Confident Rider Series
- Have you lost confidence riding or handling your horse or pony?
- Did you have an accident some time in the past and now you are nervous about something similar happening again on perhaps even a different horse?
- Have you started riding late in life, and the amount you need to know feels daunting?
- Have you just bought your first horse or pony and it seems very different to perhaps the Riding-School horse that was so familiar?
- Have you just returned to riding after a long break, and your confidence is not what is was and this makes you tense?
- Do you feel that you are not achieving all that you and your horse are capable of, or you have lost your motivation to keep trying?
- Do find yourself making excuses as to why you can't ride today, tomorrow, in that area, or at that time?
If you can answer "yes" to any of these questions, the Confident Rider Series is just for you!
People come to horse riding from all walks of life, sometimes it's the realisation of a childhood dream, sometimes the re-kindling of a long lost hobby, or the interest arrives by accident, often through cross contamination� �if you can't beat them, you might as well join them�, but we all have different stories to tell about our fears and anxieties and how they have affected our lives as horse riders.
The fascination we have with the horse is so embedded and entrenched in our psyche as human beings, that often it is hard to explain to someone who has never been bitten by this bug, why those of us who have, are prepared to put ourselves through so much anguish, financial hardship, anxiety, fear and often discomfort to achieve our goals. Giving up riding altogether when things seem hopeless is often not a perceived option. In an attempt to hang on to a way of life that we feel lovingly entrapped in, we will continue to keep our treasured four-legged friends as companions or pets, acknowledging inwardly that we feel frustrated with ourselves and helpless to make changes, but not knowing where to turn to so that we can begin to try to make those changes.
Each day we hope that for some reason, something has changed, we live in the hope that just one day, the feelings of fear, and dread that prevents us from riding with confidence, will some how disappear from our minds and bodies whilst we sleep through the night. We imagine the change could happen because the sun is shining on us, the wind has died down, the road works have finished, the litter has all been collected, that blooming dog is indoors; the jumps are more inviting; the poles are more solid; the cross-country ditches are shallower, the ground is good, or the fences not so high; the dressage judge will miss that spook, you will remember to breathe, the horse strikes off on the right leg, or better still, the horse has read the dressage test beforehand!
Whilst you are reading this, you can probably think of any number of reasons why you have believed in the past that �today will be different�, but unfortunately, once trapped into the fear, panic, anxiety, and loss of confidence cycle, it can be really difficult to break it.
Next time your Automatic Negative Thoughts, those thoughts that jump into your mind before you have chance to challenge them, stop you in your tracks, remember, you do have an option, you can change those thoughts, you can change those feelings and you can change the reactions that they create.
So what can be done?
The power of your own mind holds the key to reaching your goals; change how your sub-conscious mind thinks using Hypnotherapy, and you can change how you feel, think and react in any given situation. The CD self hypnosis CD can help you do this!
Hypnosis, relaxation, and breathing techniques, can help you become a calmer, more relaxed, confident, motivated horse rider, whether you ride just for the pleasure of it, it's part of your career, or you compete at international level, this type of Sports Psychology will improve your performance, and that of your horse or pony.