Even nature-loving enthusiastic horse rider can find a few things in life to get worried about or pressured over. The thing is, it’s not only detrimental to their health it is also negative to their relationship with their horses. The issue seems to lie in the way adults take negative things and dwell on them even unknowingly, and so stressful issues are always at the rear of our minds and though not actively influencing our activities, are still seeping stress into our system. Think about it: as children when we were just dreaming up cowboy and cowgirl fantasies without even knowing a thing about horse riding or equestrian sport, we were carefree and unburdened. No nerve wracking tensions constraining our physical and mental capacities and as a result, we not only enjoyed life for what it was but were more susceptible to learning and broadening horizons.

But the effect of stress on an equestrian are not limited to just her ability to learn new dressage training regimens or an entire different line of equestrian sport. Where as a child first seeing the wonders of Olympic sport as beautiful as dressage she dreamt of partaking in it, today she dreads the thought of the severe training it entails.

The point is well established and well known, but a resolution to that difficulty isn’t typically available to many. To an equestrian the way stressful factors affect her temperament and therefore her disposition when horse riding or training can influence how well—or in this case how badly—she performs. Not only that, but since as a horse and rider tandam the equestrian should be able to flow with her steed and vice versa, the horse she rides would be influenced adversely by all of the pent up stress in the rider’s body. Not a great numberl of folk know how to shed their stress, but there are powerful methods to.

The importance of ridding yourself of negative stress can be exemplified by how smooth and nice a pony riding or training session goes with your equine partner. Horses partnered up with their own riders are reliant herd members with the riders as their leaders. They look to the leader for support and direction. If the leader’s grouchy as can be attested to by his personality or his bodily motions or tensions, then the pony following her would probably develop a similar temperament or disposition, or at least respond in a similarly adverse way.

The better you influence your body to release unnecessary stress, the better you will be capable of finding your centre, achieve your balance, relax, and freely influence and control your mount. Additionally, less stress means less resistance, and the less resistance there is in a partnership between horses and riders, the better and longer the satisfactory relationship lasts. Resistance in a partnership is pretty much like having a single body fight itself. It’s downright hard on the physical faculties and counter productive especially training. Remember how sensitive a horse is, and in so doing realize just how important it is to get rid of your stress for both you and your horse.

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