Lexington Va tour notes

Saturday at Lexington VA tour stop
I felt quite energized and inspired by day watching Pat/Linda/Carol/mastery students in love, language, leadership in 4 savvies. This day was geared toward bringing in new members to savvy club and Parelli study. I took very few notes (see below) and primarily just sat and enjoyed myself with Adelia and Peggy and others, watching, feeling and experiencing the joy that is Parelli horsemanship.

Ideas for fun I noted during demos:
1. turn on the haunches on the tarp
2. in saddle/with carrot stick--canter/halt/backup and canter off yoyo
3. circle game online: from sitting lying down, standing on leathers of rope and allowing rope to coil around feet (while stepping on each coil as it comes around) to bring horse spiraling in
4. Book recommended by Pat: 6 Pixels of Separation: Mitch Joel.

Lexington Sun am session 1 Pat

I watched the warmup demo with Carol Coppinger and mastery students: fun thing to try. tie 2 stick/string together and leave one stick on the ground and use as pivot point to circle.

State of Parelli

We need to learn to speak a consistent message.
What is Parelli? Parelli is a horsemanship club with a vast social network. It is 200,000 and growing. Horsemanship club is like a community of people who put the relationship first, use the 4 savvies as a foundation to sport. Habits and skills horses and humans need to be partners. Social network that makes the world a better place for horses and humans. 207 instructors (96 new). Upcoming index of all savvy club groups.

Dedication--nothing comes from nothing. Passion alone is not enough. Measurement of skill level: 2500 auditions last year.

Lesson with Jason
1. Ideas: 4 feet on pedestal to back feet only
a. Great use of 45’ line
b. Ball—clean it up and get air in it and play with it again.
c. Sit on pedestal and send Try to ball then ask her back for reward
2. Everything means something.
3. Discussed principle 4 of mutual responsibilities
4. Focus as having an object or goal
5. Troy Henry, 3 things needed to solve puzzles, liberty trailer loading, and lead changes.
6. Used clover leaf pattern
7. Look up for downward transitions and to ask for canter
8. Shorten reins without looking down (level 2, drop/pick up/butterfly, ?, transitions)
9. Lengthen and shorten stride
10. Never ending self improvement club
11. Back to basics
12. Vault full of lessons including current lessons with mastery students
13. Rhythm, relaxation, contact
14. Soft feel few strides and release building to 2 or more strides, 10 strides etc
15. Riding sexy
16. Upcoming recognized and certified Parelli centers i.e. 1-5 horseshow ratings.

Sunday in Lexington session 2 Linda

Lesson with Patty and horse that crowds her space
1. Snort: inhale is RB, exhale is LB
2. Big loop in rope to undo rope around the foot
3. Back horse out of your space NOW
4. Send to tarp NOT lead builds horse’s confidence
5. LB Zone1 is magic zone to control feet; RB Zone 5 to control mind.
6. Horse must ask permission and be invited into the human’s space
7. Reread leadership manual
8. Riding Patty needs partial disengagement. Good for Try’s temper tracking right at canter.
9. We must learn to not tolerate RB behavior or tension. Relaxation and quit—the next day horse may relax even sooner

Fall: Fair in Jax Fl with vendors, games, etc. people can bring their horses. Pagosa will be performance oriented with experts in different fields who use Parelli as their foundation.


Sunday in Lexington session 3 Linda and Remmer and Finesse breakthrough

1. Remmer is offering the contact (full body), power, Linda is using biceps/triceps to motivate.
2. Note: partial disengagement would be good for Try's canter temper tantrums. Do both ways, wait for relaxation--watch again in Feb mastery dvd.
3. go back and reread Savvy times "Ultimate Training Method" Linda article. calm, trust, motivated and obedient.
4. Recent break thru--article will appear in May Savvy Times.
5. Point to point
If you don't take contact I will.

pilates
1. engage seat thigh/wrap
2. belly button to spine/rounds lower back
3. knit ribs,
4. armhole slide down the body
biceps triceps

go for private Pilates lesson Jackie and discuss
good for me to ride Keystone
Remmer wants to go forward.
When Remmer is going good--Linda uses tricep muscles, Remmer slows, loses position etc then Linda uses bicep muscles.

Monday in Lexington Gold session
I did not take notes on these sessions of question and answer and upcoming opportunities with Pat and Linda plus more finesse info from Linda. It was a small (125?) group with an intimacy I had not experienced before with all of the overwhelmingly positive atmosphere I love from the Parelli program.

Misc notes, ideas, todos from Lexington
1. call Amy Haire
2. more Parelli riding time
3. split group ask for suggestions i.e. geographical, discipline, levels, interests, savvies etc
4. ask group who wants to be ambassador
5. wonder if Kelly, Annie could do real time video coaching via camera phone?
6. what are Pat’s 12 points?
7. memorize stuff like 8 principles
8. once a week freestyle ride bareback patterns
9. get w/ba on finesse intro--what the rider does in her body--taking a little contact and then release
10. focus up for downward transitions, transition up into canter
11. private Pilates lesson
12. mail bareback pad and Pilates dvd to Adelia
13. check out vault for new mastery student sessions
14. fun canter yoyos
15. consider relaxation and partial disengagement
16. put together kk headstall rope reins and ride in western saddle
17. reread mastery manual on leadership
18. talk w/Mary Manning on video issue
Ideas for Sand Savvy
1. t-shirts
2. vet stuff
3. trailering
4. group desensitization game
5. all about auditions
6. Parelli games
7. Group trail rides
8. Freestyle
9. Finesse
10. Spot lights
11. Victories and challenges
12. Field trips to … Carol Coppinger, Lauren
13. Support our competitors

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injury

Try is still getting over stifle injury and abscess in hoof. I have been soaking foot daily and playing a few games that use forward motion, walking only and staying away from HQ. She seems to appreciate the attention and the games help her relax.