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Morning feeds with the girls#omegaequestrian #bayofislandsequestrianshop #holistichorsehealth #ridinginstructorlife #

We have maize all around our property and the horses need to be able to cope and be safe with yearly helicopter top dressing. Notice how I keep the most scared one on a long rope but soft and using my voice for her to calm. Reiki helps too! The star of the day was 2yr old Maddi who barely even lifted her head. Little Pascall had a rough early life so loud scary things require her to "catch me" and use my energy to feed off. So proud of them🥰 #bayofislandsequestrianshop #holistichorsemanship #horsetrainerlife #ridinginstructor #farmlife

Well it was a week of waiting for the top dressing to happen🙄. Sorry to those that had their appointments cancelled because of it! But look at Maddi the star⭐️ better than the big horses lol!

Feeling a bit crap today so thought I'd sit with the youngsters🥰

Third weekly lesson and a vast improvement for Phoebe and Belle🥰. Phoebes position is much more effective and Belle is trusting her contact and learning to reach for her hands rather than Phoebe using her hands to create contact. Belle is more settled in her work now and happily starting to offer a lift in her back and even some nice trot transitions today! Well done👏

First little canters with Izzy after months. Feeling much better in my seat now and as our half halts get more solid again we should start with a little more lateral work to help her stiff right hock and suppleness on the left rein. I'm very pleased with our progress. Aiming for some competitions in October and a little Working Equitation prior to that🥰🎉

A quick video of Izzy and I yesterday. I'm quite proud of both of us - me coming back from a horrendous disk bulge in my lumbar with associated hip flexor pain and pelvic twist at day one this year and Izzy had a nasty kick from Katie in the stifle in May. This is 10 rides in of about 10-15mins each:). What I'm most proud of is Izzy's willingness to reach out and extend her neck in trot - something she could not do two years ago and her body is completely different - I must freeze a pic from a video Oct 22 and today to compare. This video shows me attempting to let my pelvis flow in walk which is not so easy (not aiming for overtrack). Yes she is still a little downhill but in my hand she is light connected and soft with a slight flexion to the left from my leg even with extended neck. Into trot I am playing with more neck release and small incremental coming back and elevation of neck at the end. She could not do this without a tiny curl right through to Jan this year. It is all very well slamming BTV everywhere but understanding the feet and body must be unwound first gently for them to reform correct neck connections and muscle development to be able to do so - let alone the trauma responses a lot of dressage horses show me. Thanks to my hubbie for videoing me for training my body purposes:).

Playtime with Katie 💗🦄

Well after a false start to the year with back injury I'm now back onboard and got my first ride in the new arena🎉🎉Ive lost all my power in the core and back and it's gently starting but I'll get there again! Izzy loved the surface - it feels amazing🍾🥰. First lessons tommorrow and Friday woohoo!!

Getting a ride in before shop opens at 1 - 6pm today. Our 2 year anniversary this week so check out the fb page for awesome specials🔥🔥🎉🎂 www.omegaequestrian.co.nz. #bayofislandsequestrianshop #ridinginstructor #classicaldressagetraining #equinenutrition #newarenaconstruction

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