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Recording: Active outside rein, ‘standing’ the shoulder up, stressed at shows, walk the line contains spiral out, Trot/canter collection assignment. May 1, 2024 (110:21)
Recording: Dressage success, resistance or confusion?, active outside rein, blending active outside rein and active inside rein, how the outside rein helps with collection (and brings with it other questions) May 8, 2024 (103:28)
Welcome Call: Start and Re-Start, May 16, 2024 02:00 PM
May 16, 2024, 4pm ET (3pm CT/2pm MT/1pm PT/Noon AKST/ 6am AEST): Topic: Live teaching and coaching
May 25, 2024, 2pm ET (1pm CT/ Noon MT/ 11am PT/ 10am AKST/4am AEST): Topic: Live teaching and coaching
May 29, 2024, 5pm ET (4pm CT/3 pm MT/2pm PT/1 AKST/ 7am AEST): Topic: Live teaching and coaching
Jun 5, 2024, 11am ET (10am CT/9am MT/ 8am PT/7am AKST/ 1am AEST)
Workbooks & printable support materials
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Evaluation Workbook and Printable Worksheets for Evaluation
Goal Setting Workbook PDF
Train Your Own Horse with Confidence PDF
Riding Assessment PDF
Whoa Cues PDF
Feeling wheel & awareness exercise
Creating a work schedule PDF
Past Zoom call recordings
Recording: Thoughts, beliefs, theories; walking all exercises in the steering and collection course, bend and go forward, does the ‘fire drill’ apply to quiet horses too? Apr 22, 2024 (112:31)
Recording:✨How to create, or generate an emotion on purpose, Apr 17, 2024
Recording: Student video reviews, active inside/active outside rein, riding a straight line with bend, spooking on the trail, training at the 'energy' level of the spook: Apr 13, 2024 (88:25)
Recording: Following hands, spiral out to counter-bend, horse's body/horse's mind connection, Doing Hard Things: Apr 3, 2024 (98:41)
Recording: Coaching Marathon! Part 1 & 2. Mar 30, 2024 (156:16)
✨Harnessing the power of emotions: Mar 20, 2024
Recording: How to be kind to your horse, and create lasting change. Baseline video purpose and printable PDF. Video review: fire drill, reining circles, inside rein clarity. Mar 15, 2024 (99:00)
Recording: Riding balanced reins to support while exploring the use of the inside rein. Mar 6, 2024 (80:06)
Recording: 🎁Bonus Call: Plan Your Next 30 Days (96:50)
Recording: ‘Mistakes’ can hold valuable lessons, practicing a technique ‘with intensity’ to prepare for problems, stiffness in poll: lowering inside ear, lack of forward motion (horse reporting ‘this is work’): Feb 28, 2024 (105:55)
🔥Recording: 🔥The Fire drill: create a solid base emotionally and physically to create safety for both horse and rider.🔥 Feb 22, 2024 (103:24)
Recording: New Member Welcome Call: Feb 21, 2024 (86:18)
Recording: BONUS CALL: ❌Avoiding Common Relationship Mistakes with Horses: Debunking Myths for a Fulfilling Connection (59:18)
Recording: See-Identify-Understand (how I do this for you on these calls), Excellent demonstration of active outside rein (detailed review), wandering circles follow up success, distracted horse assignment: Feb 12, 2024 (99:40)
Recording: Goal updates, Set your Feb goals!, three students and horses demonstrating active outside rein: Feb 5, 2024 (89:42)
Recording: 😊Breaking Free from Self-Judgment: Navigating Your Past, Present, and Future: Feb 1, 2024
Recording: The importance of celebrating EVERY success, Feeling ‘graspy’ around your goals, picking your theme and defining it clearly, words and their feelings, an ADVANCED look at wandering circles: Jan 24, 2024 (69:45)
BONUS CALL: Mindset Mastery: Learning from your struggles using the model
Recording: Creating your own ‘grading’ scale , noticing words we react neg toward, tempo/lower leg use/ahead or behind horse, spiral in and out challenges, trail riding towards performance goals, yearly theme ‘right’? Jan 19, 2024 (89:09)
Recording: Groundwork illuminating ridden concepts, behind vertical, egg to perfect circle to wandering circles, 2 options for over-bending and going out through the shoulder during active inside rein only, increasing bend to increase shoulder moving out : Jan 10, 2024 (92:20)
Recording: Student Goal Reviews: Jan 6, 2024 (100:21)
Recording: BONUS: Jan 6, 2024 “Designing Your Journey: A Strategic Planning Session for Your Horse-Related Dreams or Goals” (99:55)
Recording: Goal setting, study YOUR reaction, add bend to reveal issues, wandering circles/shoulder in/cutting it off, introducing spurs, overwhelm, leadership and trail riding: Dec 29, 2023 (92:59)
Recording: Groundwork/trailer loading, bosal/bit, wandering circles/active inside only and active outside rein, horse drifting away from arena wall, canter departure and balance, tying: Dec 20, 2023 (122:05)
Recording: BONUS CALL: Mindset Mastery: How your success was created.
