07/21/2025
Rider Intensive : Stephanie Day 2!
The set up for day 1 was such fun, which was the main goal Stephanie had…we decided to do it all again!
So back go the park we hauled and with a new set of horses and riders Stephanie had some more canter and galloping sets to really enjoy herself but also participate in some open source learning and via reps sit even better and better in her saddle 🙂
Post lunch Solange and Stephanie spent time playing with more in-depth ground exercises to help her control her lateral weight distribution both in the saddle and out.
Everything we do in our riding physically should help our bodies out of the saddle, so often we work out to ride better, which is an important thing!
But often we do not consider the effect our riding position has on our out of the saddle bodies.
Riding should help us feel Better. Not worse! What brings us joy should not cause us pain, and riding with pain is always a symptom of a tack choice or a skeletal position fault.
We closed out the day on Floyd really settling into his sitting trot and much to Stephanie’s delight she was able to start to access her weight aids and have a higher response from Floyd!
A wonderful representation of the motion break thru Stephanie has during her 2 days and proof that you do not have to sacrifice progress for enjoyment!
Amazing work Stephanie, we had so much fun helping you have fun!
