"Its not about the horse"
Anxiety and lack of confidence are rarely isolated to the horse.
How you do something is how you do everything, if anxiety is showing up in your riding it will be showing up in other areas too. You may not quickly be able to identify where else you are anxious but it's there. It may be driving somewhere new, it may be worrying about the kids, your career, money, going out in big groups or to social occasions. Regardless, the horse is just another symptom of your "safety" mechanism being in overdrive.
Add to that, we take our non-horse stress to the yard with us. The horse is incredibly attuned to our energy and our emotions. This is turn will impact how our horse shows up. Reflecting whats going on for us. Feeling a little tense (even if obedient)
Therefore when I work with clients , We rarely talk just about horse anxiety. As we resolve whats going on in other areas of your life, or the past, the riding begins to resolve itself. I hear this over and over again, and riders are amazed at their new found confidence!
Horse Riders
✓ Are you a master at finding reasons NOT to ride?
✓ Do you procrastinate when it comes to riding?
✓ Are you struggling, frustrated and/or feeling like a failure?
✓ Have you tried "pushing through" the fear (only to make it worse)?
✓ Have you tried remedies, or spent ££ on more lessons or trainers?
✓ Have you tried "Positive thinking"? (easier said than done)
✓ Do you feel an Increase in heart rate, breathing, shaking or nausea?
✓ Do you feel like you don't deserve your horse, and he's wasted on you?
✓ Do you want to ride with pure Joy, and confidence and reignite that passion and fun you once had with horses?
I love working with riders that want to be riding with Calm, focused confidence. After working with many anxious riders just like you. I have found that it is rarely about the horse. The root cause of these issues are much deeper. We identify these, and rewire your mind with helpful patterns rather than the blocks that have been sabotaging you!
Book a Free Breakthrough Coaching call below, and we can chat about the challenges you are facing, in what areas the Fear Shows up, and work out a customised blueprint package for you to start LOVING your Riding and Feeling Confident in ANY situation that shows up!
I also offer an online program for those who are happy to work through lessons by themselves and at their own pace. Click below for more information.
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So this is one of my clients who was struggling with one ride inparticular, she would get nervous just thinking about it. and she didnt really know why. It was close to her stables, a beautiful ride and she really wanted to enjoy it! After a reprogramming session she messaged me to say she had done the ride with no stirrups! I then received this video...💕🏇