✅ Recording and PDF: Masterclass: Navigating the 10 most common challenges that slow your progress with your horse. (219:10)
Recording: Neck reining stages, forward as a habit pattern, increasing bend without decreasing circle size, deconstruction layers of the backup, groundwork tips: Dec 13, 2023 (99:54)
Recording: Leg waving, back up, perfection or progress (red/yellow/green zone), wandering circles, grabbing for grass, creating steadiness, bits, side pulls: Dec 8, 2023 (94:53)
Recording: Luxurious amount of time, month long challenge, uphill balance of horse, adjustability and advancing, Are you over-bending or is HE?, pick one thing to change (here is my suggestion) Dec 1, 2023 (81:31)
Recording: Finding the balance between steadiness and adjustability. Nov 20, 2023 (105:46)
Recording: Power thought for the WIN, rein contact, lunging issues, bucking, loss of a horse, direct or indirect path towards goal, cuing the canter, 10 session patiences, etc.: Nov 13, 2023 (105:10)
Recording: Keeping it 'together' at events, taking in person lessons, preparation and trust, uncovering reasons for lack of forward before ‘solving’-Nov 7, 2023 (88:09)
Recording: Young horses, collection and stops, improving head in spiral out, timelines, seasons: October 30, 2023 (98:54)
Recording: Mental effort/physical effort, Horses thoughts from one area showing up in another area, Steering in the back up, Shifting’ into reverse: October 16, 2023 (91:43)
Recording: Bit chewing, progressing young horse, +7 horse becomes -2, increased leg use for independent seat, ‘Hug’ to stand still cue, forward as a direction :Oct 9, 2023 (94:36)
Recording: Are patterns boring? Whoa and hug to stand still, etc. Oct 4, 2023 (105:19)
Recording:Active hands and legs, wandering circles, the challenge of straightness, improving the back up, keeping forward motion with increasing contact to communicate collection, active vs pulling: Sept 29, 2023 (97:42)
Recording: Forward progress and returning to basics, Stage 1 to lope to counterbend, active inside rein-wandering circles October 25, 2023 (73:21)
Recording: When to sell, finding a trainer, ducking behind the bit, questioning the back up, how straightness changes the gait and can encourage collection :Sept 19, 2023 (77:45)
Recording: Improving back up from the ground and ridden, causes of heavy chewing on the bit, questions to ask when working with a horse that challenges you: Sept 13, 2023 (77:27)
Recording: Whoa: how improving this will change your seat, outside rein for improved collection, etc. Sept 4, 2023 (87:01)
Recording: Bit or no bit, collection, using more leg when riding, groundwork that carries over to riding, reading your energy: Sep 1, 2023 (80:44)
Recording: Feeding time behavior, motivating lazy horses, neck reining transitions: Aug 21, 2023 (70:55)
Recording: Bend and forward from the ground, canter-walk-canter, snaffle vs shank neck reining: Aug 16, 2023 (68:38)
Recording: Fine tuning, B- work, the secret to riding great corners, Aug 7, 2023 (81:35)
Recording: Is this what neck reining should feel like? Student video reviews: Drifting or trying to follow the outside rein? Aug 1, 2023 (89:14)
Recording: Student video reviews: bend and follow vs spiral out: Jul 24, 2023 (78:19)
Recording: Wandering circles, groundwork and ridden. Jul 18, 2023 (87:54)
Recording: The challenge of changing bend/changing directions, student video reviews: Jul 10, 2023 (72:05)
Recording: What's your end goal? Student video reviews and seeing your end goal: Jul 4, 2023 (91:40)
🌟Recording: Student video reviews: How the front inside leg is related to softness and bend, Jun 30, 2023 (104:38)
Recording: Training plan: Student video reviews: Bend and Forward, Bend and Forward, Bend and Forward: Jun 24, 2023 (96:57)
Recording: Video reviews: advanced cues (neck reining) vs preventing bolting, spiral in & out, training session structure, transitions from straight line to bend: Jun 17, 2023 (90:49)
Recording: Models inside of models, going back to move forward (trot to improve canter), learning from choices: Jun 5, 2023 (90:53)
Recording: Creating a training plan, celebrating ALL improvements, self carriage and increased collection: May 30, 2023 (77:46)
