Lessons

I had a thought the other day. I think we would benefit from establishing weekly lessons with each other. I'm thinking basic lunge line type lessons, saddle but no stirrups and no reins? That part is just details. Robert thinks that more than ten minutes without stirrups is excessive. I'll ask my mom, she's got some sports medicine training.

Anyway, I think the key here is that we actually set a day that we do this. Not "oh, yeah, we should do this sometime," but rather: "thursday, we do this." At the barn I think that things mostly get done if we make the time, rather than waiting for it to come along. The example of thursday is hypothetical but seriously, living life without some kind of horse riding lessons isn't a good way to go.

There is also the question of which horses to use. I think I'd do mine on Papillon, she lunges well and is generally a good girl in the arena. I have mixed feelings about you and Keno. His trot has two modes: dinky and rushed. Neither are very instructive. On the other hand, he is generally well behaved. Star and Lady both have the disadvantage of being randomly disobedient on the lunge line. Especially the spinning and facing lunger feature is disadvantageous. The other thing to consider is using BJ? Or Bella? We'd have to check them out but they may turn out to be a good temporary fix to our riding lesson grade horse deficiency.

For non lunge line lessons anybody would work fine I think. I really want to spend some time on the lunge line though. Balance Balance Balance! thats what I need in my riding. I'm beginning to get the impression that everything else in riding flows from a deep, balanced, and relaxed seat.