnership. keep up the awesome work with your therapeutic riding...and we'd love to have you join us for cowgirl yoga anytime! Yeehaw & Namaste. Thanks Heather for your comments! always love to hear about the blending of yoga and horses. what an amazing partnership. keep up the awesome work with your therapeutic riding…and we’d love to have you join us for cowgirl yoga anytime! Yeehaw & Namaste.

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]]> By: Heather http://www.athleta.net/chi/2009/06/29/breathe-feel-trust-giddy-up/comment-page-1/#comment-31995 Heather Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:45:09 +0000 http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=1805#comment-31995 I definitely need to do one of these retreats! As a therapeutic horseback riding instructor and horse owner, I see the benefits of merging yoga and horses constantly. When a rider or horse is nervous, it's so beneficial to have the rider take deep breaths as it centers both and makes for a better experience all around. The movement and warmth of the horse beneath the riders in our therapy programs while doing stretches of any kind cannot be replicated anywhere else. In fact, because of this, horseback riding is the best form of physical therapy because it simulates the human walk with the 3 dimensional movement. It's all so fascinating! Thanks for this wonderful article! I definitely need to do one of these retreats!

As a therapeutic horseback riding instructor and horse owner, I see the benefits of merging yoga and horses constantly. When a rider or horse is nervous, it’s so beneficial to have the rider take deep breaths as it centers both and makes for a better experience all around. The movement and warmth of the horse beneath the riders in our therapy programs while doing stretches of any kind cannot be replicated anywhere else. In fact, because of this, horseback riding is the best form of physical therapy because it simulates the human walk with the 3 dimensional movement.

It’s all so fascinating! Thanks for this wonderful article!

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]]> By: Jodi Seals http://www.athleta.net/chi/2009/06/29/breathe-feel-trust-giddy-up/comment-page-1/#comment-13615 Jodi Seals Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:12:46 +0000 http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=1805#comment-13615 Yay! Now I want to come to the week long retreat! Yay! Now I want to come to the week long retreat!

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]]> By: Jess http://www.athleta.net/chi/2009/06/29/breathe-feel-trust-giddy-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5974 Jess Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:11:44 +0000 http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=1805#comment-5974 This definitely captures many elements of what I felt during my recent Cowgirl Yoga Retreat but as you can probably tell from the pictures - this is an absolutely indescribable experience! Margaret led us on a week-long, life changing adventure. Rocky - the horse I was blessed to spend time with during our retreat - taught me how to connect with being present and in the moment again. Cowgirl Yoga enabled me to be strong and true to the people I love when I returned to Connecticut to meet my 2 day old nephew in intensive care and days later when my mom had a stroke. No words can explain how thankful I am for my week in Montana. STRONGLY recommend anyone with an interest in yoga and horses to go visit Margaret and experience Cowgirl Yoga for yourself - I am SO glad I did! This definitely captures many elements of what I felt during my recent Cowgirl Yoga Retreat but as you can probably tell from the pictures – this is an absolutely indescribable experience! Margaret led us on a week-long, life changing adventure.

Rocky – the horse I was blessed to spend time with during our retreat – taught me how to connect with being present and in the moment again. Cowgirl Yoga enabled me to be strong and true to the people I love when I returned to Connecticut to meet my 2 day old nephew in intensive care and days later when my mom had a stroke.

No words can explain how thankful I am for my week in Montana. STRONGLY recommend anyone with an interest in yoga and horses to go visit Margaret and experience Cowgirl Yoga for yourself – I am SO glad I did!

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]]> By: Kathleen http://www.athleta.net/chi/2009/06/29/breathe-feel-trust-giddy-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5847 Kathleen Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:51:51 +0000 http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=1805#comment-5847 Wonderful article Margaret! I'm going to close my eyes when I ride my horse this afternoon. Wonderful article Margaret! I’m going to close my eyes when I ride my horse this afternoon.

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