It's been awhile, yet again, since we have last spoken. So here's what's up!

I am now officially enrolled for my Fast Track course next year!! This specific course is newly out from Parelli as of this year, aimed to teach those with an interest of becoming a professional. It will basically be 4 weeks of getting myself to an expert level of horsemanship with my own horse. I know the days will be long, and totally packed of lessons to learn, and things I'll change in myself, but I'm excited about what arrows I'll be putting in my quiver.
Until then, I believe I've mentioned several times before, I have a LOT to learn! I know that the more I know before I go, the more I can learn while I'm there. So there is a lot I just have to DO and get done before then as far as my horsemanship journey goes.

A few weeks ago I finally looked into what healthy-stride is. I had heard of it, but never really explored in depth. Boy did that change when I found the website! Jim Crew will be doing a series of clincs in Orland, I believe starting in Dec. I'm looking forward to that, and learning how changing my horses feet will effect his overall posture and balance.

I'm learning about loving to learn, as the thing the comes along with never ending self improvement(strange sentence, feel free to re-read it). If you're always willing to under-go self improvement, you have to be open to change, critique, FRUSTRATION, and creativity. I emphasize frustration because it seems to go along with deep learning. One of my teachers used to smile, and say that it was good when I would get frustrated because it meant I was about too learn something really good. It's not easy to be creative while you're trying to change! Like one of those puzzle games...it's hard to find a different solution when what you've already tried hasn't worked. But persistance, changing what you're doing, and being creative about it, gets the ring off that mess of triangles and chains! But boy is it frustrating...