The Circle of Trust

Posted by Christina Savitsky on Apr 20, 2011 in Monthly Tips & Exercises, Tips & Exercises Blog | 0 comments The first step in conquering fear is to recognize & acknowledge it.  This exercise is a way to visualize your fears without re-living them, a way to look at an individual fear from a third party perspective. First, draw a bulls-eye circle pattern.  In the center of your bulls-eye sketch a drawing of a place, a horse &/or a situation you are absolutely 100% comfortable with.  No one...
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March Exercise – Hop on & Go!

Posted by Christina Savitsky on Mar 8, 2011 in Monthly Tips & Exercises, Tips & Exercises Blog | 0 comments Hop on & go! Grab your notes from your Take a Hike exercise, you should have figured out: 1.      Take note of which dimension of movement is your body’s typical way of going 2.      Take time to think about how you move now & if that may be different from how you moved when you were younger or before an injury. 3.      When you walk in a straight line do you have even...
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February Exercise- Take a Hike!

Posted by Christina Savitsky on Feb 2, 2011 in Monthly Tips & Exercises, Tips & Exercises Blog | 5 comments Ready for your February installment of Tips & Exercises from Buckaroo Balance!?!?  Did you sign up for the Buckaroo Balance RSS feed so this post will be delivered directly to your e-mail inbox?  (just click the orange tack on the top of this page)  Feb is usually my slowest month for lessons, the weather often makes scheduling lessons or riding at all very challenging this time of year! ...
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Sifting through the not-so-good tack

Posted by Christina Savitsky on Jan 23, 2011 in Tack & Gear, Tips & Exercises Blog | 3 comments I spent the weekend in Denver & was lucky enough to be invited to WESA (Western & English Sales Assocition) the wholesaler's market for western & english apparel & tack, by Ginny from Whispering Cowgirl.com.
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January’s Exercise – Be A Shadow Rider

Posted by Christina Savitsky on Jan 23, 2011 in Monthly Tips & Exercises, Tips & Exercises Blog | 0 comments Happy New Year!!  One of my New Year’s Resolutions is to give you, my most wonderful fabulous Buckaroo Balance fans, MORE!  So here is step #1, monthly exercises & tips, we’ll start slow & easy K?  (if you’re anxious to dive right in check out my long-distance riding evaluation of Mallory, there are exercises in there too!) Be a Shadow Rider This is a GREAT...
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Mallory’s Video Evaluation

Posted by Christina Savitsky on Jan 23, 2011 in Tips & Exercises Blog, Video Evaluation | 2 comments Here is a video evaluation I did for my friend Mallory, a graduate of New Mexico State University’s equestrian program.  Mallory is an awesome rider with a lot of experience & time in the saddle, but even she has a few things she can really finesse!  Have no fear if I evaluate your riding, just as we would do in riding lessons, we may start with simpler exercises, before...
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