Welcome to our podcast episode where we share six powerful, practical ways to change how your horse relates to you. Learn how to build genuine bonding by joining your horse’s routine, vary training with trails and groundwork, and warm them up gently before work.

We also discuss accepting your horse’s physical limits and your own riding limits, and how clear leadership, boundaries and adjusting your energy can transform your relationship. Short real-life tips and examples make these ideas easy to apply.

Thank you for joining our podcast today. Join me and my beautiful champion Blue (Florian) for a mindful, gratitude-filled horseback session focused on breathing, posture, and gentle warm-ups. We walk through mounting, breathing exercises, walk–trot–canter transitions, rein and leg aids, and light training for connection and balance.

Throughout the ride we practice awareness, patience, and positive energy—accepting limits, praising progress, and setting a simple training goal to improve uphill engagement in the canter. This episode is a calm guide to building trust with your horse, tuning into feel, and enjoying the bond of riding.

Join a rider-led warm-up with her mare Wren, covering tack checks, mounting and breathing to create a calm, connected start.

Follow practical exercises and cues—walk, trot and canter transitions, half-halts, core engagement and loose hands—to loosen the back and improve responsiveness.

Set clear intentions, manage your energy, and finish with gratitude to strengthen your partnership and prepare for focused training.