Inspiring, connecting and informing the horse community in San Luis Obipso County, California – and beyond.
“She just doesn’t seem happy,” my friend said, somewhat exasperated. “She’s cranky when I get her out of her stall, she’s cranky in the arena, it just hasn’t been fun riding lately.” These were the symptoms of a fellow rider’s horse problems. Sarah Williams weighs in on how she helped her friend fix her horse’s problems.
“A movement starts with a clear vision of a world different than the one we live in today. The presenters are each amazing in their own industries and they all have a vision of a better world, inspired by incorporating horses in their own story,” says Debbie Roberts Loucks The Movement organizer. Sharon Jantzen shares info on how you can be part of the life-changing focus of The Movement Symposium and Festival 2018 coming up May 23-24, 2018 at Flag Is Up Farm, the home of Monte Roberts, in Solvang, CA.
Our horses, just like our kids, need our encouragement. Horses respond well to quiet, subtle yet clear, strong and focused leadership. Kids operate in a similar manner. Sharon Jantzen shares her story of encouraging a young boy from the Horse Carriage Driver’s seat.
I told everyone I know, “It’s a gelding for me this time around”. Still, when I laid my eyes on a little Dun Half Arabian Mare, that was it – it was over. She was mine, and there was nothing I could do about it. Sarah Williams highlights how she appreciates her riding partnership with a mare.
Of course, I always remembered the warnings that my grandmother would give me before I would head off into the wild blue yonder. “Sarah,” she would say, “be careful. Don’t get too comfortable.” Great advice, because I think that sometimes we all get a little “too comfortable”. This was one of those little lessons that matters, and there are times when I wish I would have kept this in my head a little bit more. Sarah Williams shares her little lessons that mattered in her journey of becoming a horsewoman.