What I continue to learn is that it is important to look beneath the surfaces of whatever is showing up in my life.  Not in an effort to complicate things more, but in order to see more clearly, notice more detail, get clearer and appreciate more.

Sanne the Lily of Holland, my beautiful horse, is a great example.  If I listen carefully, get quiet and take time to feel into the texture of his body, my hands, his mouth, I can feel that he is always looking for and offering an easier way.  That is what has been happening this week in the Aikido/Horsemanship clinic. Mark Rashid is helping me to clear away a lot of my own clutter:  physical habits, unconscious tensions, general unproductive busy-ness.  Doing that helps me to feel Sanne better, to blend with him, to start riding our ride, not just mine.

His wife, Crissie, offered this piece of homework a couple days ago:  Blend with something or someone.  I encourage you to try it.  Besides blending with Sanne, I did some blending with my waitress at dinner the other night, with the current of the stream I visited today on our day off and with my morning tea.