Had an awesome online session this morning. I played with the concept Berin gave me yesterday to use for our circling game.. using disengaging to keep his attention before his mind leaves. I used this along with mixing up what direction I asked for and when to come to me or not. It really tested his leadership and he got emotional about it, and had a few good runs around at the canter, but then he calmed down again with relaxation on the circle at canter. In our group lesson Berin had us work on change of direction. We used S patterns and falling leave to improve our draw and drive. Max did awesome in one direction and was getting flying changes easily and bending around me. The other side was quite difficult for him, so Berin had me draw him in to me and create this pattern, since he was having trouble drawing in and giving me the other eye. It ending great with him running in to me!
This afternoon I was on the administration rotation. Ann Kiser talked to my group about starting our businesses and giving us some things to research. It was very interesting and fun!
Welcome to my blog where I can share my journey with you! I am a Licensed Parelli Professional Two Star Junior Instructor. Here you can read about my experiences with Parelli Natural Horsemanship, my personal horsemanship journey, and my journey with being a Parelli Instructor. I hope to inspire and empower you with my quest for never ending self improvement. I have been studying Parelli for 11 years and am an official Level 3 graduate. I am studying Level 4 with my two horses, Max and Savannah. I grew up riding horses the traditional way and was in the United States Pony Club for 12 years, where I competed in Eventing and Dressage. My first introduction to Parelli was with my pony, who at the time was not a problem horse. I've had my andalusian mare, Savannah for 7 years now and after 2 years of struggling with her while not using Parelli methods, I knew I had to change something. I have been doing Parelli with her for the past 5 years and graduated Level 3 with her fall 2010. In the Spring of 2010 I received Max from Kelly Sigler. I owe it to my two amazing horses, as I would not be where I am now without them, they are my greatest teachers. The journey so far with Parelli has been fun, fulfilling, challenging, and life changing.
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