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Les Carroz...
back to "la source 🇨🇵❤"

Meet éclaire⚡🐎
A new chapter of learning is opening 🙏

Yes... I want to be a little seed in the change of styles in the equestrian world.

Yes... I want to ride horses without metal in their mouths and riding crops. I want a horse to be my friend and listen to my body, like I listen to theirs...

Yes... I am "hypersensitive"
So No... I don't react well in a shouting learning environment.

From the age of 7...
I gave up swimming club after 2 weeks because the coach shouted too much.
Yet... I remained at athletics club, and excelled, until I left home because it was a mixed environment with autistic adults and so the coach team managed the environment correctly!

I'm extremely grateful to my previous teacher for advancing me extremely quickly. I'm strong, have great balance and I'm not scared of speedy challenges. A perfect recipe for an adult learner!!!

But, it was all at the detriment to my nervous system and I made a promise to myself, I wanted to make things healthy when I came back from knee surgery.

I'm turning 47, why am I only putting the puzzle pieces together now??
Because... I protect myself from confrontational environments, I quit a stressful commercial architecture property world, made a new career in body work and a working environment I manage scrupulously to suit me, to create peace and healing for others.

I'm choosing a healthy system for ME.

Yes... I care more about the animal than riding it!

So No... the thought of spending an autumn on the ground if needs be sounds organic.

Yes... I'm going to find MY solution and contour the problem
So like a horse I need to look at the obstacle (of life), understand it and learn how to manage it!

Here's to bucking the system and being an out of the box liberty girl 🐎❤

DON'T GIVE UP JUST CHANGE THE FORMULA 🙏

Summer of knee recovery... eternally grateful the Chamonix 50m pool is in my backyard 💙
Always sad when this gem shuts end of season.

In the water 3 weeks post surgery, from no legs to back to swimming 2km in 3 months.
It's still bloomin exhausting on my knee, I won't lie!

But it has been my mental escape and deep breathing space these past months 💙

Riding the post surgery waves of frustration, anxiety and hiccups along the way are part of the process. Accepting those feelings is never easy.

To the support team around me thank you 💙

It's my profession getting people through the tough stages physically and I believe empathy is earned, not learned. I've got you 🙌

Recovering and rebuilding yourself physically in a town like Chamonix is not a simple mental feat.
You'd think I'd have it dialed in by now, 8 surgeries in!! Uhhhh no.

The hard bit is done now...
Autumn days let's make some magic 💙

Slow life down and notice the flowers 🌼🙌

Basecamp is ready for autumn/winter ❤
Year 14 of massaging in a tent 🙌

Make time for self care, your body is the shot you get at this life!

See you soon at basecamp 😘

That's summer wrapped up.

2 months back to work, an intensive physiotherapy rehab schedule, fitting in as much swimming, cycling, walking, pilates and stretching as I could on the side.
When my legs were tired I picked berries and made jam!
Muscles are coming back and knee is getting strong. 3 more months solid effort to go.

Looking after others every day is the meaningful job I love.
Thank you all for your kind support this summer x

Massages are ON for summer 🌻☀️😘

6 weeks ago... "they chopped my leg off and stuck a bit of tank in the middle" as my dad likes to describe my total knee replacement surgery !

Yes at 46 it was very much needed, my knee was destroyed. The surgeon confirmed afterwards he was happy to have listened and not made me lose any more young healthy years waiting.

Anyone who knows anything about orthopedics knows this is quite the major surgery and not a walk in the park!
Physically, mentally and emotionally.
Day 2 punched me in the face seriously and there have been many humbling painful and anxiety ridden days to this point.

If I know anything.. I know my body and it's capabilities inside out. Believing in it and myself these past weeks however has required some cheerleaders in my team to remind me!

A huge thank you to my Chamonix family of friends, to clients from all corners of the globe checking in on me, to my brother for his mental welfare checks from afar, my physio for building me strong and to my eternally loyal sports coach Saï Saï 🐺

I've a long way to go yet, bones are still bruised and ligaments still stretched, but I can almost see some light at the end of the recovery tunnel to having a pain free knee I can hike, run and ski on again 🙏

I had set myself 6 weeks off work. It should be 3 months! But I am in a physical place whereby I can and I want to be massaging again 🙌

See you all soon at basecamp x

Happy sweet 16 to Saï Saï 🐺🥳🥰

We've covered some serious kilometres together and I miss the days of running mountains side by side.

My gentle companion and knee rehab coach. We've got this next phase together buddy 😘

Have fun celebrating with your girlfriend whilst I'm in hospital # # #

Zipping up the tent after winter season 13 🙌🧡
Basecamp is closed until July

Thank you once again to my beautiful community of clients, taking care of your bodies is magic 🧡🙌

Back with a bionic knee and badass in summer 💃

Gentle springtime holiday 💙
Didn't need to be anything fancy, change of scenery, sleeping with the sound of lapping waves, daily swimming, reading, art exhibitions, many pizzas and hanging out with fluffy 🐺🇨🇭🇮🇹

Mountains and lake combo perfect blue therapy!