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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Riding log today... 22nd july
First lesson i was on artic... he was really nice, easy to ride and forward going, easy to round. Practiced some leg yielding with him, he was a bit awkward on the left side, i put my leg on him, tried NOT to use too much rein with him. But to no avail he refused to move much, by the time i got to the end of the arena we had moved like less than 5m! so sadd
Then tried on the right side and he was a LOT better, it is sooo wonderful when you feel your horse is finally moving in the way correctly and the way you want him to. Later worked on spiralling in and out of circles in the trot. Surprisingly he was good at that and listened to my leg but when we did leg yielding would not listen AS well... hmm worked a bit without stirrups. One thing, working without stirrups really made me more aware of my body and whether i was tilting too much to the side ( which is a very bad habit of mine)
NExt lesson i was on crowe, whom i don't think i have ridden before. I wasn't sure whether he was going to be good with me or not..... he seemed quite good, but this lesson was probably one of the TOUGHEST i have had! maybe cos catherine was instructing..... There are just soo many things to remember at one time! keep your legs back, shoulders back, keep your upper body more still, use more leg.. the list goes on...... Then came the sitting trot, i was told i was too bouncy and flapping around too much as i do in the sitting trot. So i had to REALLY concentrate on sitting as STILL as i possibly could.... i just imagined that we were just in the walk and tried my best to keep my position at that, not that easy at first but i managed. It got a lot better, all i had to do was sit up and tall and try to keep as still as i possibly could. Getting the canter was no easy feat..... i had to work hard at keeping myself still, not tip forward when i asked for canter( which he of course would not give) When he did give it, the 2nd time he went WAAAy to faast. So i had slow him and do it again, but this time from walk, yet another disaster.... he took off i was unprepared... tried yet again, this time i got it and i had to concentrate on sitting back and going with the movement and not going too fast ( controlling the speed) Whoever said riding is easy is quite disturbed either that or interrupts " easy " in some other way. You have to keep so many things going at once, i felt so crap! and catz kept yelling that i was doind something wrong nearly all the time, but then again, that kind of instructor is always good. I do have bad habits, i lean too much to the side, need to stop leaning forward so much , i need to open up my shoulders, keep my legs back, need to keep centred, keep my legs more still, hands more quiet. In other words, you have to ride, without looking like you are actually riding! ( ok in dressage at least ) look at all the top dressage riders, watch them do their tests! it looks as though they aren't even doing anything at all and poof! piaffe! canter pirroute! Ok they actually ARE doing a million and one things at once but only if you look closely.
I didn;t get to just him cos i was working with him too much over poles, did pole work with him. In the trot and canter, once i got him going he was lovely , in fact he was actually quite good, it was just me who was not that up to scratch. I'm not the most sensitive or softest of riders, i suit horses who need a little bit of pushing, yet at the same time would go willingly.
Anyway enough from me...... i wanted to me-bash about how crap a rider i was on crowe ( or rather how TERRIBLE) a rider i felt i was on crowe but hell life's too short too complain about how pathetic one's self is....
First lesson i was on artic... he was really nice, easy to ride and forward going, easy to round. Practiced some leg yielding with him, he was a bit awkward on the left side, i put my leg on him, tried NOT to use too much rein with him. But to no avail he refused to move much, by the time i got to the end of the arena we had moved like less than 5m! so sadd
Then tried on the right side and he was a LOT better, it is sooo wonderful when you feel your horse is finally moving in the way correctly and the way you want him to. Later worked on spiralling in and out of circles in the trot. Surprisingly he was good at that and listened to my leg but when we did leg yielding would not listen AS well... hmm worked a bit without stirrups. One thing, working without stirrups really made me more aware of my body and whether i was tilting too much to the side ( which is a very bad habit of mine)
NExt lesson i was on crowe, whom i don't think i have ridden before. I wasn't sure whether he was going to be good with me or not..... he seemed quite good, but this lesson was probably one of the TOUGHEST i have had! maybe cos catherine was instructing..... There are just soo many things to remember at one time! keep your legs back, shoulders back, keep your upper body more still, use more leg.. the list goes on...... Then came the sitting trot, i was told i was too bouncy and flapping around too much as i do in the sitting trot. So i had to REALLY concentrate on sitting as STILL as i possibly could.... i just imagined that we were just in the walk and tried my best to keep my position at that, not that easy at first but i managed. It got a lot better, all i had to do was sit up and tall and try to keep as still as i possibly could. Getting the canter was no easy feat..... i had to work hard at keeping myself still, not tip forward when i asked for canter( which he of course would not give) When he did give it, the 2nd time he went WAAAy to faast. So i had slow him and do it again, but this time from walk, yet another disaster.... he took off i was unprepared... tried yet again, this time i got it and i had to concentrate on sitting back and going with the movement and not going too fast ( controlling the speed) Whoever said riding is easy is quite disturbed either that or interrupts " easy " in some other way. You have to keep so many things going at once, i felt so crap! and catz kept yelling that i was doind something wrong nearly all the time, but then again, that kind of instructor is always good. I do have bad habits, i lean too much to the side, need to stop leaning forward so much , i need to open up my shoulders, keep my legs back, need to keep centred, keep my legs more still, hands more quiet. In other words, you have to ride, without looking like you are actually riding! ( ok in dressage at least ) look at all the top dressage riders, watch them do their tests! it looks as though they aren't even doing anything at all and poof! piaffe! canter pirroute! Ok they actually ARE doing a million and one things at once but only if you look closely.
