Category: Lessons
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Coaches: The good, the bad, the indifferent.
Sometimes they push you on relentlessly.
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The Back to Basics Spiral.
Round. Like a circle in a spiral. Like a wheel within a wheel. Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel. Lyrics from Windmills of your mind. Going back to the basics. How often do we hear this as riders? We are always going ‘back to the basics’. But it does not mean we…
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Am I just freestyling while Rome burns?
I heard Belinda say:”this is fun!”
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Solving problems before they become issues!
I think that anyone who watches this video will enjoy it whether or not they ride, or have a horse, or even know any horses. This video is of German Olympian Isabel Werth riding Emilio, in the Grand Prix Freestyle, at the German Dressage Championships. Isabel is the most decorated equestrian in the world and…
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Five Things I know to be True.
You may not have the horse you want but it may be the horse you need.
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My Therapy Horse
What has saved my sanity?
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The Weight of the Reins
How much do your reins weigh? Well this could be a deeply metaphorical image for getting your life under control but fear not….I am just talking about the reins in your hands when you ride a horse. In dressage the ultimate goal is to have the contact with the horse so light that you only…
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Mental Performance: Brain,Body,Behavior
It is a challenge not a crisis!
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Gratitude!
Thank you!
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I am NOT letting that Old Gal in either!
Every horse has something to give you. Those are valuable gifts.
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Nancy Hutson: ‘Don’t Let the Old Gal In’
Stay humble and get the best coach and trainer you can find.
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‘Don’t Let the Old Gal In’: Janne Rumbough!
Janne’s advice to young riders: “Hurry up slowly”.