Hakalau is a technique borrowed from Ancient Hawaii. It's perfect for riders, as it only requires that you are in peripheral vision. Whether you're looking for 

• calmness,

Hakalau pretty much does it all! Here's how to do it.

On my last podcast, I talked about focus and why it's important that we're aware of where we place our focus, since we need to make that focus narrow, broad and external or internal. 

This episode is all about how to get focus, maintain it and re-focus after a break.

Equestrian sports require that we focus on what we're doing(!), however, is that focus better when it's more internal (in your head) or external (your outside environment)? Is it best to have a narrowed-down attention or a broader one? This is the first of two podcasts about focus - the next one will look at refocusing and how to stop focusing on things we don't control or shouldn't affect us.

As hypnotherapy for riders gains ever more interest, here's my take on what hypnotherapy really is (it's not what you think) and what it's absolutely not (again not what you think). I'll debunk some myths that have been around since the Middle Ages and still linger in the 21st century. And just how could hypnotherapy help you?

Thinking, thinking about thinking and overthinking - does that describe you?! If so, it's a habit you can kick, find out how on this episode.

What's flat-pack furniture from IKEA got to do with relaxing and decompressing? Have a listen and I'll tell you all about the IKEA effect! Yes, it's a real thing!

Do you have a busy headspace? Are you rushing from one thing to another inside your head jumping from one task to another, overthinking, catastrophising? 

Inside our head problems are to do with the fact that we don't ground ourselves, we're too much in our internal world. We need earthing as much as an electric fence, otherwise we don't work!

Some people are gifted with a strong mindset and they seem less swayed by the events around them. What are they doing inside their head? They probably couldn't tell you, it's automatic for them; but we can unpack their thinking and use it for ourselves. 

The unconscious or subconscious mind is the mind of emotions, habits, patterns and memories, it is about 95-97% of the mind. Get your unconscious on board and you'll whizz through challenges! 

But the unconscious is not logical and is not the mind of will-power or analysis or rational thinking. So how on earth do we get it to work for us?