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How Your Stories are Influencing Your Horse Riding

26 Apr 2021 · 15 min · Episode 1192

Episode How Your Stories are Influencing Your Horse Riding

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Stories are a funny thing. They are usually part of an experience that was very real at some point. However, as a rider, it is important to always update and be aware of your stories. And this requires you to begin actively analyzing what you are saying to yourself on a moment-by-moment basis.

Your Stories on Autopilot

This sounds relatively easy... However, when we are doing something which we have done often and regularly before, we can become a little complacent.

Our actions and our thoughts, so, therefore, our stories, tend to just repeat themselves. Without a whole lot of effort from you.

This is great when the story is causing a positive outcome. For example, "my horse really listens to me when we work together on the ground" might be something you say on a regular basis and, therefore, believe. However, these same stories can really work against us at other times. The story, maybe "I struggle to control my horse when he spooks" begins to negatively affect your riding.

The story itself is not that important. However, the actions that accompany this story can often cause us to become literally 'stuck' where our riding is concerned.