Recording: Wandering circles improve canter, getting inside bend without circle getting smaller, returning to groundwork bend and wide hands for head tossing, etc. May 27, 2023 (93:39)
Recording: How you block your own wisdom, other people triggering self-doubt, creating rhythm: May 18, 2023 (79:08)
Recording: Will your horse notice a change in you? Baseline ride, counter canter, back up with leg cue: May 9, 2023 (87:07)
Recording: Can you be powerful and kind? Purpose. Active inside rein examples: beginning, middle advanced. May 1, 2023 (71:44)
Recording: Success story, passion for horses, equine body language, improving the stop to improve contact and transitions: Apr 28, 2023 (75:52)
Recording: Model on laughing, student video reviews: Neck position during transitions, stopping off leg release, sprinkling stops, leg/rein balance, active outside rein, ranch horse stops, stage 3 collection inside steering (spin) Apr 21, 2023 (102:20)
Recording: 3 ways to evaluate if it is a correction or a repeatable techniques, video reviews: loss of balance on straight line, walking turn on forehand, transitions: Apr 11, 2023 (67:31)
Recording: How to take consistent action, improving balance in canter, first counter-bending, riding transitions. Apr 6, 2023 (76:51)
Ask your question live: A conversation with Stacy Westfall (84:59)
Groundwork: creating bend, student video reviews, steering without kicking hip out: Mar 29, 2023 (108:31)
Recording: 'Wrong' model, Where groundwork and wandering circles ridden meet, video review: Mar 20, 2023 (88:54)
Recording: Teaching on body/mind awareness, Groundwork: Mar 17, 2023 (76:19)
✅ Recording: Groundwork to improve your riding using Perfect circle, wandering circle and 4 leaf clover pattern: Mar 6, 2023 (60:41)
Recording: Video reviews: Rewarding with leg cue, releasing for outside leg movement(spiral out), inside leg movement to create turn/spin, Maja, Sheila, Laurie, Jami: Mar 1, 2023 (69:30)
Recording: Video reviews: Stage 1, Counter bending, transitions, etc: Feb 25, 2023 (73:41)
Recording: Live teaching and coaching: Feb 15: messy middle, contact, safety & back to basics, more layer=more questions, video reviews (80:01)
Recording: Live teaching and coaching: Jen, Kylie, Heather, Tanya, Tya, Kathy: Feb 6 (83:21)
Recording: Live teaching and coaching: Nadja, Tammy, Laura, Kathy, JoAnn: Feb 1 (89:55)
Recording: Student video reviews: Jan 23, 2023 (72:05)
Recording: Monthly Q&A session: Jan 16, 2023 (70:24)
Recording: Goal Setting #2: Jan 11, 2023 (81:22)
Recording: Goal Setting #1: Jan 4 (79:29)
Recording: Your dream and why you want it: Dec 28 (69:00)
Recording: Live teaching and coaching: Judy, Jen, Maja, Kylie, Jami, Tanya: Dec 19 (81:59)
Recording: Mindset Mastery and Body Scan: Celebration and Success call: Dec 16 (61:55)
Recording: Student video reviews and live questions:Nadja, Donna, Kylie, Maja, Christina, Jami: December 9 (69:00)
Recording: Starting and Re-Starting tips for this program: December 1
🌟Recording: Video Reviews:Ann & Jen(walking turn on forehand), Kylie (outside rein and octagon), Jan (breakthrough on softness) November 30 (80:09)
Recording: Q&A:More play and observation, leads, etc: Shelia, Jami, Mito, Diana, Lindsay: November 21 (77:55)
Recording: Student video reviews: Jami, Christina, Laura, Lindsay, Maja: November 16 (81:34)
🌟Recording: Creating softness with back up from the ground: November 7 (94:56)
Recording: Live teaching and coaching: Fear, Student videos: Outside rein to stop overbidding, snaffle to shank, back up while giving at pole and more: October 31, 2022 (107:17)
Student video reviews: October 26:Heather, Lindsay, Nadja, Aaryanne, Laurie, Jami, Lori (71:19)
Recording: Monthly Q&A session: tipping points, thresholds, hand positions, bits:October 17 (67:53)
Recording: Student video reviews:Maja, Kylie, Jan, Jami, Lindsay, Riece:October 15 (76:34)
Recording: Live Workshop: Your horse, your mind, your body: October 6 (68:11)
Recording: How success is created & student video reviews: Sep 29 (69:04)
Monthly Q&A session; clarifying cues: Sep 24 (69:12)
Recording: Live teaching & coaching. Sep 12 (73:32)
Recording: Student video reviews: September 6 (75:27)
Recording: Spiral out-counter bend, messy middle: August 30 (71:34)
Recording: Monthly Q&A session: August 18 (71:16)
Recording: Video reviews: nose up, rushy, unbalanced...recognizing your horse's feedback: Aug 13 (69:13)
