Tag: Body Positivity

Things have slowly gotten better, and after months of working with him in hand, I’m back in the saddle, and things look exciting!

Here, a plus-size & nonbinary rider tells us about their riding journey & partnership with a draft-cross, who shares the struggle of finding off-the-rack tack.

A rider and trainer shares how the community she’s fostered (of both horses and humans) has contributed to the success of her and her students!

A rider shares her journey in the saddle to instill intentionality in each ride, and how her horses have progressed under this intentionality.

A rider shares how she manages her anxiety and body dysmorphia after significant weight loss with the help of her Appendix dance partner.

A Region 2 rider shares the joy she found after a serious injury & medical diagnosis forced her to take a step back & give herself a bit of grace.

Struggling to find her place in the horse world, this L Grad took matters into her own hands, creating an online community & safe haven for plus-size riders.

A rider from Region 1 tells us about the hills and valleys of her weight loss journey, and how horses motivated her to maintain a weight management program.

In this comeback story, a Region 9 rider shares her rescue horse, whose will to live helped him overcome severe malnourishment, recurrent colic, & surgery.

After spending 20 years out of the saddle, a rider shares how she was welcomed with open arms by the dressage community and a little grey Mustang.