25/03/2026
Desmond, my Dog is gone.
But people still remember the two of us
They remember how charming he was
How he said hello, slow and mindful
His awareness of humans and dogs….
And that’s stayed with people.
These days…you miss your dog
See, I work on humans, but dogs, and horses.
And the truth is —
the story is always the same.
Dogs and horses have a morning routine as they wake, they also have their walk to run.
We do not have this natural innate nature
We do a bit…not much
A lovely senior lady saw me walking…where’s your dog
Then she started a chat..
She struggled with:
• getting up
• getting down
• walking
• balancing
And quietly… she said:
“I miss walking on the jetty.”
Now that hits you.
Because it’s never just about movement, is it?
It’s about life.
Freedom.
Confidence.
Doing the simple things you love.
So I said,
“Let’s do a little experiment.”
We did a pre-test.
Let’s see how you move.
Let’s see how you feel.
Let’s see where the hesitation is… where the body is holding on.
Then we began.
Not forcing.
Not pushing.
Re activating essentially Re- Teaching her body to connect
to teach her body again.
Just three movements but like in maths
One for up the Y axis
One for across so the X axis
One for rotation thus the Z axis
• how to get up
• how to go down
• how to move left and right
• how to turn
To relearn what had been forgotten.
Then we retested.
And there it was…
Bingo.
Movement.
Confidence.
A different person standing in front of me.
I said,
“Let’s try again.”…not just once but at least Six times then the others repeat and repeat…al up two minutes
Because the nervous system learns through experience.
And then I told her:
“You might not be going to the Olympics tomorrow…
…but you can walk on that jetty tomorrow.”
That’s the difference.
Not perfection.
Not miracles.
Just getting your life back.
Desmond taught people what was possible.
This lady reminded me why it matters.
Because you don’t get better by doing less and less.
You get better by reminding your body
what it already knows…
and giving it the confidence to use it again.
How good would it feel…
to get back to the things you miss?