Teaching

Good to be back teaching. I have been riding and dancing like the mad scientist in the laboratory. Working with integrating the ideas from both worlds while producing sound, happy, fit, rideable horses and developing my physical expression through my own body in dance. The core is the key. Watching riders, all the movements and reactions are either positive or negative in terms of creating or allowing effective communication of aids. The more body awareness and control the rider has through their own body, the more he/she can create balance and activity in the horse without interfering. The information goes through to the horse without getting stuck in the rider's body and ending up as a garbled message, similar to the cell phone at times. Of course, there are many factors for the horse to be able to respond to the rider's aids: the horses soundness, calmness, mental focus etc.