Bee and the Horse
The Academic Art of Riding Blog by Bettina Biolik
About
You are warmly invited to follow my journey in the Academic Art of Riding! When I started this blog, I was just a regular, first-time horse owner. My horse, Nazir, however, made sure that my childhood passion developed into something much more. To the…
My Training Philosophy
Since early childhood, I was convinced that all animals have feelings and want to be happy, just like us. It has always filled me with great sadness to see how easily they are mistreated in our society. As a kid, I helped snails cross…
Lessons & Clinics
If you like what you are reading here, why not get in touch with me? Visit my website http://www.bettinabiolik.com for more details on lessons, clinics, online tuition and events. For my webinars about the academic art, please have a look here. These webinars are densely packed…
Teaching Collection by the Wall vs. on the Longe
Why I like to teach collection on the longe It’s actually quite simple: The horse can say “no”.– “No” if it doesn’t understand– “No” if it is not able to– “No” if it feels overwhelmed Let’s look at how collection on the ground is…
Something Is Ending, and Something Begins.
We live at a time where we can truly re-evaluate horse training and decide what we want to carry forward, and what we finally leave behind. I know I have changed my training a lot over the last two decades, and I don’t experience…
Should we do an exercise, just because it has been deemed beneficial or produces results?
When I work with a horse, or teach lessons, I constantly have to make decisions about what exercises to use, do next, and how long to do them. Sometimes, students are surprised to hear that I don’t use certain exercises, although they are very…
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