Posts from May 2012

by Lori Albrough

One of my subscribers wrote to me with a question the other day. She started out by telling me that she is enjoying the eZine and appreciates getting my tips, and that she often feels inspired to follow some of the practices I share.

Her problem, she says, arises very soon into her new resolve when, despite being motivated for all the right reasons and having the very best of intentions, she finds her newly minted complaint-free status has deteriorated into a twenty minute gripe-fest, or her planned four times a day stretch breaks have not happened a single solitary time this week!

“So,” she asks, “what is up with that? I’m starting to think I just can’t change!”

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by Lori Albrough

The Three Pillars of Your Riding Foundation is how I describe the basic building blocks that you use to create a strong platform for your success as a rider.

• The first pillar is Focus, and it’s all about your mindset and the power of your attention in making daily progress towards your goals.
• The second pillar, Fundamentals, is about true mastery of the basics, for both your horse and for yourself.
• And today’s Pillar, Fitness, covers the whole physical side of things, ensuring that you are preparing your body to be able to actually ride the way you want to.

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by Lori Albrough

Last week we started talking about The Three Pillars of Your Riding Foundation. I explained how the foundation which you are building to support your success as a rider rests firmly upon what I call three pillars. These are: the Pillar of Focus, the Pillar of Fundamentals, and the Pillar of Fitness.

The Pillar of Focus is all about your mind-set and applying the power of your attention on a daily basis towards bringing your riding goals to life. Focus also encompasses your ability to keep your attention oriented firmly on what you want, not on what you DON’T want, every moment that you are riding.

Today we are moving on to the second support for our riding foundation, the Pillar of Fundamentals.

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by Lori Albrough

Your success as a rider rests upon the foundation you build for yourself through your physical and mental training efforts.

Each building block that you add as you move up the levels of riding is laid upon your foundation, which needs to be stable and secure to continuously support your advancement as far up as you want to go.

I characterize a rider’s foundation as resting upon three pillars: Focus, Fundamentals, and Fitness.

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