One of the greatest challenges I have is getting folks to switch from reactive to proactive behavior with their horse.
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Alternative Horsemanship Full Immersion Clinic August 2022
Final Full Immersion Horsemanship Clinic? *2 Participant Spots available
I developed the "Full Immersion Clinic" as an opportunity to address a variety of topics with participants learning during both unmounted sessions and while in the saddle.These safe, fun, and supportive learning opportunities offer an in-depth full immersion experience.
The Friday through Sunday clinics focus on Equine Behavior Assessment, Clear Communication & Effective Aids, Ground Work, and Riding.
We also cover a variety of topics such as equine physio, anatomical riding lectures, tack fit and appropriate usage, "finding a feel" exercises, group discussions, and much more!
Where: The Equestrian Center, LLC Sandpoint ID
When: August 5-7
Auditors Welcome
Click this link for details, participant & auditor registration
Horse Rider MindSet- Caustic Categorizing
How Your Thoughts Influence your Horsemanship
Somewhere in the course of people riding the interaction with the horse became compartmentalized into good and bad, right or wrong.
It comes from a place of human expectation (irrelevant of if it is appropriate or not,) which overshadows the interaction with continuous critical communication.
Approaching the horse as something to "make" comply, when the person's fixation is stuck on the agenda, they miss things like:
Dear Sam: Horse Help *Changing Human Intention Improving Equine Partnership
Summer Hoofprints & Happenings Newsletter with Alternative Horsemanship
Get the latest scoop on Alternative Horsemanship clinics, the Equine Retreat, new courses added to the video catalog, upcoming clinics in Uruguay and Argentina, and more!
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Horse Help- 6 MisConceptions deteriorating the Equine Partnership
Biting, Reactive, Dangerous Horse, or Pain Issues? Equine Ulcers
Horsemanship Skills: First time Ponying BLM mustang
Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series *The Starting Point
4 Horse Rider Tips to improve Equine Partnership
Unintentional Human Behavior to the Equine Partnership
Detrimental and hindering things the human often "brings" to a session with the horse...
Stigmas
Assumptions
Ego
Lack of Clarity
Rushing
Lack of Awareness
Mental Distraction
Critique
Judgment
Emotional Chaos
Hopefulness
Distraction
Avoidance
Fear
What if the "equine experience" started with first honestly assessing oneself, so that we could be mentally present, emotionally calm, and physically balanced to refine the intention, specificity, and Quality of communication to have thoughtful, two-way Conversations with the horse, rather than screaming matches.
Improving the Equine Partnership by Removing the Containment
Containment: physically trying to "stop" an unwanted behavior, which is usually the symptom and not the underlying "issue."
Breathing and Improving the Equine Partnership
4 Horsemanship Tips
Are you breathing?
When riders focus they tend to hold their breath. Talk. Tell your horse what you are doing (literally, it also helps you keep track.) Sing to him or whistle. Anything!
What is a Release? Horse Help
Reviewing The Release
As with everything, there are many interpretations when it comes to the terminology associated with horses. I try to be clear and precise in the words that I'm offering, but there still can be a gray area in the human student's understanding. This often comes from their level of awareness, background, and unintentional anticipation/expectation of their mind "getting ahead" of wherever they are currently at with their horse.