tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705934261650966758.post3942323371155442064..comments2023-09-23T00:45:08.693-07:00Comments on Chickens In My Kitchen: Mother's PrideAutumn Misthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13970884029498352422noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705934261650966758.post-2786324631950955422010-07-18T11:45:05.085-07:002010-07-18T11:45:05.085-07:00Unfortunately to achieve a better riding position ...Unfortunately to achieve a better riding position and ultimately a better engagement from your horse - does sometimes involve some pain. If your muscles have been set in the same way for six years, it will take a bit to change them.<br /><br />Invariably we do not even sit on our bottoms, but perch on our pubic bones. So consequently getting our legs to perform as we would want, can be nigh on impossible. I've spent the last four years trying to reach the 'Magic Bum' as I call it. Hours of lunge and no stirrup work helped enormously and yes there was pain, but then I discovered Becky Chapman and at Ashen EC and her mechanical horse. <br />Wondrous magic is now being achieved!!<br />I sit on my bottom, my back ache has gone, my legs stay still and my horse is engaged.<br />She has a way with words that you will understand, no more wondering what your instructor means, that coded language they use, that in reality you have no idea what they actually mean. <br />Visit her site or better still visit her!<br />www.ashenec.co.uk/Debbie Shorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04536226755614627456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705934261650966758.post-86219544483469963452010-07-14T12:26:50.337-07:002010-07-14T12:26:50.337-07:00I can't offer any help with the riding - I kno...I can't offer any help with the riding - I know nothing about it except the stuff I read in novels. I think you should take note of the above comment - sounds like sense to me.<br /><br />Your cards are great - particularly like the patchwork ones - really useful to use up all the scraps and very effective.<br /><br />The card I made for Rachel and James was my favourite out of all of them. I printed the words out on the computer (Bradley Hand is the font) and cut them with a punch. Unfortunately my handwriting is very bad!!<br /><br />Keep smiling and believe in yourself. M xMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058885096738683418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705934261650966758.post-78926687663346659322010-07-14T11:08:03.184-07:002010-07-14T11:08:03.184-07:00I`m sorry you`re having a bad time of it. But can ...I`m sorry you`re having a bad time of it. But can I say just this little thing for you?<br />The riding style of everyone is not the one we want! The riding style we would like, is the one we have`nt got!<br />The way we ride is not that bad, it really doesnt matter, the horse you see, it doesnt mind, because it really doesnt matter!<br /><br />Its true, but I couldnt get it to ryhme? Anyway, the way you ride, is not wrong, whoever said that this way or that way is right? Who cares? Only those who want all to toe the line!<br />I ride the way I want and have done for years, I`m not a good rider, in fact I`d say that if I was put up against a classically trained person, I think I`d look very poor. But does my horse really mind? Does she really care? <br />I dont think so.......After all, its the horse that lets you ride, isnt it?cheyenne joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957462106844413179noreply@blogger.com