Mariah's Journey

Learning to hold the tongue and lead by

2011-12-26T13:51:00.001-05:00

Learning to hold the tongue and lead by the lip at lesson in Monroe, NC.

Lilly enjoying the sight of a happy hors

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Lilly enjoying the sight of a happy horse!

Putting rides on Bodie and sweet Aamira

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Putting rides on Bodie and sweet Aamira

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Recent Parelli Connect Updates

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Latest Updates on Parelli Connect

Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Jannah "Aamira", (Liberty, 30 mins) Rapport building, transitions, back, send, close range circles, and figure 8's.

Mon 17 Oct 2011 at 10:09AM - Comment - Delete

Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Both Eyes On Me "Bodie", (Freestyle, 30 mins) trail ride working on transitions and direct and indirect rein

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Both Eyes On Me "Bodie", (Liberty, 60 mins) fun speedy and rapport building liberty session

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Finesse, 30 mins) In arena, playing with stretching, trot on contact shoulders in and haunches in, sideways at canter both ways, got 5 flying changes both ways without problem inside and went out to pasture to jumping course, got 2 flying changes... more

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Liberty, 15 mins) Played with carrot stick and long dressage whip, looking for more advanced communication and snappier reactions.... faster back ups on invisible zone 5 driving :)

Fri 14 Oct 2011 at 07:57PM - Comment - Delete

Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Freestyle, 45 mins) Let loose on a trail ride, open trails, open gallop and jumps.

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Finesse, 30 mins) Rode out in open pasture, put an arena in my mind and played with haunches in and shoulders in, cantering sideways, question box and figure eight... 5 successful flying changes each direction. :) Great job pretty boy, thanks for... more

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Finesse, 30 mins) Haunches in, shoulders in, question box, canter sideways... tried for a flying change 3 times and got 3 flying changes, WOW! Great job my love, what an honor to dance with you... thank you.

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Liberty, 15 mins) Had a great liberty session, played with getting more responsiveness... giving him time to process.. and the qeue to backing faster in zone 5.... hard to process but was getting, very VERY happy with his try!

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Freestyle, 15 mins) Played with Aamira at liberty while riding Sundance, did stick to me at walk/trot/canter, stop and back... circling game... was beautiful, hoping to get pictures or video it soon... what a great feeling to work with these babi... more

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Jannah "Aamira", (Liberty, 30 mins) Played with Aamira at liberty while riding Sundance, did stick to me at walk/trot/canter, stop and back... circling game... was beautiful, hoping to get pictures or video it soon... what a great feeling to work with these babies... more

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Jannah "Aamira", (Liberty, 15 mins) First real liberty session.. starting it out right, super impressed with her... very proud!

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Finesse, 30 mins) haunches in, shoulders in, sideways at canter, transitions and 3 sucessful flying changes,... thank you Fabio. :)

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Freestyle, 15 mins) warming up with stretching and transitions

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Liberty, 30 mins) establishing more assertiveness and leadership at liberty... close circles and stops

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Both Eyes On Me "Bodie", (Liberty, 15 mins) rapport building exercises and patterns... canter draws and stick to me... ingredients for close range circling... in open field

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Both Eyes On Me "Bodie", (Freestyle, 30 mins) cantering/trotting circles in open field stretching... finding balance at canter

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Both Eyes On Me "Bodie", (Freestyle, 60 mins) direct, indirect rein, hq and fq yeilds, sideways, half passes, getting more prepared for bridless... stretching at walk and trot.. canter to halt transitions

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Both Eyes On Me "Bodie", (Liberty, 30 mins) rapport building excercises and patterns

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Jannah "Aamira", (On Line, 45 mins) respect with hindquarters, teaching her to set her own self up for a task, liberty prep, and fun with trailer loading (one of her favorite things to do)

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Both Eyes On Me "Bodie", (Liberty, 30 mins) liberty in open large field, creating a draw, closeness and confidence with yo-yo, circle, friendly, and stick to me

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Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Both Eyes On Me "Bodie", (On Line, 30 mins) maintain gait online circling, downward transitions etc

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Please feel free to ask any questions! :)

Mariah Helms
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http://www.mariahpnhelms.blogspot.com/
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Morning Lesson

2011-10-19T12:39:00.001-04:00

Lesson in Marshville, North Carolina

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Berryville, Virginia Adventures

2011-10-06T11:16:00.001-04:00

Hello Friends!

