The Six Lessons

Back in 2018, I wrote a long blog piece about the journey I took with my horse, A’bientot (better known as The Sheikh) to see him to health and happiness and his final home in Goch, Germany, at ARR.  

At the time, I wrote that having put him back together again I could see clearly that the missing piece of the puzzle was me.  Not just my riding (clearly though I’d competed and ridden for years I could not actually ride) but somehow in both body and soul I needed to work if I wanted to have the kind of connection and union that I felt I could and should have with this amazing being.  

That journey has taken me through Pilates to qi gong and kung fu, to mindfulness and gratitude.  All to support and enhance what I could only do when the time allowed – mostly two months in the summer for the last four years  - working with my horse, both from the ground and in the saddle.  

One of the proudest moments of my life came in 2022 when a photo of me riding Sheikh was considered good enough to be featured on the ARR facebook page.  So much love and pride and understanding and connection.  I thought I would burst.  

But of course I didn’t just learn to ride.  I learned and continue to learn so very much more.  And though Sheikh is now gone; the lessons remain and it’s time to start to share them.  With all the love in the world.

 
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