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Mindful dressage that blends biomechanics, connection, and awareness — for riders who want softness and skill. .

Grounded in 50+ years in the saddle, 35+ years in upper level positive-reinforcement dressage, and 25+ years training in mind-body awareness.

30/10/2025

You don’t make yourself relax around horses.
You just do.
That’s horse-gifted mindfulness.

29/10/2025

People often think positive reinforcement is mostly about timing and treats.
Get the click right, deliver the treat on cue.

That’s part of it. But there's a part happens before you ever reach for the clicker.

It’s in how still you can be inside your own thoughts while your horse is searching for what to do. It’s in noticing the way her ribcage shifts when she takes a deeper breath, or how his ears flick toward you when he starts to understand.

These are little things that you do when you know how to be mindful. Otherwise positive reinforcement can get to feel like a checklist, click, treat, repeat.

Sometimes I still catch myself wanting to do more,
to help my horse get it, to fix, to move things along.
But then if I remember to be mindful and simply notice,
that’s when the training gets focused
and we get real success in training.

24/10/2025

I often notice that what people call good social skills (chatting easily, filling up gaps in conversation by making more comments, knowing what to say) - these things don’t come naturally to those who spend much of their time with horses.

Around horses, silence isn't awkward and you don’t need the right words. What matters is a special kind of mindfulness that I call horse gifted mindfulness, being aware of the quiet wonder of the being you’re with. It's something many horse people may not actually realize they’re practicing when they brush, walk, or ride their horse. It's a presence of listening that can come naturally in the barn, yet can feel rare everywhere else.

You step into the human world and suddenly the rules are different. You’re expected to smile more, talk faster, and act like you know what you’re doing. The wonder and quiet awareness you have around horses can feel out of place. But maybe it’s not.

Maybe being the kind of person who listens before speaking, who notices what’s going on before reacting, and who is comfortable in quiet company, be it human or horse, maybe this is the kind of social skill the world could use more of.

16/10/2025

The love for your horse runs soul deep. But sometimes it gets complicated.
Swipe to see if you recognize yourself ➡️

25/09/2025

Ever watch your dressage trainer apply an aid and think: 'I'm doing exactly that, but it's not working'?

Here's what many dressage riders, even good ones, don't realize about dressage aids: The difference between 'too much' and 'too little' is often milliseconds and millimeters.

Your trainer doesn’t just possess a “better feel.” They've developed something very specific: The ability to recognize exactly when an aid is:

✔️ Too strong
✔️ Too light
✔️ Just right

But the problem is that most riders are told to just 'feel it' (Like that's somehow magically going to happen), instead of being shown how to actually develop the perception that makes the difference.

Want to start figuring out if your aids are not too much or too little and get them just right?

To download the free 2-minute audio, Too Much, Too Little, Just Right — A Quick Warm-Up for Riders visit here ➡️➡️➡️ subscribepage.io/wGkCX9

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