As the risk of falls increases with age, find out what you can do to improve balance and stay in the saddle.
"When you are young and fall off a horse, you might break something. When you’re my age and...
Riding demands a dynamic blend of stability, balance, strength, and coordination to communicate effectively with your equine partner. To improve these qualities, there are five simple and functional exercises you can do to improve your riding that are based...
Have you ever wondered why core muscles are so important, especially for equestrians? Riding requires more than just leg strength or balance—it requires a solid core. But what does “core” truly mean? Is it simply the six-pack abs we...
As a longtime horsewoman, yogi, and author of Yoga for Riders, I believe that yoga should be accessible to everybody regardless of age, fitness level, or experience. This includes equestrians, who can benefit from yoga postures. Through yoga, we...
We hear a lot about “burnout” these days when it comes to work, but it can also happen when it comes to our horses. Depending on how you approach your time with horses, both humans and horses can feel...
Like many horsewomen, I started as a young girl obsessed with horses. Nights would bring dreams of riding across fields with a galloping horse underneath me. Growing up in the hunter/jumper world, that dream became reality, and for several...
By tapping the power of neuroscience and the miracle of brain plasticity, spending just a few minutes a day practicing brain-focused activities can help equestrians in many ways. Whether we want to reduce anxiety, distraction or performance jitters or...
Groundwork can be an essential part of horse training and is quite beneficial to our equines for a variety of reasons, one of which is to help bring the horse’s body and mind into focus. But have you ever...
Does time spent with your horse feel more distracted and scattered, rather than present and meaningful? If so, you’re not alone. This is just part of being human and having a mind! And sometimes that mind simply becomes the...
Being an equestrian and a horse owner is a time-consuming and expensive lifestyle. Because of this, it can be easy to lose sight of the fact that riding, horse ownership, and your time at the barn is only one...
