Thoughts on Teaching

Thoughts on Teaching

To me instructing is a sacred trust. I feel it is my responsibility to create a safe space where neither human nor horse are judged. It is my job to understand where there may be mental, emotional, or physical blocks in both, and to bring these to the awareness of the...
Magic Moments

Magic Moments

The roar of folks celebrating your success, an accolade from a respected instructor or friend, seeing your and your horse’s names/ photos in a magazine—any of these can swell our hearts and make us feel pride, happiness, perhaps fulfillment. Nothing, however, makes my...
Don’t Jump in that Pool

Don’t Jump in that Pool

I frequently see a theme in my teaching trips, and it’s one I’ve found that tends to show up in all relationships where humans are involved. The rider comes in each day expecting and already defending against certain actions they have come to expect from their horse,...