The Level 3/4 class left on Friday. We had some nice trail rides for different types of confidence levels. I was leading the "beginning" trail ride. We've done pretty much the same as we did in the focus station the day before: Follow the Leader all over the Savvy Park! I've always got lots of fun doing the Follow the Leader! Thanks to Candy, Sherry, Sharon, and Maria for joining me!
The Finale of this course in the classroom was very emotional! I really hope to see all of you again!
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Level 3/4 students driving from the tackroom to their trailers!
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On Friday afternoon we had a great Liberty session with Nita-Jo in the Arena Grande. It was amazing, Lily did not run away from me one time and we played all the 7 Games, included Traveling Circles and Jumping over Barrels!! That was a huge compliment Lily gave me that day!
Here's a short video of Lily and I playing Liberty two days later:
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Circling Game at Liberty
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On Saturday Klaudia and I drove to Durango. It was very nice to not wear riding shoes and we felt a little bit like tourists in holidays! ;-)
We did some shopping and - of course - had a big lunch and a big dinner!
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Very cute little Cowboyboots in Durango!
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Yesterday, on Monday, we all welcomed the Intern-students on horseback in the morning and played the name game with them.
John, Kathy and Baby Luke Baar are also here now to support us and the Interns.
On Monday afternoon we got to visit the Parelli Office in Pagosa Springs, which was very interesting! It's nice to know the faces now to the people you are always writing e-mails to! ;-)
We also got another great opportunity that afternoon: We got a post Level 4 Liberty lesson with David Lichman!! It was great! He taught us very good strategies to improve our draw at Liberty. I can't wait to try that with my horse Mousey at home!
Today was another wonderful day full of learning and Inspiration.
Ann gave us two challenges: One was a challenge with the Bowline's knot and our Carrot Sticks and the other was a teaching challenge with our horses in the group. We made a role play in the cover-all, one of us was the instructor and the other five were her students and had to make many mistakes! ;-)
It was a lot of fun!!
We also got to talk to Pat in the morning about our course, what we learned and what we are going to change when we're back home. He offered us to watch him when he is riding his horses on the campus, which I really appreciate!
In the afternoon we had a session with Linda in the classroom about "teachermanship". It's amazing how much you can always learn from Linda, especially from the teaching aspects...
Tomorrow morning we have an observation time with Linda at her barn! I'm looking forward to that!
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