SaddlePsych'D
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In that the report is brief...not the lesson (although 30 mins did feel a long time - I am not fit at all after so many weeks with my usual exercise classes off).
I posted in the goals thread but wanted to share a bit more as I just feel so pleased by how it went. I'm really glad of posting on HHO about my previous attempt to return to riding because after my second lesson I felt so deflated - my confidence just was not there. Posters on here helped me realise that the situation/environment might not have been right for me and this persuaded me not to give up but to 'shop around' the riding schools - then Covid came!!
I was pleased to hear similar things from this instructor in terms of my being a quiet rider who sits well/good position. We built things up bit by bit, with her helping me refresh some of my horsey vocabulary! I liked that the horse I rode was not too big (I usually don't mind but in the previous RS they put me on a very tall, narrow horse and it was a bit of a shock to the system after such a long time with no riding!), and he gave more when I asked but was otherwise very chill (maybe too chill - I can work on that when I am feeling a bit braver and get to know him a bit more). I was very pleased to have a go at some canter work which I wasn't expecting to do today but was feeling good about things so when the instructor asked if I wanted to try I thought 'why not?'
No pics today but if there were it would be me, on a small piebald horse - grinning
I posted in the goals thread but wanted to share a bit more as I just feel so pleased by how it went. I'm really glad of posting on HHO about my previous attempt to return to riding because after my second lesson I felt so deflated - my confidence just was not there. Posters on here helped me realise that the situation/environment might not have been right for me and this persuaded me not to give up but to 'shop around' the riding schools - then Covid came!!
I was pleased to hear similar things from this instructor in terms of my being a quiet rider who sits well/good position. We built things up bit by bit, with her helping me refresh some of my horsey vocabulary! I liked that the horse I rode was not too big (I usually don't mind but in the previous RS they put me on a very tall, narrow horse and it was a bit of a shock to the system after such a long time with no riding!), and he gave more when I asked but was otherwise very chill (maybe too chill - I can work on that when I am feeling a bit braver and get to know him a bit more). I was very pleased to have a go at some canter work which I wasn't expecting to do today but was feeling good about things so when the instructor asked if I wanted to try I thought 'why not?'
No pics today but if there were it would be me, on a small piebald horse - grinning