Just yesterday Blu schooled me yet again in sitting still in the moment. During a lesson our job was to just canter straight down the center line without changing leads. Sounds easy and on any given day we can do it but last night -- not so much. I spent my day sitting at my desk and got up at 4;30 pm to head for the barn. My left hip was aching so dropping my weight into it was not happening. Blu took this as his signal to swap leads. ARGHHHH.... I finally settled my mind and concentrated on distributing my weight so lead swapping was not an option. I rose above the discomfort, found a zen moment and voila it worked!
We had a great lesson. We worked on refining the canter/ walk transition since this will be the key to truly great changes -- we did have some very good ones tonight :-) We also worked on some quarter canter pirouettes all from the seat... he was awesome and as a result so was I! The end was long and low and we were once again FABULOUS!
My hips have been really sore and tight. I hate this cold weather... Yet despite it all Blu still tries his hardest and teaches me the very best lessons with his confident manner and his ever so kind demeanor. He is a true school master and I just have to stop and listen.
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