Just got back from Berryville, VA, working with Kelly Sigler and assisting with Gabriel Alway and 5 other instructors. On the first day we helped out with a freestyle clinic in the area of Level 3 all afternoon. Each instructor got a chance to teach and assist students which was great and got great teaching tips from watching Kelly. The next day was all private lessons, which were extremely interesting. Watching the different types of students and horses, and how horses interacted within a learning situation. It was neat to see the patterns of personalities and horsenalities that weekend, I noticed that most of the horses that showed up were right brained introvert... how cool. I have been falling in love with the right brained introverts lately, it might have to do with how interesting and sensitive they are... on top of noticing how much of a right brained introvert I can be, pretty cool. That next morning Kelly squeezed in some time with Sundance and I before she left for New Jersey to do more lessons. We played with Liberty, taking it to the next level, and Finesse and flying changes... we played with haunches in, shoulders in, sideways at canter and all the other ingredients to flying changes, and we got them! Very satisfied, he did a great job putting up with me and putting so much effort into what we were doing. I am home now teaching lessons and playing with horses a majority of the day, in 2 weeks Gabriel and I are going to assist Jesse Peters in York, South Carolina. I am super excited about that, I have been working with Jesse since I was I believe 16 years old. He has been a great teacher, so I can't wait to see him again! This will be the first time I work with him as an instructor, what a blessing. I will try to update soon on how the training is coming along in each of my horses... they are doing great, very proud of them. :) Talk soon!

Mariah Helms
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2011-10-03T18:37:00.003-04:00

Freestyle Clinic Snapshots

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Day 1 freestyle clinic with Kelly Sigler

Christian and Maurada

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Christian and Maurada in VA... Day before clinic.

Yum!

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In Virginia eating the best homemade pizza ever... Before we go out and ride.

Hitting the Trails

2011-10-03T18:33:00.001-04:00

Taylor riding Bodie

Parelli Connect Updates

2011-09-17T14:09:00.001-04:00

Parelli Connect isn't working for me at the moment... so I will just post here.

Thursday 15, 2011

Aamira - Online 45 minutes long line driving with carrot stick, downward transitions with the carrot stick, falling leaf and backwards S. She is super sensitive and confident, with lots of play... what a joy to play with.

Sundance - freestyle and finesse 1 hour stretching in cradle and fluidity saddle, playing with the game of contact at walk trot and canter. Maintain gait at canter on circle left and right in open field.

Friday 16, 2011

Bebe - Online 30 minutes long line driving with one line, circle walk and back transitions. Freestyle 1 hour open field in circle at walk and trot stretching, was right brained so he needed consistency, follow the " trail".

Sundance - Freestyle 3 hours - 1 hour stretching and out on trails, jumping. Finesse 15 minutes on jumping course.

Parelli Connect Log

2011-09-15T11:09:00.001-04:00

Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Jannah "Aamira", (On Line, 45 mins) Played with little Aamira on the 22 foot line, self-assessed her as ssolid Level 2 and making her way into Level 3 very well. Put a pad and saddle on her, cinched it up... had no problems and proved to me that she has forgotten nothing since I have played with her last. She is extremely smart, very savvy, and will shoot through Level 4 extremely fast. Now I am getting her ready for liberty, it's time and it's going to be great. :)

Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Both Eyes On Me "Bebe", (Freestyle, 120 mins) 2 hours of carrot stick riding on the trail, looking to build his confidence in riding and more sensitivity and reliance on me rather than the other horses. He is coming along great, and trying very hard! It will just take a lot of consistency and repetition, which I can do! Looks like we will be focusing on Liberty tomorrow.

Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Finesse, 15 mins) Playing with maintain gait and direction on circle in open field at all gaits, played with game of contact a bit... very nice.

Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Freestyle, 15 mins) Freestyle stretching and million transitions in new Parelli Fluidity GP, saddle... lots of great stretching and extending!

Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Liberty, 30 mins) Invisible long line driving at liberty in open field, canter to halt transitions and long distance tasks... great job Sundance. Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (On Line, 15 mins) Departures and maintain gait Online.

Mom on his butt... Because I'm always on his butt! ;-)

2011-09-13T17:49:00.001-04:00

Mom, on his butt... Because I'm always on his butt! ;-)

Back Home.. for a Little While!

2011-09-12T21:30:00.001-04:00

Hello Friends!

Just got home after a long day of traveling, I was greeted by my beautiful families face... including our new 5 month old long haired white miniature chihuahua, Lillian! We made our way home and I stepped out of the truck, and called my horses. They all looked up and galloped to the barn and I do believe recieved the most welcome greeting I have ever had, it was heart touching to see their eager faces and how stuck they were to me. There was endless precious mutual grooming between my intimate group of three, and followed me around... so sweet. Fed everyone and while the others were eating I took Sundance and Bebe aside and introduced myself back into the group as the alpha by playing with them at liberty out by the barn, the liberty with Bebe was the best I have EVER experienced. I could see a new outlook on how he was feeling and handled the situation correctly, and I don't think I have ever had such positive and high energy and play drive from him. I am personally extremely excited with developing him into Level 4 now, I have a new and more intense plan for Bebe and Aamira, lots of sessions coming up!

Here are our updates from Parelli Connect...

Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Liberty, 15 mins) Just got back home from 3 weeks in Colorado, re-introducing myself into the herd as alpha... great liberty session out in pasture... basic games 1 - 4 at Level 4 quality.

Mon 12 Sep 2011 at 09:13PM

Mariah Helms 1* Junior Parelli Professional with Both Eyes On Me "Bebe", (Liberty, 15 mins) Just got back home from 3 weeks in Colorado, re-introducing myself into the herd as alpha... has the most amazing session with Bebe, best trusting liberty session, just playing with the first 4 games out in pasture. WOW! My next super horse for sure, very excited for him.

Mon 12 Sep 2011 at 09:11PM

I will be home teaching, developing, and training until the 22nd of this month. I will be making my way up to Virginia to spend a couple weeks with horse friends and Kelly Sigler doing clinics. Sundance is coming up with me. My human soul mate, will be coming this friday up from Florida to bring our new horse, Maurada, a horse we bought from Pat 2 weeks ago. Salty's Maurada is a 3 year old seal bay quarter horse gelding, Pat personally bought this horse and developed him himself up to his 6th ride, he was to be his next cutting star. Then they dispersed 80% of their horses because of the exciting progress they are making within the campuses and the program. We are extremely excited to say the least! He, I, and Maurada will be staying here until that next friday where we will trailer up our horses to his families home and do clinics for a couple of weeks... really looking forward to working with a 3 star instructor and we will be doing some workshops in the Berryville area around this time also! He is a 2 star instructor, and I am a 1 star so we will be team teaching.

I have clients and horses tomorrow lined up, going to be a good day! Will update you all soon... savvy out!

Mariah Helms
1 Star Parelli Professional Instructor
http://www.mariahpnhelms.blogspot.com/
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2011-09-11T18:45:00.001-04:00

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Day 3 Pictures

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Big top... Remmer saying Hello!

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Happenings from Day 2!

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Parelli Liberty and Bridless Summit - Day 1

2011-09-10T10:56:00.001-04:00

Today was a magical day, the doors opened at 8:00 am and everyone flooded in and filled the place even after the event started at 10:00 am. Was started by a wonderful intro by two mastery students doing a halarious skit... http://www.youtube.com/user/parellitube?blend=1&ob=5.

Video of Day 1 of the Summit here in Colorado.

