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Riding: If We Can’t Feel It, We Can’t Fix It.

    After the last blog, a friend/trainer thought legs should have been mentioned. Or as she put it, "'The...
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Riding: Feeling Every Stride, From Our Inside

This is the recurring nightmare. You're on a twisted version of Dancing with the Stars. There are glaring lights and...
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Riding the Middle: My Horse is Lazy.

My horse is lazy. He won't go forward. He doesn't listen to my legs no matter what. Do I need...
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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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Photo Challenge: Opposites.

  Stillness bounded by movement, offered without demand. Independent, connected, Cradled as close as skin, but set free. At peace...
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Reciprocity: A Softer Ask, a Softer Bend

I overheard some riders complaining like old campaigners. Asking a horse for bend sounded like the Hundred Years' War. They...
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How to Defuse a Horse Bomb

Maybe you're mentally arranging your to-do list, or rehashing an imaginary rant about something that happened at work, or just...
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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...
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It's About Greeks and Romans. Even Today.

Is there a natural way to ride a horse? Is it possible to ride in such a way that the...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Half and Half

Polarities Bold and timid. Turbulent and still. Deliberate and spontaneous. Stoic and emotional. Powerful and frail. Physical and spiritual. Eternal...
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