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    Understanding Asymmetry in Your Horse
    Crystal Forsell
    • May 20
    • 1 min

    Understanding Asymmetry in Your Horse

    Appreciate your horse's asymmetry through your own.
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    Grace After Time Off
    Crystal Forsell
    • Feb 21
    • 2 min

    Grace After Time Off

    Giving your horse some grace… There are times when your horse will get time off. Chances are, if your horse hasn’t been worked in a week...
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    Allowing Your Horse to Flow with Your Intentions
    Crystal Forsell
    • Dec 7, 2021
    • 2 min

    Allowing Your Horse to Flow with Your Intentions

    In my training I always try to show the horse what I want, not what not to do. Same with small kids, if they are doing something you...
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    The Magic in Letting Go
    Crystal Forsell
    • Sep 14, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Magic in Letting Go

    Let it go! Let it go! And by “it” I mean your horse’s face. I see and feel more results in the let go part of the aid than I do the...
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    The Question of Spurs
    Crystal Forsell
    • Sep 3, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Question of Spurs

    How to use spurs and how not to.
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    Decoding your Dressage Test
    Crystal Forsell
    • Jun 9, 2020
    • 1 min

    Decoding your Dressage Test

    Why the negative comment on a 7 or higher? When I first started showing, I didn’t understand why sometimes I would get a negative comment...
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    6 Reasons to Try a Virtual Horse Show
    Crystal Forsell
    • Jun 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    6 Reasons to Try a Virtual Horse Show

    Reasons to Try a Virtual Show and 3 Handy Tips! Just a few months ago, virtual horse shows were mostly ignored. Then, overnight, they...
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    Show him the way
    Crystal Forsell
    • Oct 15, 2019
    • 2 min

    Show him the way

    Show them the way. My coach used to tell me this in lessons with young horses long ago. It is an important theme we need to keep in our ridi
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    Creating Symmetry in Your Horse #1
    Crystal Forsell
    • Aug 31, 2019
    • 1 min

    Creating Symmetry in Your Horse #1

    In my Facebook Group, Open Minds Dressage (check it out, all riders welcome), We recently began a group challenge with three exercises to...
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    Decoding Your Horse's Face
    Crystal Forsell
    • May 2, 2019
    • 2 min

    Decoding Your Horse's Face

    Have you ever noticed the little nuances in your horse's face? Your horse could be revealing important information about himself. ...
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    Book Review: "55 Corrective Exercises for Horses", Jec Aristotle Ballou
    Crystal Forsell
    • Feb 10, 2019
    • 2 min

    Book Review: "55 Corrective Exercises for Horses", Jec Aristotle Ballou

    I purchased this book because I need some more ideas on developing more topline and correcting patterns of movement for my mare. I have...
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    Five Things Your Horse Really Wants
    Crystal Forsell
    • Nov 21, 2018
    • 2 min

    Five Things Your Horse Really Wants

    As we are drawing closer to that festive time of year filled with mistletoe and carols, it is also a time for reflection. I know so many...
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    Set Your Horse Up for Success: The Foundation and Basics
    Crystal Forsell
    • Sep 17, 2018
    • 4 min

    Set Your Horse Up for Success: The Foundation and Basics

    Foundation vs. Basics As riders, we hear the word, “basics” constantly. How many riders really know what that means and how to apply it?...
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    One More Time!
    Crystal Forsell
    • Jul 21, 2018
    • 4 min

    One More Time!

    One of the harder things to master in training horses across disciplines is knowing when the session is done for the day. It’s a subject...
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    Book Review: "Acupressure for Horses", Ina Gösmeier
    Crystal Forsell
    • Jul 12, 2018
    • 2 min

    Book Review: "Acupressure for Horses", Ina Gösmeier

    It’s wonderful when we can have a professional to come to us and do some bodywork for our horses. Horse owners may not be able...
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    Five Ways Horse People Are Already Prepared for Parenthood
    Crystal Forsell
    • Jul 10, 2018
    • 3 min

    Five Ways Horse People Are Already Prepared for Parenthood

    If you’re a horse person thinking of babies this a must read! If you already have babies, or grown children, I hope you’ll chuckle along...
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    Welcome!
    Crystal Forsell
    • Jun 30, 2018
    • 1 min

    Welcome!

    Welcome to my blog! Here you'll find original content and training and horsemanship (not as though those things are separate), recaps of...
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    Continuing Education for Judges: Seminar with Lilo Fore 2/18-2/19/17
    Crystal Forsell
    • Feb 26, 2017
    • 4 min

    Continuing Education for Judges: Seminar with Lilo Fore 2/18-2/19/17

    It’s been about three weeks since I have arrived in Austin, Texas.  My mare, Layla arrived two weeks ago and has settled in at her new...
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