Take a look on http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1257754143#!/ParelliNaturalHorseTraining, the official Parelli Natural Horsemanship page with all the updates and tons of pictures of the first day. The day was incredibly inspirational, focused around Pat and Linda talking about Liberty, different aspects of how to approach starting Liberty, doing Liberty with different horsenalities, and herd dynamics.

Take a look at the details at (Quote from the Parelli Facebook page) "Linda Parelli just gave an amazing demonstration on Horsenality with West Point and Hot Jazz here at the Liberty & Bridleless Riding Summit. You can watch part of the demonstration on Parelli Central's wall on Parelli Connect: http://ow.ly/6qm7Q. Have you ordered the Horsenality/Humanality Match Report yet? Tell us how it has helped you improve your horsemanship!"

Quote from the Parelli Facebook page "Some of our talented instructors and students just got new level certifications and instructor ratings: Laura Aitken, Rhett Fincher, Rachel Clarkson, Bonnie McIntyre, Elli Pospichil, Tanya Bennet, Pete Rodda, Russel Higgins, Marion Oesch, Lyndsey Fitch, and Jake Shoemark. Go to Parelli Central's wall on Parelli Connect to find out what they were awarded: http://ow.ly/6qm7Q. Congratulations everyone! "

Looking forward to sharing more tomorrow!

Mariah Helms
1 Star Junior Parelli Professional Instructor
http://www.mariahpnhelms.blogspot.com/
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Starting off the morning with Pat Parelli doing a Liberty demonstration...

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Starting off the morning with Pat Parelli doing a Liberty demonstration...

No matter where you go there they are... Wranglers!

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No matter where you go, there they are... Wranglers!

Linda and the Crew

2011-09-09T09:39:00.001-04:00

Linda and the Crew

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Instructor Conference Day 2

2011-09-09T09:25:00.002-04:00

Today was another great day, the morning was spent talking with Pat's barn builders, and the Parelli Foundation coming up with ideas for scholarships for students. Afterwards Carol talked a bit about liabilities etc. and Ann Kiser answered questions for an hour or more before we wrapped up our last classroom session. We had lunch time and then spent the rest of the afternoon watching Linda and her team rehearse for the Summit, WOW! So inspirational, loving this... really cant wait to get home and get to work. I'll post you guys some pictures...

Pat talking to us on Aspen

2011-09-08T16:03:00.001-04:00

Pat talking to us on Aspen

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Summit rehearsal...

2011-09-08T16:02:00.001-04:00

Summit rehearsal...

Instructor Conference Day 1

2011-09-08T09:25:00.002-04:00

What a GREAT day... full of surprises. We all met up at Corporate and class started at 9:00 am and ended at 12:30 pm, we all went over the stuff that Sarah and I learned in the two week course regarding the horse dispersal, new products, and new instructor guidelines. It was great seeing the new faces and meeting the ones I've known before, what a wonderful atmosphere. We made our way back down to the campus after a brief stop at a restaurant for lunch, and met under the big top to watch the Summit rehearsals with Pat's team.

Pat came out and did all of his intriguing, heart touching, and hilarious speeches... played with a multiple of his horses and different demos. WOW! Ryan Rose came out and did a demo, so did Jake Shoemark, Berin Macfarlane, a savvy student from Oregon, and a funny surprise skit by 2 mastery students. I learned a lot from just watching, lots of good ideas. Tomorrow we have corporate meeting in the morning, and supposedly Linda time this afternoon! :) Cool!

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2011-09-05T11:12:00.001-04:00

2 Star Parelli Instructor Course at Parelli Colorado University - Day 10 - Graduation

2011-09-03T17:41:00.003-04:00

We all graduated today! The whole class did a phenomenal job and we are all so proud and blessed by the experience we have all been through. The 2 weeks have been absolutley mind blowing and eye opening. We had a great day, the morning was spent watching the rest of The Elements of Man, then we did our presentations from our Western Performance triad, then watched another video of Linda from 5 years ago, when she first purchased Allure, going over working with difficult horses.

