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Energetic Tidiness in the Saddle.

Some of us climb into the saddle and have all kinds of crazy dangerous things happen--right out of the blue. We...
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Riding a Suspension… of Disbelief

Some of us are okay with who we are in the saddle. We don't question the ride, or if we do,...
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Mental Focus Means Not Trying Too Hard

My friend and I took yoga while we were in high school. It was 1971 or so, and I can't...
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Bite Your Tongue.

It's an election year and I'm a politics geek. There, I said it. But the rhetoric is deafening. Sometimes there...
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Riding the Inside of Your Horse

When I was just a dressage-princess-wannabe, before I became a full-blown Dressage Queen, I thought dressage riders all wore a kind...
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A Serenity Prayer For Both of You

The seasons are changing and the air feels cooler. That's what you notice, but your horse seems just a bit...
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The Truth Behind Bit Drama

Do you know how your bit works? No, I mean really. Not some cowboy-on-YouTube's fantasy about horses needing to learn to carry...
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Ride Shorter, Progress Farther.

If I were to write a training book entitled Less is More, it would be hundreds of pages long. The...
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You're a Timid Rider?

What if it isn't a bad thing? I have a "big picture" thing I want to say and it's going...
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Serenity NOW! (Training Calmness)

She wrote, "I struggle with him to stand still. I suspect he recognizes I am nervous."I'm answering an email question...
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