01/05/2019
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Success is 20% technique and 80% mindset.
🔵 (Most) mistakes are not fatal. They can easily be corrected. They only become a problem IF you keep making the same mistake for a longer period of time.
Mistakes cannot be avoided. Every time we get on a horse we will make mistakes.
🔵 Mistakes are important for learning. Without them, there is no progress. We learn from the contrast of getting it wrong and getting it right.
🔵 After each good ride, there will be a bad one. After each bad ride, there will be a good one sooner or later.
The harder you try, the harder you fight the bad rides, the longer it takes to get out of the slump. Fighting the bad rides causes both you and your horse stress and tension, which prevents you both from learning and progressing. It’s better to analyze the bad rides objectively to find out what went wrong, why it went wrong, and what you can change in the next ride.
🔵 Having a bad ride does not make you a bad rider or a bad person. Having a good ride does not make you an equestrian genius or a superior human being, either.
🔵 Every living being has good days and bad days. There are days, when you are in the flow and things come easily, and there are other days when the same things seem impossibly hard. The same thing applies to the horse.
🔵 Trust in the process and your ability to learn and figure things out. Put one foot in front of the other and look for things in the simple basics that could use some improvement. There is magic in basic work. The upper level movements will flow naturally from perfecting the basics.
🔵 When the horse isn’t doing something that you would like him to do, ask yourself what part of the job he isn’t getting? What is preventing him from doing it? Is your seat supporting and guiding the horse, or are you preventing him from doing it? Are your aids clear, or are there contradictions? What can you change in your seat and aids to help the horse understand better? Which knowledge gaps do you have to fill in the horse’s body awareness, balancing ability, and coordination?
🔵 There are learning phases and plateau phases. Learning phases are fun, because you can see and feel the progress you are making. Learning phases make you feel good about yourself and your riding. Plateau phases can be tedious and frustrating, because you seem to be treading water. The plateau phases are important, however, because horse and rider need them to process the new information that you learned during the learning phases.
- Shana Ritter
artisticdressage.com
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