Welcome to the Happy Rider, Healthy Horse Podcast. In this podcast you will discover simple methods and techniques to achieve optimal dressage performance! Every episode will provide you with simple and effective solutions to get instant results in your riding. I bet this will improve your connection with your horse and reignite your passion and motivation! Do you often have unproductive rides because you lack inspiration or due to challenges with your horse being too strong, lazy, or unresponsive to your signals? Does your rides often lead to frustration and are you sometimes worried that your rides will result in injuries to your horse? Maybe this is impacting your motivation, your love of riding, and your relationship with your horse? My mission is to equip you to create a wholesome partnership with your horse and guide you to make every ride positive and fruitful through a patient positive mindset, simple training systems and maintaining the physical health of your horse with the right exercises and Masterson trigger point therapy. If you are ready to become a more creative rider and to build up and strengthen your connection, ready to learn non-invasive techniques to increase the mobility, comfort and longevity of your horse. If you are ready for you and your horse to be the best dance partners in crime - then you’re in the right place! Hi friend, I am Sarah, a twin mom, veterinarian, dressage rider and horse lover. All my riding life I have noticed so many young and adult riders get frustrated with their horses and I even did so myself. I felt bad and guilty afterwards because I knew the horse did not wake up that morning with a mission to go against me. I could feel so powerless when I was convinced I tried my best and my horse wouldn’t listen and do what I told him to. One day my personal trainer said something I will never forget; she reminded me that my horse did not have any ambitions, the ambitions were all on me, that my horse did not choose to be ridden, I chose to ride him and that actually my horse and the majority of all horses are people pleasers and they want to do anything for their rider. He would do anything for me if I just gave him correct simple signals and I then kept the patience for him to understand the signal and move his body to the right respond. From that day I created an intentional strategy for my riding and decided to always have a positive and patient mindset around my horse. I told myself, that I am obliged to always give the horse a chance to understand me. And now, I am so thrilled to share it all with you! If you feel ready to be the best rider and partner for your horse, to be a team and to find solutions that are simple and effective and get instant results in your riding, your connection and in your horse’s body health - This podcast is for you! Grab your helmet and get ready for a ride, tune in to exchange everything that hasn’t worked for a plan that will - Let’s go!