tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28335578.post8446972267647636237..comments2023-09-20T02:40:17.614-05:00Comments on Dressage Mom: Bad connectionDressage Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13741448152235721941noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28335578.post-16010897102225305802008-10-25T17:15:00.000-05:002008-10-25T17:15:00.000-05:00I've been reading this blog for a LONG time and ha...I've been reading this blog for a LONG time and haven't really commented on anything... so here goes! :)<BR/>I ride a 8yo Thoroughbred in dressage (nearly 2 1/2 years now), and I have an extensive background in huntseat (9 years....yeeeeah). Naturally, when I had a lesson with a Paralympic rider (Robin Brueckmann), she called me out on "perching." Now, I thought I didn't perch, but apparently I did. Considering that I had fixed my seat to what it was before the lesson, I was surprised! Now I have to consciously think, "Sit on your pockets, no hunters!" over and over again. Impulsion is also an issue, so I'm glad to read someone else's dressage woes :). We can all sympathize together!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28335578.post-13275842164618198382008-10-23T09:17:00.000-05:002008-10-23T09:17:00.000-05:00My horse is crooked too! We'd both like to lean l...My horse is crooked too! We'd both like to lean left. We're happy on the left. Comfortable. It's hard to learn where straight is because when I'm straight, my horse is not happy. He's constantly trying to push me left and I want to go left and Good Grief we're a bit of a mess. It's getting better every day, though and I know we'll both be stronger in the end.Kateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03539642068473264986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28335578.post-6452633549432206022008-10-23T07:53:00.000-05:002008-10-23T07:53:00.000-05:00Oh, yeah, sitting straight is hard. Ever since wa...Oh, yeah, sitting straight is hard. Ever since watching the videos from our Boot Camp experience I have to keep in the back of my mind "right shoulder down, right hand down, left leg long.." It's even worse that Kaswyn is crooked!Dressage Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741448152235721941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28335578.post-21478031526607289222008-10-22T11:06:00.000-05:002008-10-22T11:06:00.000-05:00I've been taking some dressage lessons and have le...I've been taking some dressage lessons and have learned that I am not straight. I lean to my left. I feel like a contortionist up there on my horse trying to follow my instructors "right shoulder back, right leg long, right shoulder down, feeeeel that right hip" instructions. Sitting straight is hard.Kateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03539642068473264986noreply@blogger.com