Over the years I've had many people comment on experiences learning from me, even after just one session.
They ask (often with frustration) despite them having ridden or been taking lessons/clinics for years, why so many instructors or trainers never:
- Addressed the horse's brain and emotions
- Raised awareness of correct anatomical riding and how it influences the clarity of aids
- Taught various and adaptable energy levels used to communicate both spatially and physically
- Prioritized the power of Observation both in terms of self-awareness and the horse
- Reviewed the horse's diet, sleep patterns, vet, and farrier care/history
- Discussed tack fit and usage
After the latest horsemanship clinic, a participant came up with the latest slogan:
Alternative Horsemanship
Helping Horses... One Human at a Time
My personal goal has never been about acknowledgment from the masses. I've never wanted to be an "entertainer" selling gimmicks, gadgets, and magic fixes.
The only thing I want is to help horses. It is my form of redemption for all the horses who offered me their all, and I had no understanding, recognition, or appreciation. I'd been taught by the Olympians, international Clinicians, coaches, and trainers, the only thing that mattered was results. At all costs.
After leaving that world of chaos, greed, judgment, pressure, physically broken horses, emotionally stressed humans and equines, mentally overwhelmed partnerships, I had to re-evaluate everything I'd ever been taught.
Nowadays the best way I've found to help the animals is to educate the people who are committed to evolving, growing, searching, trying, and experimenting.
For those who offer themselves the space to grow without being contained by society's imposing and confining expectations, the quality of the equine partnership is limitless.
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