We broke for lunch and went over the answers and reviewed our tests, so that we will know and make sure we can correctly portray the information to our students. Was great to review all of the stuff and Carol made it lors of fun. We joined back together for graduation dinner, great food! With apple pie! The certificates were handed out, with lots of hugs and smiles and then we joined up for a group picture. Was a very enjoyable afternoon! We have Saturday through Tuesday to do what we want, then the instructor conference and summit start up. Thinking maybe we will volunteer to help out here if needed on the days we have off. :-) See you all soon!

2 Star Instructor Course at Parelli Colorado Campus - Day 9

2011-09-02T09:20:00.002-04:00

Today was ABSOLUTELY sock-knocking! I lost all my socks, I'm gonna have to go buy some more tonight! The morning was spent doing two things, early morning was spent watching more of the Elements of Man recording from Linda last February. WOW! I thought it was good the first time I heard it, watching it again just totally blew my mind. I feel like i'm going insane, we went over what each element looks like and I can now pin-point each element by looking at them. I think I am going crazy, I'm walking around unconsciously assessing EVERYONE! Haha, it's crazy. But it's great, I know I am going to use this tool. Afterwards we had the surprise of watching Pat and a crew of his friends in the big arena doing some cutting, taking turns, as they practice for the show this weekend in New Mexico... WOW! You wouldn't believe how these horses moved, and I was so encouraged as I can see how my horses are not that far from being able to move that way too! Yes!

We had lunch time, with our triads, we split into different professional goals groups, my group is the Western performance team, we will be presenting our strategies to service our specific customers in the morning I do believe. We have graduation tomorrow afternoon, which I am very excited about. We will see how that goes! The afternoon was spent as a surprise, with Linda! We watched her coach 2 instructors on the new 'Steady rein' concept... as she explained it to us. I learned these concepts with the Reining cow horse trainer, Marc De Champlain, this past spring. She started to explain these things, I went 'WOW'! So Marc was right! Be looking for an article written on this subject in the next savvy times, it WILL transform your freestyle and your finesse without a doubt. Talk to you all soon! SAVVY!

2 Star Instructor Course at Parelli Colorado - Day 8

2011-09-01T09:10:00.002-04:00

The morning is incredible, as we spent the morning up at Linda's house! The two star group was enthused, as Walter walked out and talked with us then Linda and West Point came out. He coached them through, it was beautiful to see the relationship put first with the horse and accomplish such beautiful maneuvers. Rachel, an apprentice, came out with her horse and Walter coached her through the session. We walked back to the Extern barn, where we did simulations and testing. The testing was a blast, and the simulations were even more fun! We've had a great group of instructors, and have learned a lot. We played the hunker down game as a part of our simulations, I won every round I was in but my hands didn't! Learn burn!

We broke for lunch and then joined everyone at the Corporate office to watch the Elements of Man video that was recorded while we were there this past February... what a GREAT re-cap, we will finish that in the morning. Linda is such a great teacher, I don't know if there are any materials out there about the Elements of Man, but every instructor should know this material... wow! We had campfire night last night, great burgers, and laughs! We all sang around the campfire with Pat and Tim Sullivan, I had the privilege of singing with Tim an old song... I was so nervous I could hardly sing but it was a blast! Tomorrow and Friday are the last days, I have a feeling they will be very intense. I am trusting God though, that whatever is supposed to happen will happen... I know my life is under His control!

2011-08-31T10:43:00.001-04:00

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Concave Convex Simulation

2011-08-31T10:41:00.001-04:00

Concave Convex Simulation

2 Star Parelli Course at Parelli Colorado - Day 7

2011-08-31T09:21:00.002-04:00

Today was saddle fitting day, our presenters for the day were Tina Giordano and Letitia Glenn. The morning was spent in the classroom going over the basics and learning all of the shimming styles for each type of horse body shape. Then we went into another room in did simulations comparing a rounded back and a hollow back. What a neat comparison, really opened up my eyes. We had lunch and then met under the small coverall where some of the externs brought their horses, whether with parelli saddles or another type, and Tina and Letitia did a whole makeover. The changes were dramatic in these horses, and the riders could feel the difference... the crowd was awed. We were also informed that we will be up at Linda's house watching her take a lesson with Walter Zettl, the dressage master. What a privilege!