I didn;t get to just him cos i was working with him too much over poles, did pole work with him. In the trot and canter, once i got him going he was lovely , in fact he was actually quite good, it was just me who was not that up to scratch. I'm not the most sensitive or softest of riders, i suit horses who need a little bit of pushing, yet at the same time would go willingly.
Anyway enough from me...... i wanted to me-bash about how crap a rider i was on crowe ( or rather how TERRIBLE) a rider i felt i was on crowe but hell life's too short too complain about how pathetic one's self is....
Monday, July 21, 2008
Hello
Roughly 5 weeks till i am supposed to return to canada
Well, i have been enjoying my time here even though you could say that i am not doing much, but hey so what.
Well, got back from a weekend in port dickson malaysia, where my sister had a triathlon there. She did quite well won 1st in her category .
Haven't been doing that much, but i'm enjoying myself. Feeling content. Nothing wrong with that right? it's just the aimlessness, oh well it is only for another 5 weeks right? right ok
Damn, i just wish waterloo would get back to me on whether i can or cannot take chinese this semester........ so annoying
Roughly 5 weeks till i am supposed to return to canada
Well, i have been enjoying my time here even though you could say that i am not doing much, but hey so what.
Well, got back from a weekend in port dickson malaysia, where my sister had a triathlon there. She did quite well won 1st in her category .
Haven't been doing that much, but i'm enjoying myself. Feeling content. Nothing wrong with that right? it's just the aimlessness, oh well it is only for another 5 weeks right? right ok
Damn, i just wish waterloo would get back to me on whether i can or cannot take chinese this semester........ so annoying
Monday, July 07, 2008
It's about getting inspired
SOrry for the long absence
I just didn't really find/come up/ remembered to blog
I guess it happens when you are occupied with things to do. Ok so maybe i don't have a TON of things to do. For a while, i felt i was beating myself up inside cos i wasn't doing anything big or that productive. I'm not working or doing volunteer work i'm not " serving the communitty" i'm not out there helping/ feeding the poor or teaching kids to read or helping the disabled like i should be, or somehow i just get irritated when ppl ask me what i'm doing now that i'm here for 3mths what-the-hell-am-i-doing. I wish i could dare to say nothing without someone looking at me like i'm mad. Or make me feel like i am a useless bum. I know i should get involved in something, i wanted to join a playwriting class but it's in september and i will gone by then.
Well, i am taking driving/ theory lessons,hanging out with all my wonderful wonderful friensds i have missed soo much! i'm going to do a relay race for a triathlon, i've gone mountain biking, i'm riding again, i'm doing cross-stitch, trying to pick up the piano again, attempting poetry/ short story writing again, walking the dogs everyday, discovered that i am GOOD at baking! ( and LIKE it too!!) going to bible study again, having my faith again renewed ( only i have to work on keeping it renewed and fresh) And generally i am loving being at home with my family and dog and cats. Because i guess i dunno the next time i can come home for such a long period of time. There is nothing like being at home, and i'm not really longing to go back..... i'm just enjoying beig at home. So call me undriven, but hey! next summer i will be working !!!!
Canada to me....... is like a different world, a paralell universe. WHen i was there it was like i was living the life of someone else. The independence is wonderful, doing what you like without anyone to stop you..... but the loneliness sometimes can cut you. Call it human nature to be lonely and want the company of others. I blame the single rooms, sleeping alone in my little room at bronte. Well i guess bronte is the end of a 14 mth era that i very much enjoyed and i am much looking forward to starting afresh a new year, university. A new adventure.
