This episode is a recording from the CT Club, where I had a great conversation with Hannah Weston, followed by a Q&A for our active members.

We talk about how to set up those very first trot transitions from the saddle, and what we each focus on to make it work. A lot of it comes back to:

Checking that the trot is well-prepared from the ground

Re-training cues if you’ve previously relied on pressure and struggled with motivation

Using the environment to help build duration and decide how long we can stay in trot

It’s also important to remember that stopping and reinforcing frequently is physically demanding for our horses, and something we need to consider carefully in the training process.

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Angelica and Do talk about how the first school term, the future and why the basics are so important for the reward based trainer.

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Three C:s to check before riding. 

-Connection 

-Confidence 

-Cues (aids)

This is a modified version of a horsemanship structure I learned when first starting pony clubbing. The meaning is to assess your horse (and yourself) to keep you and your horse under threshold and communicating well. 

Back then the focus was more on an obedient horse, in my teaching I focus more on a horse that sees the environment as a resource and is fine communicating any uncertainty about it back to the rider. Whether the rider sits on the horse or work from the ground. 

Connection: how’s your two way communication working? Is your horse an active participant in their training?

Confidence: are you calm and relaxed in the environment you work in? Do you have an exit strategy? Remember your own relaxation as well. Avoid situations where one of you feel to afraid to have connection. 

Cues (aids). Is it clear what’s what? Can you communicate with different body parts. From halt and go to sidemovements, depending on your level. I meet a lot of horses who think the reins are for moving forward (!). Not ideal in most situations. 

Everything doesn’t have to be perfect all the time. But a baseline of all three Cs will help you succeed and help you structure your sessions. 

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To work with the horse while the horse is standing still, in a halt or just parking, is something I am very passionate about. 

When we talk about working in halt many think about the "full" school halt. However that is a tool being closer to the end of all the work we can do in halt.

And the goal is not the school halt itself but what it the journey towards it can bring to our horse and training. Even if we don't get there!
To improve the whole horse in both standing and movement, to gymnastize and to educate, clarify or improve the secondary aids.

In the podcast I refer to this blog post showing how it can look in pictures: https://www.rewardbasedriding.com/post/the-school-halt
And to this video, how it can look in movement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk0aLT5pjzM&t=37s

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This somewhat a continuation from our mutual Riding Workshop.
Here we are chatting about how to start with reward based riding.
Presenting different alternatives.

We both have go to preferred options about how to go about this, but as always, there are many ways to Rome. You are the one deciding what is best for you and your horse <3

Ways to access more of our teaching:
You'll find more about me at https://www.rewardbasedriding.com/
And Hannah at https://connectiontraining.com/

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Today I am joined by lovely Susanna Davisson from Hästvis.

We talk about trying to read the clues our horses behaviors gives us when we are interacting or training together. And how seeing them as clues help us be better at adapting our training.

Susanna has a membership group in Swedish where talking and learning to read body languages and emotions is a very important part. You will find exercises for both horses and humans. You will find it here:
https://hastvis.mykajabi.com/

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A talk about Feldenkrais, horses and feel with Caroline Ritter.

Bodý awareness is about exploring for both of us. 
But in a little different ways.
Here we are exploring our thoughts on the subject. 

If you are interested exploring together with us we have an upcoming series of lesson starting with ”Connection”

It will consist of us talking strategies how we can show up more connected in our own body as a preparation to connect more with our horse. Followed by a Feldenkrais lesson on the same subject.

More about that here: https://www.rewardbasedriding.com/shop

Wanna know more about Carro, you can find her at:
 https://www.feldenkrais.wien

https://www.discocavallo.com

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In this episode we talk about lovely Ellen and our journey to help her become less crooked and more emotionally and physically balanced. Thiis episode one so if you have questions for the next episode...let me know.

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This episode sprung out from a passionate listener mail and conversation and is dedicated to training our older horses to help keep them fit.

I talk a bit general and give examples from my own training with my older horses.


You can find examples of most exercises I talk about on my social media: https://www.facebook.com/hesselius.angelica/
https://www.instagram.com/reward_based_art_of_riding/

Or, if you are patient, in the upcoming halt course. 



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