The simple act of paying attention By Amanda Barton A beautiful grey gelding rode into the arena for the next session of a clinic I was teaching. The horse was immaculately presented and the rider was clearly really experienced. In short, everything about the partnership looked great. But despite this all was not well. After …
Making Mistakes By Hans-Michael Schoebinger As you might have noticed already, I tend to be rather cautious when I work with horses. Nowadays. It didn’t use to be that way. In former times I would just get on and take it from there. It took me quite a while to develop an understanding for the …
Fight By Hans-Michael Schoebinger “I could see peace instead of this.” A Course in Miracles Now it was my turn to ride the beautiful black pinto who was so highly praised by everybody else in the group. “You will love her!” they said as I got on her back. As soon as I had taken …
6 Exercises to Celebrate your feet By Amanda Barton “Be sure to put your feet in the right place, then stand firm” Abraham Lincoln It’s a common assumption that asymmetry in a rider’s pelvis lies at the root of many riding problems. While this is certainly true for a lot of people, there are plenty …
Would your horse prefer his work to be varied or familiar? By Amanda Barton Do you think your horse is inherently easy to train? No? Have you ever wondered why? When my Icelandic horse was young I once got a call from a lady in the field next to mine to complain that my horse …
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Sue’s Rehab Diary – July 2020 By Amanda Barton The video below is the first part of a video diary that I am making about the rehab work that I am doing with my New Forest Pony, Sue (short for Satsuma as she is fairly orange). She has been lame for several years and we …
Saying ‘Yes’ By Hans-Michael Schoebinger The validity of this statement is demonstrated best by a simple exercise: Standing to the left of the horse, with your left hand on the nose about halfway between where her nostrils and where her eyes are, softly get in touch with the nose, so that your index finger would …
Road Rage By Hans-Michael Schoebinger The Haflinger mare would avoid the jump and simply bypass it on the side. “She is definitely not your friend”, the riding instructor commented our third miss in a row. Accommodating his judgement regarding the personal relationship between the horse and myself I noticed that I increasingly felt having been …
The Still Surface of the Lake by Hans-Michael Schoebinger “THE ‘DELUDED MIND’ (…) IS THAT STATE IN WHICH A PERSON IS BOUND TO THE EGOCENTRIC MOVEMENT OF THE EMOTIONS, AND IS CAPTIVATED BY LOVE AND HATRED. WHEN IT IS AT WORK, NOTHING GOES RIGHT (…) WHETHER HE TRIES SWORDSMANSHIP, ARCHERY, OR HORSEBACK RIDING.” YASUO YUASA …
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Trying Hard By Hans-Michael Schoebinger “She has to trot”, my trainer yelled, “It is all pointless if she does not trot. Trot, only then canter! So get yourself together and trot!” Two and a half hours into the lesson and trotting became ever more unlikely, as my mare and I approached the brink of total …
