Sanne and Brandi Rivera – photo by Pam White

Had a wonderful ride yesterday on the magnificent Sanne with the brilliant trainer Brandi Rivera.  Pam White and I had a conversation this morning and the phrase “dissolving into wholeness” came through.  That is what happens with the horses – thinking stops, being starts; all the disparate parts of me and of my life seem to open out and float into a wholeness that feels both homogenous and richly differentiated.

Many years ago, composer Pauline Oliveros taught my dancers and me the “unique strategy.”  What that means is to experience each moment, each movement, each breath as distinct, utterly new.  When I ride, I am practicing the unique strategy.  I am not riding the accumulation of my habits or expectations, but this exact moment in all its richness and possibility.

How do you practice the unique strategy?