If you’re hoping to make your New Year’s resolutions stick, try this tool with your positive affirmations.  Something about combining the message while crossing over between right and left brain hemispheres adds extra “oomph” to affirmations.
You can apply this Integration Exercise to any affirmation.  Just state in a positive way the aspect that you’d like to embody.  (Do not say:  I won’t be so judgmental about my body anymore.  Do say:  I accept my body with love and gratitude, and experience harmony and health each day.)
More example affirmations:
I love and …

Riding lessons are mainly about developing balance and confidence on the horse.  Your child learns how to tell Rainy to walk, trot (when
they are ready), and stop.   The saddle has a comfortable “grab handle” which is easy for kids to find.
Children also learn about grooming, picking hooves clean, and parts of the bridle and saddle.
I have been equally amazed to see a child’s confidence grow over a period of weekly lessons, as I have to see how much my horse Rainy loves these kids.  One day a particular student and …

Got pain?  Got fear or a nagging emotion?  This simple tool may help.
EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Technique.  I’ve used EFT for years and have shared it with many people.  It still surprises me at how well it works.  It’s simple and only takes about a minute to “tap” and potentially alleviate what was bugging you.
It’s also good for healing trauma (the time when I had a horrible crash off of that giant horse in training…) and can help with emotional baggage from our childhood (my work is never good …

This tip is thanks to my friend Benjamin, who has beautiful posture. Here I explain how I use it to remind myself during driving and riding.
In addition, remember to LOOK UP while riding, and feel what you horse is doing. Because of the survival instinct, many trainers (myself included) spend too much time looking down at the horse’s neck because we want to keep on eye on what the horse is doing. When I ride at Saddleridge Stables where we all share the arena, it provides great practice for looking …

Rainy and I have both been working on our individual art styles and methods.  Below are some of her paintings and a video clip of her at work.  I used the clicker training method to encourage her to free up her artistic inclinations.
This is a video clip taken while Rainy ………..and I were in Florida at Valhalla Farm this winter.  Rainy is practicing painting on her new easel, and HANDING me the paintbrush when she is through (instead of just dropping it on the ground or sometimes sending it flying …