What You Bring to the Horse
You tell your students to relax, breathe, be calm before they get on. And you're right. But the thing you're actually bringing to the horse — the thing the horse is responding to — has nothing to do with how you feel this morning.
Article Summary
You have been telling your students this for years: the horse can feel what you're feeling. Relax. Breathe. Don't be tense. And you believe it — because you've watched it work. But there is something happening between you and the horse that no deep breath in the parking lot can reach. Something that was there before you arrived at the barn. Something built from every ride you've ever watched, every video you've ever studied, every trainer you've ever admired — encoded into your body without your knowledge or permission. What you bring to the horse is not a feeling you can manage. And until you understand what it actually is, neither you nor your students can change it.
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