Relaxation Across the Spectrum of Movement: OneHorseLife
The Misconception About Relaxation and Performance in Equestrian Sports Many trainers and athletes in equestrian sports believe that relaxation leads to reduced engagement and movement. They perceive that if a…
Is It Possible To Relax The Stomach?
“Your body relaxes and tenses your smooth muscles all the time. If you are not in charge of this process, then who is? UFO?” — Pawel Marciniak, co-founder of OneHorseLife Is…
10 GOLDEN RULES OF VISITING A TRAINER
10 GOLDEN RULES OF VISITING A TRAINER as a Student and / or Working-Student How to take maximum of any Possible Learning Experience? Traveling is FUN. Learning is FUN. Traveling…
MAKING OF THE CHAMPION, part 1
MAKING OF THE CHAMPION Optimal Performance Program Series, part 1. Many people focus on growing their horse’s skills and abilities in order to, hopefully, have a real champion at…
Paw-prints across my heart. Grieving over animals.
I wish I could tell you that I am getting better. Or that all is good now. But it’s not true. It’s the same pain, and the same emptiness, only…
PURE MEANING of LIFE
Everyone wants to have a meaningful life. Everyone wants to have a meaningful relationship with his horse. But when do we want to create this meaning? Sometimes people are living…
What have I learned during OPP Clinic in the Netherlands?
After the most recent Optimal Performance Program Clinic in The Netherlands, my husband Pawel told me that at one point during the Clinic he had thought about telling me not…
Piccolo’s Update
Update from Piccolo’s Training Diary: OPP STARTER-KIT I am so pleased. I really feel we are moving in the right direction, and his improvements are happening in the speed of…
REACH TO THE STARS! And as you grab them, don’t forget to enjoy the landscape…
Life is 3D, but sometimes we tend to forget about it and we only look ahead. Sometimes we are so occupied with achieving our goals, or wondering if we are achieving them…
OPP KICK-START: SNEAK-PEEK
It’s already over A WEEK since arrival of our new PRE stallion, 4yo PICCOLO. PICCOLO was sent to us shortly after he was purchased by his new owner in order…
Get THAT BIT Right
Many people turn away from riding with the bit. We all can see how much abuse is happening in the today’s world connected with misusage of the bits, pulling and…
Undoing that “KNOT”
“My horse doesn’t want to move forward” One of the most common signs of that the horse, even a very young horse, is suffering from the Digestive Tract tensions is…
Relaxation on Food for Humans (and Horses)
Although the RELAX THAT STOMACH Technique (from the Optimal Performance Program) is dedicated to the topic of relaxation of the digestive tract (stomach & guts) for horses, I promised my…
Making Transitions: You cannot pull a Black Card from a Red Cards hand
In this article you will learn how tensions limit performance, and affect number of behaviors horses can offer due to skeletal muscle tensions. You will also discover how and why…
Today…
…early in the morning I sat in the open window and just could not shush the overflowing wave of deepest, most humble gratitude. Words of thankfulness just flew through me,…