Yee-harr!
Have finally mastered rising trot! Kim has arranged permission with the owner of a lovely horse she schools for me to have lessons on him. (This picture is of Kim riding Ben a few weeks ago during a schooling session).
Kim had lent me a dvd to watch for homework, it breaks down the basics of gaining balance and how to move with the different paces, and my sister lent me a basic schooling book that I've been reading religiously.
To finally go from feeling like a bouncing ball about to fall off to the floating suspension was incredible! By the end of the lesson Kim had me going from walk to trot and back again with no trouble. Afterwards I thanked Kim, Ben and his owner profusely, my legs were like jelly, my tail bone is suffering today but I'm booked for a lesson again next week