When we Stop Powering Through
I had remote coaching students on multiple continents this week- and the general theme was discussing breath... The students' backgrounds were drastically different, as were their ages, and horse experience.
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Removing the Rose Coloured Glasses- The Pitfalls of Horse Learning
My students who are most “successful” in their horse learning are not always the ones to reach “the end results” fastest. Instead, they are the individuals who are more interested and curious in learning how to develop the skills to communicate and work with the horse, rather than resorting to seeking quick fixes, or creating stories to explain away resistance or unwanted equine behaviors.
Replacing Fear Cycles in our Horsemanship
The fear of "getting it wrong" can overwhelm people into doing nothing. Avoidance is a common "tactic" in both insecure people and horses.
Horse Behavior: 5 Physical Assessment Opportunities
When learning or experimenting with a new way of communicating and interacting with the horse, people can unintentionally develop intensity in their facial expression, the tension in their posture, increased energy, and tight movement.
Horse Learning Tips
Horse Learning
Irrelevant of where in the world one is, there is always learning opportunities... Even if "just" from the horse's communication and behavior.
Horse Help- Understand and Communicate Clearly
In Conversations with the horse, we are asking them to mentally "search" for what is being presented, and then to physically act upon those thoughts.
The Effective of your Horse Communication
I find that sometimes making comparisons outside of the “horse world” helps folks better see/believe when they are with their equine.
Horse Skills- The missing "tool" of the Positive Alternative
In many training approaches, the moment a horse does something unwanted, the response is correction. The focus is only on stopping, blocking, and criticizing the equine behavior, to “teach him a lesson.” This leads to what I call “surviving” the experience/ride.
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