09/10/2024
Check out this clinic opportunity next month with Ben Longwell of True West Horsemanship!
All right Pendleton! We’ve got a local Clinic coming up Oct 11/12!
𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 "𝘥𝘰" 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴..."
Are you in Oregon, Washington or Idaho? Tag someone who wouldn’t want to miss out!
Horsemanship is not discipline-specific or just something we “do” with our horses. It is all about understanding and communication – a way of being with our horses that fits the horse. The emphasis in all Clinics is always on learning to communicate more effectively through “feel”, timing, and balance, building a working relationship based on respect and trust between horse & rider. All Clinics are flexible based on participant’s skill/experience levels. Time will be spent both on the ground doing foundational ground work and mounted, transferring those lessons learnt on the ground to the ridden work.
Subjects covered may include (but are not limited to)
• Groundwork – Beyond the exercises to meaning/purpose
• Understanding True Body Language
• The Difference Between the Direct Feel and Indirect Feel
• Recognizing Response vs. Reaction or Resistance
• Leadership and the Feet/Mind Connection
• Problem Solving From the •Perspective of the Horse
• How to Build Confidence in a Nervous Horse
• How to Successfully be a Leader for a Dominant Horse
• Developing Mental and Emotional “OKness”
• Riding Through Signal & Balance
• Bringing Clarity to Ridden Communication – Seat, Legs, Hands
AND MUCH MORE!!
Clinic Format: Our Horsemanship Clinic format will have participants split into 2 small groups of riders with a max of 6 in each group. The focus will be on feel, communication, leadership and progressing on the horse/rider relationship. Each group will have a practical 1.5hr session with their horse in morning and afternoon. A huge benefit of these clinics is you get a shorter session with more 1-on-1 time with Ben to really concentrate on personal progress. You then have the bonus to have a soaking/breathing time while spectating the other group’s sessions – learning from a huge range or situations which you can then apply to your horsemanship journey as well.