INSPIRATIONS
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INSPIRATIONS
I'm watching this Netflix show called Chef's Table. I love it! I find it inspiring, but the cuisine aspect of it is so far above me that I can only admire what they do with food. For me, the really inspiring thing about this show is how these chefs became the chef they are.
CREATIVITY
If there's one thing lacking in horsemanship it's creativity. Everyone is so traditional with a few exceptions. Of course food, by it's very nature, is a creative process. However, Chef's Table is a reminder that no matter what you do, it's tainted BY you and your style. How many trainers have you watched work with horses? Are they similar or very different? I find most of them very similar for the most part. A few I've mentioned in this blog, people like Frederic Pignon who trains the horses for the show Cavalia is a great example. or Imke Spilker who wrote Empowered Horses.
OUTSIDE THE ROUND PEN (BOX)
These chefs have all stepped outside the box and think about food, presentation, serving, customers, etc. in ways so far removed from the norm. Are there any trainers that think from a new point of view? Who see horses as more than tools, or vehicles to winning? How many trainers are artists and when they ride it's a thing of beauty?
MENTORS
Where are our mentors? Where are people who take fledglings under their wing and draw them out, Challenger them? Remember the movie The Karate Kid ? I loved that movie because of the old man mentor. He was unyielding, exacting, precise, firm and always present. He made the wimpy kid into a warrior. Mentors support, encourage, teach, and push us out of our nest. I wish for a true mentor.
WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU ASK YOURSELF?
So you're a good rider, perhaps a great horse trainer. So what? Can you go to a higher level?
What are you and the horse capable of? What's blocking you from getting there?
Are you stuck in a rut?
Are you bored?
DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO?
Are horses a hobby or a career? Or just a job?
Is it really about winning?
Why is winning important to you?
What do horses mean to you? What do you get out of it?
FINDING INSPIRATION IN THE HORSE
Instead of doing to, changing, bringing around to our way of thinking, what about treating horses as individuals instead of "this is how you train all horses"?
If we train to the horse's personality and talents instead of trying to make them into our idea of what they should be? A step further would be: what can this horse and this rider accomplish together? What compliments the team? How can you make the horse and rider their best selves, the most beautiful, athletic, graceful and strong versions of themselves?
Can we break the mold of tradition and find perhaps what has more meaning, more compassion, empathy and value when we work with horses? I say yes, of course we can!
Here I go.
I'm watching this Netflix show called Chef's Table. I love it! I find it inspiring, but the cuisine aspect of it is so far above me that I can only admire what they do with food. For me, the really inspiring thing about this show is how these chefs became the chef they are.
CREATIVITY
If there's one thing lacking in horsemanship it's creativity. Everyone is so traditional with a few exceptions. Of course food, by it's very nature, is a creative process. However, Chef's Table is a reminder that no matter what you do, it's tainted BY you and your style. How many trainers have you watched work with horses? Are they similar or very different? I find most of them very similar for the most part. A few I've mentioned in this blog, people like Frederic Pignon who trains the horses for the show Cavalia is a great example. or Imke Spilker who wrote Empowered Horses.
OUTSIDE THE ROUND PEN (BOX)
These chefs have all stepped outside the box and think about food, presentation, serving, customers, etc. in ways so far removed from the norm. Are there any trainers that think from a new point of view? Who see horses as more than tools, or vehicles to winning? How many trainers are artists and when they ride it's a thing of beauty?
MENTORS
Where are our mentors? Where are people who take fledglings under their wing and draw them out, Challenger them? Remember the movie The Karate Kid ? I loved that movie because of the old man mentor. He was unyielding, exacting, precise, firm and always present. He made the wimpy kid into a warrior. Mentors support, encourage, teach, and push us out of our nest. I wish for a true mentor.
WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU ASK YOURSELF?
So you're a good rider, perhaps a great horse trainer. So what? Can you go to a higher level?
What are you and the horse capable of? What's blocking you from getting there?
Are you stuck in a rut?
Are you bored?
DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO?
Are horses a hobby or a career? Or just a job?
Is it really about winning?
Why is winning important to you?
What do horses mean to you? What do you get out of it?
FINDING INSPIRATION IN THE HORSE
Instead of doing to, changing, bringing around to our way of thinking, what about treating horses as individuals instead of "this is how you train all horses"?
If we train to the horse's personality and talents instead of trying to make them into our idea of what they should be? A step further would be: what can this horse and this rider accomplish together? What compliments the team? How can you make the horse and rider their best selves, the most beautiful, athletic, graceful and strong versions of themselves?
Can we break the mold of tradition and find perhaps what has more meaning, more compassion, empathy and value when we work with horses? I say yes, of course we can!
Here I go.
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