Tag: Body Positivity
Redefining The “Dressage Rider” Mold
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.
Support, Support, Support: How to Build a Positive Community
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!
Intentionality Gives Rise to Progress
A rider shares her journey in the saddle to instill intentionality in each ride, and how her horses have progressed under this intentionality.
Learning to Own My Space
A rider shares how she manages her anxiety and body dysmorphia after significant weight loss with the help of her Appendix dance partner.
The Courage To Change A Mindset
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.
Mindset Equestrian: Body Positive, Positive Mindset
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 Lifestyle Approach
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.
Ten Minutes To Save A Life
In this comeback story, a Region 9 rider shares her rescue horse, whose will to live helped him overcome severe malnourishment, recurrent colic, & surgery.
Repeat After Me: Stay In, Stay On
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.
Rise Above
A trainer shares how she actively makes her barn an inclusive space for all riders.
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Six Tips from a Dressage Technical Delegate
Christina Harmon shares a few of the things she's learned along her journey to becoming a USEF 'r' Technical Delegate to help you have a better show experience.
