First things first ( I'm the realist)
Yes I believe I just started this blog quoting Iggy Azalea, if you are bothered by cheesy pop music you are free to leave, there will be more.
If you aren't, welcome to the madness or as I like to call it 'adventure'
My main drive for this blog is to document my journey and to reach out to others who like me have a dream of riding again. Of having an amazing relationship of love, language and leadership with our horses. Of long days in the saddle trekking across this amazing country, of dancing our way around the dressage arena, and maybe even dressing up all pretty for the show ring. But to achieve all this I have to actually be able to GET ON my horse.
Around a year ago, thanks to my amazing farm owners, I got the oppotunity to live my dream, to own my own horse again! Of 16 years of pining, and wishing and hoping this was really going to happen!
Now when I finally was able to buy a horse I told myself
"Right, take your time, there is no rush, try out a few horses, but no Mares, no chestnuts and definately NO THOROUGHBREDS!"
And......yeah...... I brought the first horse I tried, a chestnut, thoroughbred, mare.
But fate was to smile upon me and I just happened to find my once in a lifetime horse.
Gin Point Pounamu aka Jade, a sweet RBI (Right brain introvert, just like myself).
Her lovely previous owners came and dropped her off to us. And then there I was, at the gate, on this auspicious day, my glorious return to the equestrian world, staring at this big, orange, wide eyed creature and thinking ........
"What the heck have I done"
I needed to go in search of knowledge, I wanted to find a path that would enable me to create the relationship with my horse I had always dreamed of. A horse that would want to be with me, that was light and soft, that was happy and exuberant, that was calm and connected, that was the perfect partner.
And I found my path through natural horsemanship.
So here I am, just over a year on. I call our first year "The Year of Groundwork" And it pretty much was. But more on that later. For now, welcome, pull up a chair, grab a beverage and join the journey, it could be a bumpy one!
Anna and Jade <3
If you aren't, welcome to the madness or as I like to call it 'adventure'
My main drive for this blog is to document my journey and to reach out to others who like me have a dream of riding again. Of having an amazing relationship of love, language and leadership with our horses. Of long days in the saddle trekking across this amazing country, of dancing our way around the dressage arena, and maybe even dressing up all pretty for the show ring. But to achieve all this I have to actually be able to GET ON my horse.
Around a year ago, thanks to my amazing farm owners, I got the oppotunity to live my dream, to own my own horse again! Of 16 years of pining, and wishing and hoping this was really going to happen!
Now when I finally was able to buy a horse I told myself
"Right, take your time, there is no rush, try out a few horses, but no Mares, no chestnuts and definately NO THOROUGHBREDS!"
And......yeah...... I brought the first horse I tried, a chestnut, thoroughbred, mare.
But fate was to smile upon me and I just happened to find my once in a lifetime horse.
Gin Point Pounamu aka Jade, a sweet RBI (Right brain introvert, just like myself).
Her lovely previous owners came and dropped her off to us. And then there I was, at the gate, on this auspicious day, my glorious return to the equestrian world, staring at this big, orange, wide eyed creature and thinking ........
"What the heck have I done"
Jade, the day she arrived
What I hadn't counted on was the FEAR. The nauseating, sweating, shaking, immobilizing fear. The tears and feelings of failure. The guilt of having this beautiful animal in my paddock, and not being brave enough to ride her.
I needed to go in search of knowledge, I wanted to find a path that would enable me to create the relationship with my horse I had always dreamed of. A horse that would want to be with me, that was light and soft, that was happy and exuberant, that was calm and connected, that was the perfect partner.
And I found my path through natural horsemanship.
So here I am, just over a year on. I call our first year "The Year of Groundwork" And it pretty much was. But more on that later. For now, welcome, pull up a chair, grab a beverage and join the journey, it could be a bumpy one!
Anna and Jade <3
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