Aug 18, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 11 segments
What if young riders were taught how to use their minds with the same care and attention given to developing their skills in the saddle? In this episode of The Equestrian's Inner Life, Pernille…
Tanja MittonGuest
Pernille HoggHost
So is it almost like that certain thoughts reflects a certain emotion in people's bodies?
I think the answer to that is that most of our thoughts want to bring us back to a state that is familiar.
And I'm saying familiar instead of comfortable or normal because even the most uncomfortable state if we spend the majority of time in that uncomfortable state it's a familiar state see this is the thing with our mind anything that is familiar familiar means we have experience there.
You know, if you have, and this is stepping out of the arena for a moment, if you have a person who has grown up in an abusive home, they are in a way comfortable And just comfortable means familiar.
They know how to deal with the abuse, how to survive the abuse, what comes after the abuse.
To be then all of a sudden in an environment that is super supportive, that is healthy, that's got a good energy.
It's like standing on train tracks being told the train's been diverted and you go, but I
So is it almost like that certain thoughts reflects a certain emotion in people's bodies?
I think the answer to that is that most of our thoughts want to bring us back to a state that is familiar.
And I'm saying familiar instead of comfortable or normal because even the most uncomfortable state if we spend the majority of time in that uncomfortable state it's a familiar state see this is the thing with our mind anything that is familiar familiar means we have experience there.
You know, if you have, and this is stepping out of the arena for a moment, if you have a person who has grown up in an abusive home, they are in a way comfortable And just comfortable means familiar.
They know how to deal with the abuse, how to survive the abuse, what comes after the abuse.
To be then all of a sudden in an environment that is super supportive, that is healthy, that's got a good energy.
It's like standing on train tracks being told the train's been diverted and you go, but I
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