Not-For-Profit Groups: Against the Odds.
Is it just me -or is a big part of the work-a-day horse world seized up in a flop sweat about money? Stress and worry seem to hang in the air. Maybe you need to be rescued!
Anna Blake
Weekly Photo Challenge: Sky
This week’s assignment: Sky. It is a wonderful color, but it’s the smoke from fires that created this surreal sunset. Bittersweet to appreciate the result of so much damage and loss. Anna, Infinity Farm.
Get Serious about Laughing.
There is so much debate currently about methods of training: German vs. French, classical vs. competitive, natural horsemanship vs. anything with an English saddle. It can get adversarial. Most people agree that finesse is better than force in horse training, but we seem to have a hard time agreeing upon a definition of what those … Read more
Weekly Photo Challenge: Refreshing
This week the photo challenge is REFRESHING! Nearing the dog days of summer here at Infinity Farm, with Tomboy -aka Swamp Thing. Anna, Infinity Farm.
Same Old Dressage, Brand New Eyes.
This week I have been preparing for a clinic this weekend at Infinity Farm. It is the my favorite clinic every year: Fundamentals of Dressage. One of my clients asked if it was going to be the same as last year. (Eye roll -is this a trick question?)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Worn
This week’s photo challenge is WORN. You may have to read to see if this photo ever gets to the point… The donkeys are with us at the Pikes Peak Brewing Company. We are sipping cold ones on the patio, after a trail drive at Spruce Mountain. Sometimes when you are at a bar, someone … Read more
R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Find out what it means to me!
Namaste is a Sanskrit word -which means it’s very old. Most translate it to some version of “The spirit in me respects the spirit in you.” There is so much in a name. Namaste is also an easy-on-the-eyes, young, Friesian-Arab gelding with a big dressage heart. I have known him for about 5 years and … Read more
Weekly Photo Challenge: Morning
This week the photo challenge is Morning. Morning is nap-time at Infinity Farm- And the very best time to share a dream with a friend. Anna, Infinity Farm.
Dressage: A Relaxed and Forward Ride.
The foundation of Dressage for the rider/horse is rhythm. I define that as a balanced combination of relaxation and forward. It sounds deceptively simple. A rider/horse can not sacrifice forward for relaxation, or relaxation for forward. The art of riding is in negotiating the balance of the two in both the rider and the horse. … Read more
Weekly Photo Challenge: Numbers
This week the assigned theme is Numbers. Four dogs, one sofa. Bad math. (Howdy, Tomboy, Hero, and Finnegan) and Anna, Infinity Farm