Classical Riding-Your Roadmap to Success!

About this episode

Julie Goodnight discusses how to get started in Dressage and breaks down the long-term goal into manageable steps.

Today’s podcast is on a subject that many riders ask about, "How to get started in Dressage." I decided to use "entry-level dressage," for both English and Western riders, as the first long-term goal and set of lesson plans in my new training app. This big goal can be broken down into almost an infinite number of small steps, lessons, or skills to master, which I'll share in this podcast! Show Notes: Do You have a Codependent Relationship with your Horse: https://signin.juliegoodnight.com/articles/free-articles/julies-blog/do-you-have-a-codependent-relationship-with-your-horse/ Smooth Transitions: https://signin.juliegoodnight.com/articles/free-articles/julies-blog/small-steps-to-big-achievements/ Good on Trail: Bad in the Arena (requires login): https://signin.juliegoodnight.com/articles/training-advice/issues-from-the-saddle-good-on-trail-bad-in-the-arena/ Proactive Riding-Taking the Driver’s Seat (requires login): https://signin.juliegoodnight.com/articles/proactive-riding-take-the-drivers-seat/ Every Arena has a scary place (requires login): https://signin.juliegoodnight.com/articles/training-advice/issues-from-the-saddle-spooky-horse/ Private Lesson Audio by Julie Goodnight…

People in this episode

Host: Julie Goodnight

Topics covered

• Dressage
• entry-level dressage
• training app
• riding skills
• lesson plans

Keywords

• Dressage
• riding
• training
• skills
• lesson plans

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