Nov 22, 2009 Posted by Tammy

Horses Lend Us the Wings We Lack

Friday was another full day of classes beginning with an hour of Yoga (score!), a class on arena games, and a wonderful class on integrated riding which incorporates centered riding principles with something called, brain gym.  There is so much more on that topic that I will be writing about in the future.   Most of the classes were very good, but I wanted so much more from the arena games class.  I... read more

Nov 19, 2009 Posted by Tammy

NARHA National Conference Day 1

I’m having a great time in Texas!  Learning a lot and it’s only really day 1 of the conference and my brain is… fried. But its that good kind of fried. Wednesday after a fairly uneventful flight (if you consider having to get off the plane in Kansas because of some “mechanical problem” and then be told 15 minutes later that everything is fine now you can get back on that same... read more

Nov 13, 2009 Posted by Tammy

Off to Texas!

Because of the generous donation of airfare from one of the parents of a student who rides at FTEA, I get to attend the NARHA National Conference in Fort Worth, Texas next week! I’m so stinkin’ lucky… and blessed… and lucky… I will be blogging from Texas next week just to share all the amazing things that I know I will be learning there.  Here’s just a tidbit of the... read more

Nov 10, 2009 Posted by Tammy

“It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall”

Whenever a person makes the commitment to ride a horse, there are risks involved.   As an instructor even if we don’t say it verbally, our number one goal is that all our riders stay on their horse. But horses are unpredictable. And sometimes, things are just beyond our control as instructors. I had my first rider fall off his horse  in one of my lessons recently and it was…in ... read more

Nov 3, 2009 Posted by Tammy

Keeping the Faith

So just like that, about 3 days after posting the “feeling lucky” post, we got word that it could be another year…. or two… before we actually get to move to St. James Farm. For a moment, I was SO disappointed and upset thinking – crap I just quit my other part time job!  But I took a couple breaths and remembered that I believe everything happens for a reason.  Everything... read more