Jessica Lyons Horsemanship LLC

01/30/2025

At Jessica Lyons Horsemanship LLC Horsemanship weaves through all disciplines and parts of this industry.

Thank you to Elizabeth Howe and Jen Lilclym for these kind reviews.

Every horse I meet is worthy of being prioritized in their training and care.

I have worked with horses who have been sold for as much as my truck

I have worked with horses who were given away

Every single one of them deserves to be prioritized in their training and care 🫶

01/30/2025

"Mastery is not perfection, but how you respond to mistakes" George Leonard

01/28/2025

This :)

There is a reason, I think, that horsemanship is so hard to teach, and that is because it's truly an art and not a science.

You can go to school for art. You can learn from masters of a particular art form. You can study the chemical composition of your medium and learn about how those mediums behave in different circumstances. You can learn about the history of your art, how it originated and how it's evolved. You can study trends and dabble in different methodologies.

But no matter what, in order to become an artist, you have to experience it. You have obsess over it. You have to go to bed thinking about it and get up thinking about it. You have to become a little bit consumed by it. It drives your passion and your curiosity. You have to dedicate a part of your soul to its inception, creation and development. In some ways, you have to get to the point where you cannot separate yourself from it, as it has become a part of you and you of it.

I have received requests in the past asking me to write more about specific techniques, "how-to's", if you will. I will admit I struggle with this because it feels to me kind of like someone asking me how to have a conversation. I can give you a very general framework, but a conversation is intimate and personal. To write one for someone else would seem to me to be a request to boil down everything that is beautiful and awe-inspiring about horsemanship into base mechanical elements: important, but ultimately in my experience not AS important as the energy, flow and feeling of what is happening between the horse and the human.

Yes, you need a basic skillset to be an artist. You need to know how to hold the brush. You need to know how to choose a canvas. You need to know a thing or two about how your medium behaves and how to bring out the best in it.

But what ultimately creates art is the person behind the tools and the feeling within them. And since no teacher can create this for you, we simply have to try and set up scenarios and allow space and spark inspiration for people to go seek it within themselves.

01/25/2025

A very helpful video for those of us tracking our hoof rehab progress

01/25/2025

would have been perfect for my new favorite sport!!

01/25/2025

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Change what is , leaving the parts we are supposed to move with.

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01/23/2025

Happy Tuesday❣️

01/22/2025

It feels like -7 out this morning, but my troughs stay fresh and unfrozen, because science!

01/21/2025

If you haven't checked out Nicole Shoup Horsemanship 's page, please do.

Nicole is a wonderful Horseman with a natural talent for explaining things in relatable, easy to understand ways.

Nicole is up to a lot of great things this year.

Here is an opportunity in New Mexico for anyone looking to prioritize the horse and the mental health of horse professionals 🫶 👇

01/19/2025

Guys, this is a hard topic for me to write about. Even as I sit here resolved to share, my brain is trying to disassociate—trying to keep me safe.
On a very deep level, I know the biases this industry (and this country) has against those of us who don’t fit the mold. I fear that sharing my experiences will bring heartache, or that it will give people an excuse to devalue, discredit, or minimize the work I do and the professionals I learn from.

But I believe in transparency and sharing the journey that shapes who I am as a horse professional. My experiences with training, care, treatment, and rehab—both for my own conditions and for horses—have taught me resilience, adaptability, and the value of empathetic, science-based care. These lessons deeply inform the way I work with horses.
Some might assume the methods I share, or the time I take with my horses, stem from personal limitations. But the truth is, they reflect my commitment to understanding what horses truly need to thrive—physically, mentally, and emotionally.

For example:

I’ve been brought in to help quiet a cutting horse whose mind was blown after being started by a reined cow professional. I helped restore her relationship with humans, and she went on to work daily with an 84-year-old cowboy.

I’ve worked with horses who “won’t let anyone catch them,” digging deep to find the root causes of their behavior. Time and again, I’ve seen horses blamed for what’s really pain or lameness—overlooked or dismissed by others. My goal is always to relieve the horse’s burden as best we can.

Living with ADHD, PTSD, and FAVA (fibroadipose vascular anomaly) has shaped how I approach both my life and my horsemanship. As I grow more comfortable sharing my journey, I hope it inspires others to embrace their own paths while striving for understanding and connection—with ourselves, each other, and our animals.