A place of peace

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This is Charley talking with Junior. I'd love to hear what they're saying. 

If you're looking for tips on shoulder-in, this will be pretty darn disappointing.

By the end of the fourth day my head was feeling pretty full. So much to learn, and such a great teacher with Charley Snell.
Sitting together in the morning sharing a cup of coffee over horse thoughts, talk turned to how horses feel in new environments. We all talk about 'my horse does fine until....or my horse isn't comfortable in new places'...
Charley put on his serious face and shared what he feels is the key to all this. That the horse looks to us for a place of peace.
Us.
"Any little thing you can do to help the horse feel good inside adds to this whole thing."
It's not about a different environment or a change in scenery. It's about how we help them feel no matter what's going on, no matter where they are. Really comes into perspective when you think about how this looking to you and finding peace there becomes particularly vital on a narrow little mountain trail.
Horses by nature are all about self-preservation.
It's the essence of them, and inherent upon us to recognize and honor this truth.
Think if rather than 'how do I get this movement to happen' we thought about it this way. About how we can help the horse feel, rather than what we want to make them 'do.'
Horses, through their very nature want...To be secure. Familiar and confident with us, with themselves, and the environment.
We don't realize how much the horse wants to be okay, to feel good.