Jan's Blog

If you've ever felt your chest tighten at the mounting block, or noticed your hands gripping the reins a little too hard before you've even walked off, you already know anxiety doesn't wait for a convenient moment. It shows up while you're driving to the yard, at the gate or tacking up. The 2-3-4 breathing technique is one of the tools I teach in my Stop Anxiety, Enjoy Riding workshop, and it's one you can use anywhere, with no equipment, and no one around you needing to know

Every picture tells a story; we have all heard this saying. This picture really tells many stories and dispels the myth that the horse world nowadays is full of mean, judgmental people. It’s not. I have been running horse camps for riders for 17 years, long before they became as popular as they are now. This picture was taken at my 50th camp. A camp full of lovely, supportive horse people. On this day, three riders said to me, “Would you like to ride my horse?” The answers we