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- You must build rapport & trust first
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- I love how much mutual trust is caught in this image
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- Trust must be strong
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- Trust from birth leads to a stress free first ride
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- including Maia stepping up on pedestal
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- Jackie trusting Kami
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- Maia trusting Anne
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- leads to Maia following Anne’s intention & body language
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- Nadja, having lost the connection with Prince, waits to re-establish it
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- Prince re-establishes his connection with Nadja
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- With trust, Prince syncing up with Nadja
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- Nadja uses play & body language to create harmony
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- Play includes Prince carrying cone to Nadja
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- Maverick following Anne into the pond at liberty
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- Julia trusting Kami fully
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- Kami trusting Julia by receiving a hug
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- Julia playing splash in the pond with Kami
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- leads to Kami trusting Julia by walking through water obstacle
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- trusting Julia at the ocean
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- riding in the parade in a halter
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- and Julia able to ride Kami without anything on her head
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- Using the ball to work on balance
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- Learning to “feel” body language
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- See how horse and human move as one
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- Body language for stop
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- Julia asking Kami to go sideways with body language
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- Kami and Anne in perfect sync
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- Bareback is the best way to acquire balance
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- Staying balanced at all gaits
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- Even little ones can do this
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- So a 3 year old can turn and stop a horse without reins
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- Iris riding Mystic with the neck string
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- Anne introducing Maia to deep water
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- Then teaching Maia to swim in pond
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- leads to Maia trusting Anne to walk in the ocean
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- and Maia pushing the Flintstone cart
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- Trust allows Nadja to ride Tessa in her halter
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- and Maia to step up on anything
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- Majestic Mystic
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- Jackie mirroring Mystic’s focus
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- increases his trust in following her feel
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- Creates greater harmony
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- You become the leader he chooses to follow
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- Jackie riding Tori in the arena with the neck string
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- creates the trust to ride her in the pasture without head gear
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- Trust that takes her into the ocean
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- and has her doing a parade with reins on her neck
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- Kami doing liberty on the trail with Crystal
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- Free to leave, Kami checking in with Chansonette
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- testifies as to her trust in us
