Motivation & Inspiration

02Feb11

Sometimes maintaining motivation can be difficult, especially when you are schooling alone or struggling with a particular training issue. A blog that I regularly read is one written by the US dressage rider Jane Savoie.

http://www.janesavoie.com/blog/

The difference with this blog is that she writes it ‘on behalf’ of her Fresian dressage horse, Moshi, and her Labrador puppy, Indy. Moshi and Indi remind us that sometimes the most important things in life are not the time limits we set for ourselves, the Herculean tasks we try to accomplish, but the more simple things like keeping happy, letting go of resistances and really valuing our support networks.

It is easy to get so caught up in the details that we sometimes forget why we ride horses in the first place. I want to learn as much as I can, try and be successful at the highest levels; but when it all comes down to it what gets me out of bed each day is not the sense of glory that I can potentially achieve on the back of a horse, nor the ego stroking those achievements could earn me. What motivates me to wake up in the dark and go outside on those -15C mornings is the horses themselves, the pure energy and unconditional love they give me. Nothing beats a horsey hug!

Photo: Kelly Bauer

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