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Question # 343: Kayla has a question about her horse hollowing and tossing his head in his canter transitions.
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 17: Gratitude: More than food for the soul.
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"The goal of all dressage riding should be to bring the horse and rider together in harmony... a oneness of balance, purpose, and athletic expression." ~ Walter Zettl
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 16: Expectations and Assumptions: Friend or Foe
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 15: "Equestrian Sport Psychologist... What is that?!"
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 14: "RELAX - a rider's guide to using relaxation!"
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Guest Blog post # 106: "By the Numbers" by Bill Woods
(“. . . how unfair that is!”) If your personal bubble is sufficiently opaque, if after your test ride you go right back to the barn and feed carrots till the rest of the class is over, the following probably doesn’t apply to you. If you watch other rides and score them
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 13: "Don't just set your goals...ATTAIN them."
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Guest Blog post # 105: "Meet the New USDF Dressage Tests" by Bill Woods
Not unlike the cicadas hatching out, every four years we are treated to a new set of dressage tests to complain about, habituate ourselves to, and then act like they’ve been this way forever. With some cycles there are big changes, but if the older ones were generally satisfactory,
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 12: "Failure" is NOT an Option!
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