…hope you got a chance to read my post yesterday, and here he is ☺️ There’s something very special about this horse already. The kind that makes you excited to wake up early and get to work. Is a good thing really coz that’s the plan most days the coming 2 months 😅 Over that time in Premium I’ll be sharing more of our journey together, the progress, the lessons, the breakthroughs, and of course plenty of honest horsemanship along the way. As mentioned I plan to also film as much as possible my Forward, Active, Naturally program with him, which feels incredibly exciting after so many years developing and refining these ideas behind the scenes. The rest naturally I will film with master Lenny and another student who can show the more advanced stuff. But who knows how far we get with this talented guy who has already begun some in-hand work. Thank you @Nelleke de Jong for the trust and opportunity with your boy 🫶 This is only the beginning, more to come soon. 🐴✨🫶

…I can finally share some exciting news from my side: Since opening this Skool community, I’ve managed to pop in here most mornings and evenings alongside everything else going on behind the scenes. But for the next two months, I’ll be taking on a new horsey project where it works best for me to work with him first thing each day. I’m really excited about this one. Tomorrow I’ll make a little video and introduce him to you properly. His full name is Roger Moore, Roger for short, I refer to him as 007, He really is a black beauty , can’t wait for you to see him 🖤 👉 Now the really exciting part… With Roger, I’m finally going to film something that has honestly been about 10 years in the making for me: ✨ The Forward, Active, Naturally Program (F.A.N.) So far I only have the eBook completed, but it’s time to finally bring the whole thing to life properly inside the Premium Skool dedicated to its own classroom. The program works across 5 key areas: 🐴 The groundwork position 🐴 The in-hand position 🐴 The lunge 🐴 Freestyle riding 🐴 Collected riding And through all of that, I’ll be showing you how I teach healthy movement, softness, gymnastics, posture, balance, emotional regulation and yes, if you’d like to call it that, dressage too. But always through the lens of understanding the horse first. Honestly, I think this project is going to become something really special over time and I’m very excited to take you all along for the journey ❓ What’s something you’d love to better understand about healthy movement and gymnastic training? 🐴✨🫶

✨ Had (again) a really lovely online lesson with @Deirdre Glynn yesterday where we started introducing neutral circles with dragging the belly of the rope softly along the ground. One of my favorite things as a teacher is seeing the moment where all the smaller ingredients someone has been quietly working on suddenly begin connecting together. Because when I teach - whether it is face-to-face or online - I always have an eye on your future. If you tell me: “I want to learn liberty.” Then every exercise I teach you before that point is leading there, intentionally. Now with Deidre and Tristan, we are not working offline at Liberty just yet, although he does stay and connect when he is loose and can lay down and sit. Yesterday was her very first session introducing drag the belly of the rope on the ground and he understood it almost immediately. It happened because Deidre has already spent time building all the earlier ingredients in the background first and that’s what people often miss. They skip them. My advice - don't skip them if you want to take this seriously coz half assed does not work with horses. 👉 Remember the fancy thing is usually standing on top of a thousand smaller things and then BOOM it is there. Next weekend I’ll actually be visiting Deidre for private lessons (cannot wait 💃) and while I’m there I’ll also roll the camera for new material for Premium members too. I did this with Jenny, hope to have some of the lessons in the Skool next week. And, if all goes to plan, I’m hoping to start introducing Deidre and Tristan to this point in the journey shown in:🎥 71–72 & 77 — Draw, Zig Zag & Travel Around In this video I share the very beginning stages stepping out of teaching into testing with Benny where I am always prepared to go back on a halter and line if it goes pear shaped. ❓Do you dream of learning liberty…and do you understand how much of it is quietly built through everyday groundwork skills first?

OK peeps, in one hour I’m pressing the LIVE button for our very first little Get Good Coffee Hour 🤩 Remember: 🔹 Bring a horsemanship question if you have one 🔹 You do NOT need your camera on if you do not want 🔹 You can quietly listen if preferred 🔹 Tea drinkers are still welcome 😂 When the time comes, simply click the red LIVE button at the top of the community 👆 See some of you soon ☕🐴✨🫶 Recording can be found here: 🔗 Get Good Coffee Hour Recordings

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