Lightness of Heart

Want your horse to be light? You must first be light yourself - and it is so much more than technique, good timing, and so on.

To be light, truly, is a feeling from within

A feeling of buoyancy - finding the beauty, the humor, the whimsy everywhere. To be vibrant, and open is to see the possibilities everywhere, and instead of trying to make, finding instead a wave to simply ride.

To be unchained by the heaviness of insecurity, by the need to feel important or cover a damaged heart.

To be light is to be free enough to take in the world and reflect it everywhere -

To be truly light with horses, we must cultivate an inner lightness - a true reflection of selflessness, as we reflect the beauty of the world around us back out, no longer bogged down by a desire to be anyone at all.

Photo by Caitlin Hatch