Understanding what your body needs to do – and being able to do it A lot of riding is talked about in terms of outcomes. We talk about what it should look like, or what we want riders to do – a still upper body, quiet hands, a deep seat, a stable lower leg, a rider who looks “balanced”. We talk about what the horse should do – more forward, more through, straighter, more consistent in the contact. And none of that is wrong. Outcomes matter. But outcomes are the result  of som