Well, today was "interesting" to say the least.
I think we got about 5-10 minutes of really super good riding in out of 60... which is decent considering I didn't have a lesson today AND it was coming off of 2 days off in a row for both of us.
Starting to understand what it takes to get the Moe to go soft... and it involves me letting go completely and just breathing... and keeping my leg on him. That leg, buddy... oh, and the outside rein. I'm finally getting my heels to stay in the correct position for about 30% of the time. Seems like as soon as I start focusing only on that part of my riding, the rest of me goes by muscle memory and it seems to work... but the minute I start thinking "oh, I need to shorten this rein" or "oh, I need to put my weight in this stirrup" the whole thing goes to hell and Moe's head goes straight up in the air.
But then, what I think is right may not be right. And when I ask, I start getting nervous/anxiety and then it's stiff Roe & stiff Moe. Not good.
*sigh* it's so frustrating sometimes.
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