I learned a lot at the Leohona Rowland Clinic the weekend of April 7. As Teddy and I are both very chill and calm we tend to be slow to get going. I have to change my personality to get him active and forward. I am working on being busy and bossy so he learns to be snappy and move his feet on cue. One technique I learned was to rein back and pop him into the canter. Here is a video showing the lesson. He is doing really well in his training in the last couple of weeks, we are both getting sharper. I am learning to put the aids on more quickly and he is learning to respond within 3 seconds.
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I had a beautiful energy healing with Kim Conard last week (www.essentialbalancehealing.ca/) . Here is the story that came from the session, which shows the power of distance healing and energy work. She really tuned into my energy patterns, with made me feel refreshed, optimistic and rejuvenated.
"As soon as I close my eyes to tune into Katherine I am taken to a vision of her standing in a clearing in a forest, it is twilight and wind is swirling around her. She appears lost, frustrated and confused. She sits on the ground and begins to gently weep into her hands. I go to walk towards her and one of my spirit guides appears and stops me. She places her hand to her lips to motion to me to be quiet and watch. We continue to watch in silence, she continues to gently weep. Then a white horse with blue eyes begins to emerge from the forest, he approaches Katherine gently and calmly. At first he simply stands beside her and waits for her to be done crying, and once this release has completed she lifts her head to see him. He bows his head to hers and they connect with one another’s third eye. They sit together like this for some time, her hands placed on his face and both their eyes closed. I can feel her heart chakra opening and the love that is pouring in from him. He is offering her heart a healing. The wind begins to settle, and the stars begin to sparkle above… it feels like the storm has passed. It also feels like this is her sanctuary, being alone in the forest. The frustration, confusion, anger subsides and a beautiful peace returns to her, the essence of love that she moves from and is guided be returns. My guide places her hand on my shoulder and nods, letting me know that now I may approach both of you. Katherine jumps on the horses back and takes my hand to join her, we begin to ride through the forest towards the peak of a gently slopped mountain. It is not a Rocky Mountain as much as a hilly mountain, I hear the words Mt.Loki and know that is who we are upon. Once we are at the top we stand together breathing in the crisp night air, we feel strong, centred. I feel the same essence in you that I sense within me. That we are here because we can handle adversity, it does not deter us from our paths, instead it encourages us to become more loving, to have more capacity to assist, to offer us more inspiration. These are the times we came to be in, and we can/will already have endured and grown from our life experiences. The sun begins to rise and as grandfather sun begins to touch upon the feet of Katherine she lies on the earth below." I have been visiting Cochrane, Alberta over the last few months. I have been riding with my girlfriend's Grand Prix Dressage Coach, Sheri Dumonceaux. I have been learning a lot about dressage! I have also been riding other horses and going on epic trail rides in the Kananaskis. Here is a clip from my ride with Tiki last week. You can see she is resistant to contact at first but then relaxes and goes on the bit. Teddy and I had a really fun Derby on our own soil in mid-June. The barn we board at hosted the event in collaboration with the neighbouring barn. It was a huge success with 55 riders. It was a big push to get the grounds ready, I enjoyed weeding the arena and straightening the edges so it looked sharp for the dressage tests.
Teddy and I struggled for the dressage component. It was too rushed and he was not collected. But I am inspired to work on our dressage after a lesson this weekend with the coach I bought him from 8 years ago. Apparently they got top marks in dressage and would get eliminating in the jumping rounds. Is this the same horse? It made me realize that it's my attitude towards dressage that is bringing us down, not his build or conformation. Tomorrow we are going to Kelowna for another Derby. It's going to be hot! This is just a brief note to let you know I am raising my rates slightly to keep up with the rising costs of inflation. I try to keep my rates accessible to everyone, thank you for understanding.
I just attended my first clinic of the year with my daughter. It was the first time I hauled both horses and it was a good test run because the Trail Horseman's Grounds is only 45 min away from the barn. The horses were amazing. It was very wet weather for the entire clinic. We worked on getting the horses bending and yielding to our leg aids so they are supple and maneuverable. The first day we did flat work by doing various bending lines and turns in walk, trot and canter. The second day we did bending lines over small jumps and on the third day we did a full jumping course over bigger jumps. If the horses are bending and supple longitudinally and laterally they are adjustable and easy to balance in between the jumps. This makes jumping feel secure as a rider on the approach and the horses are responsive to rebalancing with half halts on the landing to prepare for the next jump.
"I lost my one year old kitten Teddy on April 12, 2023 from a tragic accident. He was always by my side no matter what as I lived on my own. I needed closure and answers, whether he was meant to go so soon, and whether he was mad at me. Katherine described his personality and attitude so well and gave me the closure I needed. She is truly gifted in connecting with animal spirits and gave me all the answers to my questions. I would highly recommend her, she helped me move on and stay open to getting another pet...in the future if I want to."
Regards, Kamalika Barua I will be interviewed live on Meet the Elite podcast on Monday April 10 at 10:43 pm Pacific Time. You can also listen to the recording. www.stitcher.com/show/meet-the-elite-intro
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