LESSON 1 Never make rigid plans for our sessions but always be prepared. Know what you want so I feel secure and safe but adjust your demands to my state of mind and body on the day. LESSON 2 Learn to listen to me. I tell you everything you need to know in a language I…
Jodie joined #Barebruary via Twitter and here’s what she would like to share đ Here are some pictures of me riding some horses bareback/tackless. I thoroughly believe that riding with less or minimal tack improves my ability to ride with my seat and improves the horses trainability as sometimes less is more! My horse (chestnut) is very…
If you are like many other amateur riders, you love to learn and you want to progress your riding skills. You probably read up on various riding methods and techniques and perhaps sometimes you wonder why everything sounds so wonderful and clear and logical when written down but becomes a mess and confusion when you…
One of the great things about running #Barebruary initiative on Aspire blog is that I (and hopefully many of you out there) get to know many lovely riders and sometimes, they are bloggers too. Abi, who writes a fun and thoughtful equestrian blog that you might want to check out at Life At a Canter, sent these couple…
NIna, a bilingual blogger over at Roping my dream – Ein Cowgirl in Deutschland ,became inspired by our little bareback initiative and wrote a blog post over at her blog with more insights into her bareback experiences. Scroll down her post for the English version or start in German from the top.
I had a pleasure of teaching Lucy while she was a member of Reading University Riding Club several years ago. She sent this fab picture with a few thoughts on bareback riding đ This is a picture of me riding Paddy completely tackless which was a great confidence boost as it reminded me that i…
“This is an almost 8 year old picture of me and my German Riding Pony “Lucky” He was such a wonderful horse. You could always ride him bareback without beeing afraid. Such a good horse, sad I lost him. Riding bareback often as a child helped me develop a better seat and improved my balance.…
I am sorry the quality isnât terribly good but it was taken from a camcorder! Although I hacked her out bareback, and bit-less, this was my first ever bareback jump on our beautiful mare Tommy. Phil, my partner, rides her now whilst I bring on my gorgeous youngster Ripple. I am so looking forward to…
Mairi joined Aspire Equestrian non-horse owner riding programme at Foundation level at the end of December 2014. She started co-sharing Tilly following her Introductory session and has been enjoying the intensive progress and seat development that I am putting her through đ Mairi’s observations about her bareback lessons include: – heightened awareness of my own body…
A week ago, a rider watched a lesson I was giving to her fellow livery and asked me afterwards if it was dressage that was my main/preferred coaching area. The content of my lesson was a very basic flatwork encouraging a more correct, relaxed body in the horse and more balanced and effective seat in…
