tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363085054614836371.post1632980804195392173..comments2024-03-01T00:13:29.286-08:00Comments on Incidents of Guidance: Rhythm falls WHERE on the training scale?Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01092098198949213494noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363085054614836371.post-49473140039259034412015-01-18T14:51:11.580-08:002015-01-18T14:51:11.580-08:00You've described it perfectly. Rational brain ...You've described it perfectly. Rational brain felt SO left behind and confused!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092098198949213494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363085054614836371.post-48319006622344594132015-01-18T14:50:47.392-08:002015-01-18T14:50:47.392-08:00Well a big part of bumping it up and up for me was...Well a big part of bumping it up and up for me was that I've spent years jumping at 3'3"-3'6" pretty regularly without a problem. I know I'm capable of a 3' fence... I didn't want to allow myself the habit of being alarmed, not even once! I think it can help to jump something big a few times - if you think you'll interfere with the horse just sit in your half-seat and totally ride like a hunter. Then when you go back to your normal schooling height it's really no big deal because you were just staring at a gigantic fence.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092098198949213494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363085054614836371.post-56814229258822832362015-01-16T19:19:38.802-08:002015-01-16T19:19:38.802-08:00I just had that happen again for a lesson a couple...I just had that happen again for a lesson a couple of weeks ago...after months without a worry, I was so uptight I thought I was going to be sick, even though I rode the day before and was fine and my ride to the arena was totally normal. Then 15 minutes later it was all good again! So strange, I wonder if our brains pick up weird little details, like "ohhh the last time you had a fall the weather was exactly so and that same truck drove by a minute before, and horsey flicked his ear just like that" - meanwhile rational brain makes no such associations and is left feeling a bit ambushed when the anxiety starts!Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05438372155463437107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363085054614836371.post-6629379208506169352015-01-16T18:04:46.244-08:002015-01-16T18:04:46.244-08:00um yes. you have just described my life lol. work ...um yes. you have just described my life lol. work through it - do not relent!!! you don't want that to be the norm!!! (ask me how i know lol) i'm super impressed that you kept bumping up the height too - maybe that's what i need to do (esp since i *know* the horse is fine, like you said)...emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.com