I received a comment asking if I would be doing internship, since I said I would start in October. I will not be starting this October since the Florida Parelli Center has closed, but I will be doing 6 week shifts of internships possibly in 2012-3. I will be attending the 1 month 3 star course next summer here in Colorado, but my ain focus is to come home and develop more horses into Level 4, teach, and assist under a lot of 3* plus instructors. I have a big event in my life coming up within the next month up into next summer, which I will tell more about later but it is all fantastic! I have also had the honor of being able to purchase a fluidity GP Parelli saddle for the purpose of serving my students better. As for the information on the Elements of Man, I do not think there is any material on this but if there is Parelli will be able to tell you at pnhusa@parelli.com. Thanks for the comments!

2 Star Parelli Course at Parelli Colorado Campus - Day 6

2011-08-30T08:27:00.002-04:00

Today was a very exciting action packed day, full of lots of fun. We met in the lodge at 8:30 am to recap on the happenings of the week before, everyone shared their learning stories and so did Carol Coppinger. We all had a test, but once again it was FUN! Afterwards Carol, Tina, and Lee took us outside to do simulations on the seven games. Wow, I am now in LOVE with simulations and the value of them. I will be doing a lot more simulations with my students. You should have seen all of us out there playing and learning with each other, it was the funnest sight to see... I apologise for not having taken pictures but could not get any. We did separate presentations with a personal instructor, taking turns in between simulations. After we all had a go, we wrapped up with a savvy clap and had a very enjoyable lunch.

We joined up afterwards at the Corporate Office where we all had a talk again and then did a fun and different Q & A session where Carol had us ask questions and wrote them down on the board, then we all got in our tribes of 3 and had a question assigned to us. After 15 minutes of discussion, the tribes took their turns at coming up and presenting their solution... learning to be self-sufficient professionals, everyone had a great solution. We talked a bit more and then did one final savvy clap. What a great day! Day 7 is going to all be on saddle fit, which I am super excited about. We are to meet at the corporate office auditorium at 8:00 am. I will talk with you all soon, can't wait to talk! Please feel free to ask a question, I would love to answer... leaving a comment to would be great. Thanks!

2011-08-28T19:18:00.001-04:00

Simulations after test fun...

2011-08-28T19:17:00.001-04:00

Simulations after test fun...

Social Media Internet Outreach with Brett Lovins

2011-08-28T19:16:00.001-04:00

Social Media Internet Outreach with Brett Lovins

Store up in the mountain full of handcrafted vaquero tack never seen such fine

2011-08-28T19:09:00.001-04:00

Store up in the mountain full of handcrafted vaquero tack, never seen such fine craftsmanship... Wow.

2 Star Course at Parelli Colorado - Day 5

2011-08-27T23:22:00.002-04:00

Yesterday morning we started off with Carol and Ann going over tour stop and horse opportunities, then Brett Lovins came in and went over Social Media and Internet Outreach. He gave all of us great points for promoting ourselves online and reaching out to our Parelli community! I never knew that Parelli Connect could do so many things that he had shown us, it's a great tool. Carol Coppinger took the 2 stars upstairs to show us how to log our hours and how to keep track of our students, how to be savvy in every area as a Parelli Professional and if any one knows how to do that it would be Carol.

We broke for lunch then the 2 stars went to the lower barn where the externs stayed and we did some fun testing! It was a blast! Afterwards while were waiting, we all played simulations with 4 students at a time. One as the new student, one as the instructor and the other two as the students horse. WHAT a learning experience! Every instructor should do this. We came ran in the rain to the truck and drove to get some food at a local restaurant where I got some great pecan crusted mahi mahi and blue velvet cake. WOW! :) I've got today, and Sunday to catch up on office work and sleep. Looking forward to seeing you Monday!

