Ride Better with Brandi

02/02/2025

02/01/2025

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A little exercise you can try with an instructor or friend. Are you immovable? Can you resist from your seat legs and feet? . Can you drop you shoulders away from your ears? To help both you and your horse be light and polite you can’t pull. It’s not a tug of war. You are showing the horse you don’t pull. And if he comes into contact you will release but technically he released himself because you were not pulling. This works with dogs pull on the leash too. Hope this helps you!!

01/31/2025

Light and polite. What we are working on.

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05/28/2024

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04/23/2024

My 25 yr old Wimpy, Three Can Cody bred gelding. Did a 1700 km long ride. Taught many beginners to ask right, dumped a few off, had large ‘tude and has never been lower than king in any herd. I love him
So much it hurts

04/11/2024

Hi everyone! Here is me on my young guy Odin. 3 yr old gelding started under saddle back in February. I’m a really great riding coach and a moderately ok rider 😂. Be Kind! I’m over 50!! The things that make me an ok rider are muscle loss, joint pain, TBI/post concussion issues like balance/dizziness, I have tendinitis. I actually lost a lot of muscle memory due to deep tissue injury to my lower back. I then had a lot of anxiety getting back into riding and relearning to trust myself and my judgment. All these things that affect my riding skills and are making me work hard to gain improvements in my riding skills are also what makes me a knowledgeable, compassionate instructor. My own experiences combined with years of working in different barns of many disciplines, plus years of working in the therapeutic riding industry increases the chances that I can help you to ride more effectively with rhythm and balance in spite of your physical or mental blocks. After my accident I could not even move my pelvis!! My glutes did not work at all!! It was and is a journey!

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03/31/2024

Staying balanced and safe while mounting and dismounting

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03/27/2024

Groundwork is essential! For years, I didnt call it groundwork I just did it!. 😂😜 A brilliant marketer and businessman named Parelli coined the phases of groundwork and natural horsemanship and brought many products to our attention, but many of us were already doing these things without a specific name for them long before. Since day one, having a horse that exhibits excellent manners on the ground has been crucial for me! It became even more important as I began instructing at age 19. Lesson horses need good ground manners when working around kids and beginners so they can remain safe.
I definitely believe and have seen the evidence that being able to effectively move your horse on the ground corresponds to how well you will achieve similar movements while riding. We all know that consistency is one of the most important things in training any animal. Honing your groundwork skills helps you refine your ask so that it’s the same when you’re on the ground or in the saddle. Better results come from consistency in the way you ask your horse to do anything.

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