Reviewing concepts we already "know": I wonder if there's something there along the lines of that ability we have to always ride a bike, even though we've not done much bike riding recently. I can never remember what it's called, kinesthetic memory maybe. I usually think of it as muscle memory, but of course there's more to it than that.
I think it is what enables folks who have ridden lots and lots of horses (Dorance brothers and Mark Rashid come to mind) to react appropriately and automatically to their horses. Karen, you can be the test case. It would be amazing if watching the videos would somehow inject that memory into your body. I read a lot in a very wide range of instructors (Podhajsky to Dorrance). but I don't think I will have ridden enough horse in my lifetime for the automatic response ever to be there completely. I've been riding 44 years and I think I may have ridden 30 horses. Successful professional trainers will ride more horses than that every year. Let us know how it works? Nancy
