Horse Geeks Episode 177: Exploring While Training Horses

The Horse Geeks Podcast - Where we look at horses and riding from the inside out FREE TICKET link for the Art of the Horseman Online Horse Fair May 31-June 1, 2025 https://www.becauseofthehorse.net/a/23333/a2zsSgDH NEW: Sign up for Kirsten's email list and get all four of the horse fair videos as part of the welcome sequence and a free monthly newsletter. Sign up is at the bottom of the home page at www.kirstennelsen.com   Topic: When we think of training horses we tend to think of putting information into a horse, teaching cues, conditioned responses and maneuvers. But the only real honest answer to any horse training question is, "It depends" because every person and horse is an individual. In order to know how to train as a rider or how to train our horses, we have to spend a little time exploring, especially when things are not going the way they are supposed to go. How an individual responds to any stimulus or how a body coordinates doing any task is wildly unpredictable. Including some exploration time during training is how we know what strategies are actually getting us where we want to go with our horse, or not. Guest: Deb Romero, certified Alexander Technique Instructor www.optimalposture.org Host: Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainer Developer of Training for Optimal Balance https://kirstennelsen.com/ The workbook series mentioned is only available at: https://kirstennelsen.com/shop/