Wow. That lesson was fantastic and the skeleton really shows what you were talking about. I can see she’s a gift instructor because she was easy to understand and everything she said she demonstrated so well. Thank you,
I learned that if the horse suddenly disappeared beneath you, as in "Poof!", you should land on the ground in perfect goalie position. The 5:30 time stamp rider would fall backwards onto her butt, which means that if the horse speeds up (like in a scoot), she'll be left behind.
I prefer cantering without stirrups - mainly because I can get a deep seat. To get back into stirrups (because I don't want to jump without stirrups) how can I keep that deep seat and glued down canter? Do I need to open the hips, thinking, if not actually, "kneeling" to keep the inner thighs on? And ....this one element I can't seem to do but my instructors suggests, is to reach my calves down and as they come up "wedge" them on the horse's sides. What am I missing about keeping a deep seat in canter using stirrups? And if you can add to it, how to be free to use go-aids in a two point? I can't seem to really get a decently potent cue from two point - and I am not interested using the whip for this one (a kissing can help but want to get my heels free enough to cue). I hope to get some responses from people here - Callie's lesson videos are really helpful.
I'm conflicted as to why we want to sit deep? My understanding is my goal is to sit light to encourage the horse's back to lift up. Maybe I'm missing something. Can you please explain this? Thanks!
Sitting deep compared to sitting light improves the contact with our horse, so in a way it's better for the horse's back since we're moving with it and not unconnected. Sitting deep doesn't make us heavier on the horse, it just makes it easier for the horse to gauge our aids and make us more present in the connection between horse and rider. Hope that helps!
Are bits good to use? I have questioned myself many, many times about if bits ARE abusive or if not. I go with they are not abusive if used correctly but are abusive if used wrong.
I just started trail riding last July infrequently about 6 times western saddle. I'm 66 going on 67 next month. Usually do 2 hrs through a State Park and by the time I'm done my legs are so numb I need help finding the block so I don't fall. I try sitting down in the middle then by hr one start scooting back in the saddle. Am I doing too much and not enough?
My ankles and knees often get painful by the end of the ride, so that I dread dismounting. I'm hoping a new pair of ergonomic stirrups helps. Good luck to you!
@Kelly Benedetti what do you do for knee pain while riding? I have lower spine, si , hip , and knee pain ALL the time thanks to auto immune disease but riding makes my knee hurt horribly... I've tried those compress braces . Mainly pain in my bursitis
@@DeanaStoned honestly the only thing that relieves it is kicking my feet out of the stirrups and doing stretches, but that's only a temporary fix, and only good for safe horses. Longer stirrups helped, and more in looking into ergonomic stirrups. 🤞 Best wishes to you!!
