(English translation below the German text)
In den letzten Tagen habe ich begonnen, absichtlich ganz alleine mit Luke zu werkeln. Ich fühle mich nun sicher genug dazu. Ich bin nicht angstfrei und fand es zunächst wirklich gut, wenn jemand in der Nähe ist,... anfangs auch mit in der Halle. Luke und ich arbeiten ja sehr am gegenseitigen Vertrauen. Er ist natürlich weiter als ich... Die letzten Ritte fand ich erstaunlich und schön. Ich kann mich viel besser auf ihn konzentrieren und schauen, dass wir gemeinsame Gedanken hinkriegen. Die Ergebnisse sind erstaunlich, finde ich. Es gelingen Momente, in denen wir komplett genau das Gleiche denken oder zumindest als Konsequenz so handeln. Der Moment, in dem ich in fragte (Sprache), ob er lieber vom Platz in die Halle möchte, wegen der Bremsen - und er trabt ruhig und friedlich los dorthin. Dabei sind wir selbstverständlich immer noch auf dem Niveau, dass wir Schritt, Trab und minimal aus Spaß Galopp reiten und anhalten und rückwärts. Rückwärts muss ich üblicherweise einen Moment bitten, gestern ging es sehr flüssig. Es macht mich mal wieder sehr demütig, zu sehen, wie sehr es an mir hängt, was beim Reiten passiert und wie stark die Macht der Gedanken ist. Wir werden nun weiter daran arbeiten, die Umwelt auszuschalten und in unserer kleinen Energieblase zu bleiben.
Ich habe mal wieder das Hörbuch "Achtung Respekt Würde" von F. Pignon gehört und dabei viele schöne Gedanken gefunden. :-) Empfehlenswert.
Daneben finde ich diesen Text von Mark Rashid zur Frage goßartiger Lehrer toll: https://consideringthehorse.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/to-walk-the-walk/
A few days ago I started to spend time riding with Luke just by ourselves. I feel sefe enough for that now. I am not free of fear and when I started him, I found it good for my nerve to have somenone around, at the beginng even to have someone (for me ) in the indoor riding arena. Luke and I are working intensely at trust. He of course is much further in that than me. The last ride were astonishing and beautiful. (we still don't do much though). I can concentrate much better on him and on our common thoughts. The results are amazing (even though it doesn't look like it for spectators (whom I avoird anyhow :-) ). We manage momemnts in which we think the same or at least our actions are the same. The moment I asekd him (speaking) wheter he wantet do go from outside to our indoor arena and he started to trot there quietly and determinedly... We are still on a level, that I practice steering (bitless again) and do some wlk, trot and a little bit of lope (for fun) and stop and back. Backing usually requires a bit of asking. Yesterday he did it completely fluently, just the tro tiny steps I ask. It humbles me a lot to feel how much it depends on me what happens when riding and how intense the power of thougts actually is. We will keep working on shutting off environmental disturbances and just remain in our little energybubble (probably not the right word here. the illustration might show what I mean.).
I re-heard the audiobook by F. Pignon: "Achtung - Respelt Würde" and found many impressive thoughts there. A recommendation!!
Furthermore I like this blog text by Mark Rashid about great teachers a lot: https://consideringthehorse.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/to-walk-the-walk/ . A question that I think around quite a bit.
Ich habe mal wieder das Hörbuch "Achtung Respekt Würde" von F. Pignon gehört und dabei viele schöne Gedanken gefunden. :-) Empfehlenswert.
Daneben finde ich diesen Text von Mark Rashid zur Frage goßartiger Lehrer toll: https://consideringthehorse.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/to-walk-the-walk/
A few days ago I started to spend time riding with Luke just by ourselves. I feel sefe enough for that now. I am not free of fear and when I started him, I found it good for my nerve to have somenone around, at the beginng even to have someone (for me ) in the indoor riding arena. Luke and I are working intensely at trust. He of course is much further in that than me. The last ride were astonishing and beautiful. (we still don't do much though). I can concentrate much better on him and on our common thoughts. The results are amazing (even though it doesn't look like it for spectators (whom I avoird anyhow :-) ). We manage momemnts in which we think the same or at least our actions are the same. The moment I asekd him (speaking) wheter he wantet do go from outside to our indoor arena and he started to trot there quietly and determinedly... We are still on a level, that I practice steering (bitless again) and do some wlk, trot and a little bit of lope (for fun) and stop and back. Backing usually requires a bit of asking. Yesterday he did it completely fluently, just the tro tiny steps I ask. It humbles me a lot to feel how much it depends on me what happens when riding and how intense the power of thougts actually is. We will keep working on shutting off environmental disturbances and just remain in our little energybubble (probably not the right word here. the illustration might show what I mean.).
I re-heard the audiobook by F. Pignon: "Achtung - Respelt Würde" and found many impressive thoughts there. A recommendation!!
Furthermore I like this blog text by Mark Rashid about great teachers a lot: https://consideringthehorse.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/to-walk-the-walk/ . A question that I think around quite a bit.