Dressage Lesson Monday

I switched my lesson on Bella to Mondays instead of Wednesdays.  The reason being I have personal training on Wednesdays and I found that I was a little fatigued both mentally and physically having both my lesson and personal training on the same day.  Still ride Bella before I work out on Wednesdays but as you know you don't tend to push yourself or in this case your horse as much when you are by yourself.

So I got to the barn and cuddled Bella for a bit then got on and thought to myself this will not be a repeat of last weeks lesson.  Just for reference last week's lesson was a disaster.  Both Bella and I were hormonal and we had a horrible ride.  So bad that my trainer, Judy had me get off. Sometimes it is good to just get off for the day.  Since last Monday I've worked very hard at not using strength in my riding to get my way but instead to use my steady seat and encourage Bella to respond accordingly.  The good news is we ended up having a fabulous ride.  And I will only get better as a dressage rider with this kind of thinking and riding.

Bella needed a good roll after our great ride.  Gotta love having a grey horse!