My father introduced a new song to me, i don't know WHY i didn't know this song sooner!!!!!!!!!! i mean!!!
It is called " run for the roses"
Born in the valley
And raised in the trees
Of Western Kentucky
On wobbly knees
With mama beside you
To help you along
You'll soon be a growing up strong.
All the long, lazy mornings
In pastures of green
The sun on your withers
The wind in your mane
Could never prepare you
For what lies ahead
The run for the roses so red --
And it's run for the roses
As fast as you can
Your fate is delivered
Your moment's at hand
It's the chance of a lifetime
In a lifetime of chance
And it's high time you joined
In the dance
It's high time you joined
In the dance --
From sire to sire
It's born in the blood
The fire of a mare
And the strength of a stud
It's breeding and it's training
And it's something unknown
That drives you and carries
You home.
And it's run for the roses
As fast as you can
Your fate is delivered
Your moment's at hand
It's the chance of a lifetime
In a lifetime of chance
And it's high time you joined
In the dance
It's high time you joined
Isn't just beautiful???
Just what i need to inspired..... and i realised something, sure i may not ride that much anymore like used to, 2x a week plus RDA. Times i will never forget and will always look back with more than happy memories that formed some really wonderful times. But i guess the pure love, devotion, and deep passion i have for horses won't die, i will always carry it with me even if i'm not near a horse, my love for horses identifies me, and always will.
I just didn't really find/come up/ remembered to blog
I guess it happens when you are occupied with things to do. Ok so maybe i don't have a TON of things to do. For a while, i felt i was beating myself up inside cos i wasn't doing anything big or that productive. I'm not working or doing volunteer work i'm not " serving the communitty" i'm not out there helping/ feeding the poor or teaching kids to read or helping the disabled like i should be, or somehow i just get irritated when ppl ask me what i'm doing now that i'm here for 3mths what-the-hell-am-i-doing. I wish i could dare to say nothing without someone looking at me like i'm mad. Or make me feel like i am a useless bum. I know i should get involved in something, i wanted to join a playwriting class but it's in september and i will gone by then.
Well, i am taking driving/ theory lessons,hanging out with all my wonderful wonderful friensds i have missed soo much! i'm going to do a relay race for a triathlon, i've gone mountain biking, i'm riding again, i'm doing cross-stitch, trying to pick up the piano again, attempting poetry/ short story writing again, walking the dogs everyday, discovered that i am GOOD at baking! ( and LIKE it too!!) going to bible study again, having my faith again renewed ( only i have to work on keeping it renewed and fresh) And generally i am loving being at home with my family and dog and cats. Because i guess i dunno the next time i can come home for such a long period of time. There is nothing like being at home, and i'm not really longing to go back..... i'm just enjoying beig at home. So call me undriven, but hey! next summer i will be working !!!!
Canada to me....... is like a different world, a paralell universe. WHen i was there it was like i was living the life of someone else. The independence is wonderful, doing what you like without anyone to stop you..... but the loneliness sometimes can cut you. Call it human nature to be lonely and want the company of others. I blame the single rooms, sleeping alone in my little room at bronte. Well i guess bronte is the end of a 14 mth era that i very much enjoyed and i am much looking forward to starting afresh a new year, university. A new adventure.
My father introduced a new song to me, i don't know WHY i didn't know this song sooner!!!!!!!!!! i mean!!!
It is called " run for the roses"
Born in the valley
And raised in the trees
Of Western Kentucky
On wobbly knees
With mama beside you
To help you along
You'll soon be a growing up strong.
All the long, lazy mornings
In pastures of green
The sun on your withers
The wind in your mane
Could never prepare you
For what lies ahead
The run for the roses so red --
And it's run for the roses
As fast as you can
Your fate is delivered
Your moment's at hand
It's the chance of a lifetime
In a lifetime of chance
And it's high time you joined
In the dance
It's high time you joined
In the dance --
From sire to sire
It's born in the blood
The fire of a mare
And the strength of a stud
It's breeding and it's training
And it's something unknown
That drives you and carries
You home.
And it's run for the roses
As fast as you can
Your fate is delivered
Your moment's at hand
It's the chance of a lifetime
In a lifetime of chance
And it's high time you joined
In the dance
It's high time you joined
Isn't just beautiful???
Just what i need to inspired..... and i realised something, sure i may not ride that much anymore like used to, 2x a week plus RDA. Times i will never forget and will always look back with more than happy memories that formed some really wonderful times. But i guess the pure love, devotion, and deep passion i have for horses won't die, i will always carry it with me even if i'm not near a horse, my love for horses identifies me, and always will.