{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Live Free Ride Free with Rupert Isaacson","title":"What My Horse's Tongue Taught Me About Healing | Nahshon Cook | LFRF 59","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/9f7cd7e7\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":7379,"description":"✨ \"I've never used Baucher to train anything. I've always used Baucher to heal.\" – Nahshon Cook✨ \"Does your horse feel good after you've done what you've done with them? ... That's connection.\" – Nahshon Cook\nNahshon Cook is a classical dressage trainer based in Colorado whose path began riding donated horses as a kid at the Urban Farm at Stapleton, an inner-city youth program in Denver. Two mentors — Cynthia Spalding and former Cadre Noir rider Jean-François Fabier — introduced him to dressage before he was out of his teens, and after a detour through divinity school, Southeast Asia, and a stint training show and race horses in Thailand, he returned to Colorado and built a reputation for taking on horses other trainers had given up on.The conversation moves through Nahshon's approach to kissing spine, poll and TMJ tension, and how he reads a horse's tongue as a barometer for what's happening throughout the rest of the body. He walks through three distinct flexion positions he uses to unlock the hips, stifle, and hocks, and describes rehabilitating horses diagnosed with DSLD and a herniated disc using Baucher-based flexion work, treats, and nervous-system regulation.\nA rich, wide-ranging conversation that moves between technical dressage detail and questions of safety, mercy, and what it means to truly listen to a horse.\nFREE Helios Harmony Intro Course: https://longridehome.com/onoutpoutAll Books Mentioned: https://longridehome.com/books\nWhat You'll Learn in This Episode00:02:07 – How riding at the Urban Farm at Stapleton in Denver opened the door to dressage00:06:13 – What mentor Cynthia Spalding taught him about feel, not just technique00:11:21 – Learning from ex-Cadre Noir rider Jean-François Fabier and matching training to each horse's breed00:19:18 – Leaving divinity school for Southeast Asia, and training horses in Thailand00:31:14 – Why he swore off training for clients, and how horses get used as \"bait\"01:05:13 – The real cause of kissing spine: tension...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/edefuo9BicUw7iv3tBYu0A0WPDz35rwksjCWzqzh4lQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQwOTg5LzE2ODIz/MzM0MzYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}