#equestrian shit

These were her comments: 

- I have soft hands (I’m usually told the opposite so this was a surprise) 

- My left leg is my bad leg and I need to stop pushing my heel up and my toes out 

- Need to stop pushing my left hip forward 

- A good exercise for getting straight is to do a big circle to a small circle at a sitting trot with no stirrups. It builds Riley’s core and helps me feel where my weight is. 

This trainer is very theoretical, talks a lot about tuning into his thoughts and stuff, which I kind of like but is very different for me. 

She said two things I don’t agree with. She said that everyone should ask for the canter with their outside leg not their inside, whereas when I rode at a hunter barn when I was younger it was the outside, but my last year and a half at an eventing barn it was the inside. I think you can do each way but she was very adamant that there is only one way. She also said that when a horse trips, or knocks a rail, the only way they’ll know that that’s not what you want is if you get after them for it. I don’t think that’s true, especially when the rail or trip is a result of your riding. But ya’know.