Using the scale or pyramid of training for dressage.

I was talking to a friend about launching a course based on teaching riders to feel and be more intuitive, rather than always racking their brains and having anxieties about doing it all right, while they are riding. She said, “I’m not sure it can be taught, but if it can be, it can only be taught to someone in the right frame of mind.” Frame of mind is definitely a part of it. Learning to “feel” your way through a ride instead of thinking your way through it means that your

Exteroception, in its most general form, is the sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body. It applies to all of our senses. In riding and working with horses there are three forms of exteroception that I think are most important – vision, touch, and sensitivity. Each of these faculties are important on its own, but as an equestrian, having them work together seamlessly is important to achieve that intuitive skill, “feel”. My definition of that elusive term “feel

I have seen horses with health and soundness issues get remarkably better with just a change in environment.