Recording: Focus on steering the shoulders, Making mistakes in the 'right' direction, straight line video review: August 4 (62:43)
Recording: Improving Western Dressage movements, etc. July 28 (70:41)
Recording: Monthly Q&A session, July 23 (67:28)
Recording: Dressage halt vs ranch/reining stop, etc. July 10 (61:36)
Recording: FORWARD is a direction, not a speed: Riding straight lines vs circles. July 9 (61:53)
Recording: Self evaluating vs outside evaluations (shows, clinics, lessons)June 30 (64:44)
Recording: Specific and non specific sessions, Video reviews: evaluating 4 leaf clover pattern ride, lead changes transferring cues. June 21 (63:20)
Recording: Video reviews, bit question, tension when riding, etc. June 16 (75:55)
Recording: Effectively evaluating your rides Jun 4, (64:34)
Recording: Live coaching:Getting results, moving between techniques for greater understanding, riding spiral out and counter-bend: Jun 2 (75:08)
Recording: Live Q&A Session: Video review: Walking turn on forehand, Active outside rein and more. May 28 (73:13)
Recording: Leg cues: Part 2: Using your legs to improve your steering…without using your legs to steer! May 17 (66:34)
Recording: Leg cues: Part 1: Where to start and the most common problems: May 12 (64:50)
The Riders Aids: Collection course, down the wall: More leg? More rein? April 16 (65:56)
Recording: Apr 11: Breakthroughs, resistance, standards/goal, counter-bend tips (70:21)
March recording: Pattern Problems (66:17)
Improving your stop: Apr 25 (73:44)
March Recording: How does this relate to lighter contact or bridleless riding? (65:42)
March recording: March 16 (63:44)
Recording: Live Student video reviews - February 23rd (73:36)
March recording: Seeing the 'big picture' in 'small' steps. Forward motion, training attitude & body. (65:37)
Recording: Monthly Q&A session: strengths, strengths overdone, purpose, anticipation, leg swipe questions, etc. - February 16th (60:42)
Recording of Zoom: Following hands: Is your horse pliable? Are you blocking energy or shaping, leading & guiding the flow of it?- February 9th (67:16)
Recording: Student video reviews-January 29th (74:26)
Summary of: Improving Steering & Teaching Neck Reining-January 7th (15:14)
Recording of: Monthly Q&A session-January 19th (77:57)
PDF: Creating a training schedule
Recording of: Teaching and Improving 'Whoa' Zoom Call-January 5th (68:25)
Recording of: Welcome, how to use this course, Q&A, video review example-January 3rd (68:20)
Recording of December 8, 2021 call (66:39)
Recording: Creating, following and modifying a training plan: April 4 (64:07)
Student Video Reviews
Active inside rein only: 4 leaf clover pattern- Allison K.-April (5:14)
Barrel racing success, 4 leaf clover pattern, following hands at walk: Lori H.- April (5:25)
4 leaf clover with transitions; Lisa-April (5:22)
March video reviews
Active Inside Rein: Christina S. -March (5:41)
Live Student video reviews: February (73:36)
Active Outside Rein Questions: Suki -February (10:02)
Walking turn on the forehand: Heather W. -February (2:47)
Active outside rein: Shari E. -February (7:35)
Active Inside Rein: Laurie H. -February (1:59)
January 2022: Student video reviews; Steering, active inside rein, etc. (version 2) (74:26)
Walk the line: hand/leg balance & planning ahead: Tanya C.-January (9:18)
Active inside rein: groundwork & ridden on elementary horse: Kylie G.-January (11:48)
Active inside rein: normal wobbles/questions: Kathryn G.-January (4:27)
Active inside rein: Celebrate what is working, use groundwork to discover: Chiemi K.-January (7:27)
Active inside rein: Head tilt & rebound questions: Christina S.-January (9:59)
Active inside rein: changing old habits: Shari E.-January (7:53)
Balanced reins: Inside rein emphasis: Jill S.-January (7:10)
Active inside rein: Bend & Low energy: Terri S.-January (8:02)
Neck reining: what is causing resistance? : Lisa R.-January (4:48)
Active inside rein, wandering circles-Chiemi (5:17)
Arena use and whoa question-Linda (3:25)
Rhythm, Relaxation: Lead change update-Bob (2:39)
Should I change patterns?-Laurie (7:02)
Whoa, square halts-Lauren (8:01)
Student video reviews: October 26:Heather, Lindsay, Nadja, Aaryanne, Laurie, Jami, Lori
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