Dressage Hafl: Mental Training

The Truth About 2018

2018 was a bad year. An unforeseen one. Unforseeingly bad. As usual, it started off with my letter to the universe, revolving around all the...

The last few months have been a tough roller coaster ride. Starting off with Opi breaking down in Croation just to coming back home finding ...

Well, actually, I am not the rider this time. I am just the coach, caller, mental trainer, groom and truck driver. But Hafl will start. He w...

With the decision of not riding shows this season, my yearly goal making process somewhat seemed unnecessary - that is why there was no goal...

Looking back, this season was a disaster. It did not only feel like the worst season ever, it actually was. We hardly reached 62%, we made n...

What shall I say? We rode our first 3 tempis yesterday! Just practiced the 4 tempis 3 times over the last two weeks and guess what? When I a...

Last week Monday, we had a ride with the judge session at our barn. As you could guess, I was pretty nervous. Hafl sensed it, too, and behav...