Soul Astride

In order to perform at the top of their sport, high level golfers must take in and utilize an extreme amount of information just to make one shot.

They are easily prone to “analysis paralysis”, keeping them caught up in information overload and indecision.

When I rode cross country I had a keen ability to know what I needed to do—however, when I found myself on the showjumping phase I often found myself caught up within my own head of second-guessing myself leading to rail after rail after rail….

It was frustrating and disheartening.
Nailing dressage and cross country to botch showjumping on the last day of a 3-day weekend all because my overanalyzing got in the way.

If I had utilized this incredibly powerful skill back then, I know I would have been unstoppable in my sport.

Do you know what it is?
Shout out your answer below to find out. 👇

Stop trying to make your students better.

Whether you teach horse riding, yoga, or in a classroom—
You cannot improve your students.
They can only improve themselves.

Your job is to show them a way how.

When you take on the weight of trying to transform their riding, their confidence, their fears…
You are trying to control something that is completely out of your control.

It is not your job to fix others.
It’s not even your job to help them—

It is your job to show them how they can help themselves.

Show them a way to ride stronger.
Show them a way to connect with their horse deeper.
Show them a way to gain more confidence, in and out of the saddle.

All you are doing is planting seeds.
It is up to them to do the rest.

Let them be empowered by their own self-improvement—
Don’t try to take that away from them—you can’t.

The next time you find yourself blaming your teaching for their lack of progress, just remember that you only have one thing you’re here for:

Plant seeds…
Then watch them bloom. 🌺