It seemed to go on forever: the regimented trunks, line after ghostly line of them – stretching out into the gloom like the pillars of some vast, twilit cathedral. Tramping the miles between them, the ground seemed hard underfoot, rutted, difficult to walk on. The great trunks, impressive though they were, seemed oppressive, their great […]
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In this episode of my Vlog I am riding one and leading three to pasture. We are talking about creating cool, reliable, professional horses. It is really important I think to have horses we can rely on. A horse will always be a prey animal. But there seem to be reliably people that have horses
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It’s not often that you get to chat with a neuroscientist. Still less often to chat with a neuroscientist that is also a doctor. Still less often to chat with a neuroscientist that is a doctor and also autistic. And less often still to chat with a neuroscientist who is also a doctor and also
Living free and riding free – it’s one thing to do it. It’s another thing altogether to provide a whole universe that allows others to do it. Castle Leslie in Ireland is that place. A thousand acres and a castle, an equestrian tourism paradise, a place people go to disappear into the hills and forests
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It’s stubblefield season, again! In this Vlog I’m talking about letting go of control. I think horses possibly attracts a certain type of personality, that likes to be in charge and that likes to tell a 500kg+ animal that doesn’t speak the same language as us and is a prey animal that makes us taller,
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We often talk about lightness, but what is implied is that we want lightness in our hand. I think to look for lightness in our hand set us up for failure. Because we can’t create lightness in our hands! The lightness we feel in our hands is a result of our other aids working properly
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Film Festivals are something one reads about all the time. We accept them as institutions that drive the movie business in the same way that we take for granted music festivals and literary and other arts festivals, as things that exist almost as geological features of the landscape. Or at least the cultural landscape. What
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Linda Tellington Jones is a true legend. In the horse world, in the world of human healing, in the world of dogs, in the world in general… TTouch, an easy, effective way of resetting the nervous system for animals and humans, is a global movement. Linda’s 22 books on the subject have been translated into
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John Mitchinson is a true man of mystery. You may have been hanging out with him for years and don’t know it. Many of you out there have been watching TV, reading books, discovering stories that John Mitchinson has created, or published, or influenced, or written…without his name being on them. Have you watched the
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We love our horses. But do we love them enough to make them versatile enough to be ok with many other riders? Do we allow others to handle and ride them? Why could that possibly be important? Having a horse that will only work for us, is ok as long as we are around. But
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Never Shut up! and Monkey Communications It’s already June! The new exercises of the month have just been released. This month join us exploring the concepts of “Never Shut Up!” and “Monkey Communications”. Watch to learn more and find the full exercises on https://longridehome.com/hh horse #longridehome #livefreeridefree #findjoy #horsemanship #betweentheears #equestrian #horseriding #vlog #equestrianvlog
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A must listen! 🎙️ 💃 If there is someone who typifies what it means to quite literally Live Free and Ride Free, it is online equestrian and nervous system celebrity 👉👉 Jane Pike. Born in Australia, and growing up first on woolly ponies in Tasmania, then on the Australian show pony circuit, Jane has taken
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A legend and ueber-influencer in the horsemanship community, in the years since COVID Warwick Schiller has become much much more. In addition to creating one of the first and most successful online libraries of horse training videos, Warwick’s Journey On Podcast exceeded a million downloads quite a while ago and is on it’s way to
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Sir Tim Smit is a legend. Knighted for his ecological and economic contribution not just to Great Britain, but the international community at large. Sir Tim is famous for having founded Cornwall’s Lost Gardens of Heligan, and the Eden Project in which the public can visit working rain forests under glass domes and truly learn
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I think this one is a really, really, really, really important and really, really, really, really overlooked subject! RIATS stands for Riding Is A Teams Sport. What we mean is not that you should go compete at competitions that allow teams to enter. What we mean is to really find joy and succeed. Think of
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In this Vlog I am talking about some of the exciting and amazing people we got to meet at Equitana in Essen. We were only there for one day and mostly to visit with our dear friend Linda Tellington-Jones. We were also very fortunate to meet among others Frederic Pignon and his wife Magalie and
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What we really want to do is ride and just have fun with our horses. Do we really need to bother being fit? Why should I care. My horse carries me, right? Well as all riders that read this here know, it’s not that easy. Sitting on 500kg of animal and trying to get him
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In this episode, follow me through the woods while I take you through a system that we feel works well for getting riders from 0 to hero. Or at least well on their way to that. It’s simple and really makes sense when you think about it. It is step by step to help the
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It is already March! Where did the first 2 months of 2023 go? The extremely exciting thing is it starts to feel and look a bit like spring. Including the migratory birds starting to return. As you might know we are putting each month 2 exercises of the month out. One for in hand work
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