Articles – Horse Listening

By doing slow-motion exercises to help you learn “feel,” you can easily learn the biomechanics and the secrets of “sitting up tall.” These unmounted exercises can also enhance your riding and help you avoid repetitive stress injuries.... [Read more]

I think back to my first riding adventures, and I can easily think of SO MANY experiences that are permanently etched in the horsey recesses of my mind. But let's start with just 5.... [Read more]

Learn how you can design your way to positive and effective change - for the benefit of your horse.... [Read more]

You can't say you've never done these things! Still, we make mistakes and then we learn from them!... [Read more]

Here's what happened in Horse Listening during 2022, and browse through the Top 20 Articles of the Year!... [Read more]

This one is fast and active and fun! Let's put together three "simple" figures to create a challenging exercise that will get you and your horse bending AND going straight while playing with up and down transitions.... [Read more]

There are many ways that horses communicate their desire for self-preservation, if only we know how to "listen" to the signs. Here are some ways to know that the horse is about to spook - or already did before you had a chance to recognize the sign!... [Read more]

If you're a life-long learner like me, you'll relate to the need for self-improvement. Because in the end, it really is all about the horse.... [Read more]

In retrospect, it boggles the mind. I mean, we've had the technology for decades - and still, someone like me has never taken the steps necessary to actually run through the tests at home, video myself from the judge's perspective, and then see how my horse and I actually APPEAR!... [Read more]

I first "met" Maeve when I found her Facebook page and was intrigued with her concept of using a bungi cord to add resistance to exercises that are especially used during riding. Fast forward a few weeks, and I had the bungi attached to my closed bedroom door and there I was, isolating muscles, stretching and contracting and learning how I could prepare for riding by working precise areas of my body.... [Read more]