That has several meanings.
Today it means this: in order for her to feel better in her skin, I will fall, fall, fall again.
I was walking across the paddock behind the barn this morning and slipped and fell. My sudden change of position triggered a buck and a run from Riza, the 4 yo, and a little shuffling from the two horses closest to her.
This is good to know. I sure want to help her feel better about people falling to the ground before I ever get on her!
So I practiced falling.
She got used to it pretty quickly.
I was padded by my many winter layers (just getting to about 20° at the time, was below 0° again last night) so nothing hurt.
Maybe some day I'll be practicing Aikido falls and rolls again. My body is feeling better enough that I can consider the possibility. I did practice some sword moves the other day -- breaking up kindling with an overhead swing.
I may look like an old lady, but I ain't. Only on the outside.
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The things we do to help our horses! So the falls I took last winter and the one last week were all for training? I didn't realize it at the time, but it makes me feel better knowing that the pain was well worth it.
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