Listening with Your Seat.
How's your derrière? Is posterior a more delicate word than rump? Our culture has a lot of fanny chatter: too...
Dressage Factions and the Real Reason to Compete.
I'm a traditionalist when it comes to the art of dressage. I love the structure, the fundamentals, the words of...
Natural Instinct: The Human Half
The more we riders understand about horse instinct, the better. Instinct is the starting place; a behavioral baseline from which...
How to Ride like a Kid.
Remember riding when you were a kid? We climbed on top from a gate or a truck bumper. No bridle,...
Calming Signals and Equine Gastric Ulcers.
These are two of my favorite topics and I write about them often, but this post is about how calming...
Respecting Your "Other" Space
I assume your horse respects your space; that on the ground he stands a couple of feet away, relaxed and...
How to Train Your Horse to Hate Arena Work.
Does your horse go better out of the arena? It seems like some horses just won't go forward and no...
How to Listen to Your Horse.
I had a friend who visited my farm during my first years here. She arrived for the weekend with books...
Riding with Intention.
He knows what you're thinking. Does anyone think they can hide their feelings from their horse?...
An Equine Cure for a Type-A Personality.
First, consider the horse. He is a majestic, elegant animal with a free spirit--intelligent, playful and spontaneous. He is nothing...
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