Post from Mugs - Bad riding doing good
Love this and perfect timing! Oscar is lovely and is helping me just enjoy riding again and not worrying about perfection. But I think she is correct I need MILES to fix my issues, not lessons where I work on perfection.
I'm tempted to get back into lessons with D, but I realize that it is miles that I need so that I feel more comfortable on a horse. I know this shit, its just getting my body and mind to work together again.
So anyone have any thoughts? 1/2 hour lessons once a week plus riding on my own, or just keep riding on my own for now until we are ready to start getting ready for shows?
2 comments:
My thought is to just ride. I'm kind of in the same boat. I'm a hot mess position wise because I just haven't ridden in ages. I stopped riding a year before nursing school then didn't ride in school. Thats 3 years of nothing but trail rides at the walk. I know exactly what I need to work on. I think having someone video you and maybe and occasional lesson would help. But a weekly lesson just to be told what you know will make you crazy. Then again if it makes you feel more confident to hear you are on the right track I say do it. Only you know what will make you happiest :)
I vote for both. I have now been taking weekly lessons on my horse for a year and it is amazing how far I have come. I also could use more time 'just riding', but I think having someone to check in with weekly pushed me in a way I could not have done myself. My confidence today, almost exactly one year later is leaps and bounds from where it used to be. I think time in the saddle combined with expert advise is my winning combination.
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