Sunday was a really horsey day. Me and Danielle Luinenberg exchanged lessons. Danielle is a combined academic art of riding and centered riding instructor. I gave her and her horse a groundwork lesson and Danielle was helping me with my seat. I got to step in the stirrups like if I was walking with my horse's hindlegs, i.e step in inner stirrup when inner hindleg steps forward and step in outer stirrup when outer hindleg steps forward.

Today I was practicing on my own and I was rellay exaggerating the stepping in the stirrup in order to get it into my system. When stepping in the stirrup I am asking for chest rotation, and with proper chest rotation you get bending and stelling. During the sunday lesson I found that I needed to really move my hips in order not to press with my outside upper leg, and today it was even more natural. Basically I was riding with my seat, just focusing on the stepping in the stirrups and the chest rotation. I hardly used the reins at all, and I got such a nice and stable bending, with a forward seeking horse. The minute Bröta was trying to slow down or to run away, I felt it and just asked her to come into my seat and my pace again. So amazing!

I was riding Mira just the same, focusing on stepping in the stirrups and getting chest rotation. I think it was one of the softest riding lessons we have had together. I will defiitely explore more about chest rotation and stepping inthe stirrups. When that is getting more natural I will add breathing. I got a breathing technique from Danielle on sunday, and now I work on it without a horse, but it is a bit to much to do both breathing and stirrup steps at the same time on the horse, at the moment.

I am in such a horse high! Really look forward to tomorrow's training!