Looking Where you want to go

Looking where you want to go
Horsemanship and everyday life

You will often hear me telling students, "Look where you want to go!" There are several reasons for this:

• The horse actually feels your weight shift when you turn your head. Your seat bones shift and he understands a direction or command is coming. Sometimes he will actually turn just because you simply turned and looked.
• If you tend to look down, the horse will not easily move forward. And, you may very well up up on the ground!

I like to think of my work with horses in a metaphorical sense at times. In our lives, when we are aware of 'where we are going', we are more likely to get there. By that I mean our goals and dreams. Set a goal, lay out the steps to reach it, and BAM we will hit it like a target. So again, we are looking where we want to go. Not where we are, we are not stationery, but where we WANT to be.

I'd like to hear your thoughts on this, so please send them to me!

Loretta

the natural horseman