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🤔 When Not Knowing Actually Helps...

✨ There’s something quite powerful about being new to horses by:

Not knowing what could go wrong.

Not anticipating every possible spook.

Not carrying a list of “this might be a problem.”

Because in those moments people are often just present, calm, unconcerned and neutral and the horse feels that. So they stay softer and they don’t get pulled into something that might never have happened in the first place.

Whereas with more experience people start to see ahead, predict, prepare and anticipate which sounds like a good thing and often it is, but sometimes they can bring the worry before it exists.

This is done by a slight brace, change in focus and an intention of “this might go wrong” and of course the horse feels that too. And just like that…something small becomes something VERY real.

So this isn’t about staying naive, it’s about recognizing the value in that beginner energy and the quiet, neutral, “nothing to see here” feeling. And learning, even as we become more experienced, to carry that same calm without the unnecessary anticipation. This is why we learn to ground ourselves and learn to breathe in any situation.

Remember, horses don’t just respond to what happens, they respond to what we feel might happen and that’s a big difference.

➡️ So just something to notice…

Are you staying present with what is…or getting ahead of yourself with what might be?

If you’re getting ahead, do you have the tools and communication in place to guide your horse through it?

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