The Skill of Not Rushing

About this episode

Lockie Phillips discusses the importance of slowing down in horse culture and the misconceptions surrounding speed and discipline.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips explores why urgency runs so deep in horse culture, and why slowing down is often the most competent choice we can make. When speed gets mistaken for discipline, horses lose space to learn, communicate, and stay whole. This conversation looks at the myth that faster means better, the reality of changing capacity in both horse and human, and the quiet strength of choosing accuracy over appearance. A grounding invitation to breath...

People in this episode

Host: Lockie Phillips

Topics covered

• horse culture
• urgency
• slowing down
• learning
• communication
• accuracy

Keywords

• horse culture
• urgency
• slowing down
• learning
• communication
• accuracy
• discipline
• myth

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