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 Help & Tips
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.
Improving your Horse Sense- The Three A's
Improving your Horse Sense- The Three A's

Assess(ment)- Of the horse to evaluate the mental availability, emotional state, and physical softness. Assessing is a foundational key to build a partnership with your horse because it gives the human a "starting point" of what needs to be addressed to help the horse.
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