2 Star Instructor Course at Parelli Colorado - Day 4

2011-08-26T08:18:00.003-04:00

Today consisted of classroom sessions! We hid from the outside and enjoyed time with our wonderful instructors learning away. The first of the morning was spent with our enthusiastic Carol Coppinger going over more Parelli Professional logistics and expectations. Then we were joined by Tina looking over the horsenalities, the elements of man, and how to handle different personalities as and instructor. Then we were joined by Ann Kiser, Carol Coppinger, Lee Palmer, and Tina Giordanio, where they all answered questions and revealed their own elements after we guessed at them a while! That was a blast.

We broke for lunch and then came back over to the office and joined Lee Palmer upstairs for more instructor success tips, talking about setting up a session, going through the 7 Keys to Success (Attitude, Knowledge, Tool, Techniques, Time, Imagination, and Support) to assess where the student needs first, along with the 'Fix What First' game, and the 'Lemon Game'... advancing communication when it comes to explaining the program itself and not over analyzing the student.

We made our way back to the main campus where I grabbed some dinner and did some office work and marketing here on the computer, and had the chance to catch up with my beautiful family and friends back in North Carolina. They were having an Essential Oils presentation in the lodge after dinner, which was interesting to listen to while I did my work... Zoe is really good at herbs. Pretty amazing stuff!

I look forward to updating you on Day 5's events! That will be the end of week one, one week left after that! Talk to you soon!

2011-08-25T21:33:00.001-04:00

2011-08-25T21:32:00.001-04:00

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2011-08-25T21:30:00.000-04:00

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2011-08-25T21:29:00.001-04:00

2 Star Instructor Course at Parelli Colorado - Day 3

2011-08-25T08:53:00.002-04:00

Day 3 was another great day full of learning and fun, we weren't on the usual schedule as we had simulations towards the morning and classroom in the afternoon. We started off the morning in the classroom with both the 1 and 2 star instructors, Jim Kiser, facility design and manager, taught a class on facility management and design! The concepts of keeping it simple, and keeping everything Safe, Functional, Clean, Green, and Handsome. Jim is very savvy with his job, I know to be in his position that Pat couldn't expect anything less.

After that educational class, we drove back down to the extern barn to watch a freestyle drill team demonstration, I was caught up in the music and the fun... I really missed my horse after watching all of the fun they were having! Great job Extern team! After that was complete and horses put up we made our way to the red seat builders, where saddles were rigged and Berin did a demonstration on correct weight and rein positions, along with keeping a good feel on the reins and always considering the horse first before you went on with any task. It was a lot of fun and gave you a new and great perspective on your feel. It felt very good to be in the saddle again, even though it wasn't on a real horse, I still didn't want to get off! Humphrey, a sweet friend of mine that was an intern while I was externing in Florida, was holding the reins on the simulator and coaching us, he ALWAYS makes everything fun. Thank you Humphrey, it is great seeing you again.

We made our way to lunch, and then drove back up to the Parelli Central offices where we joined Sue Shoemark, Neil Pye's wife, in the upper auditorium for a talk on the book and concepts of Tribal Leadership and Zappo's concepts of Core Values. I really enjoyed the exercises she had us do, and didn't want the session to end. Sue has a very relaxing way to present material, her teaching style is very calming and low key, and really causes the point to get across that gets the topic to sink in and simmer for a while... some presenters have a high energy, that invigorates the atmosphere but the point can be lost and forgotten easily, Sue causes you to really think about the task at hand. I am looking forward to another session with her, I hope we will have another before these 2 weeks are up.

Every Wednesday night is campfire night I do believe, so we all enjoyed fellowship and a great cookout! Pat and the whole clan was there, including Tim Sullivan, singing and serenading us all as we enjoyed our meals. After everyone ate, we all gathered around the warm fire while Tim and Pat told stories and picked away at their guitars. What a great atmosphere, fellowship and the smell of burning wood... I took a shower out back while it was still going on, and through the little window above my head I could hear the songs, the stories, and the laughter. A moment I won't forget, we are very blessed for all we have in this life. I ended my day talking with my beautiful family, the biggest blessing that I have in my life.

Today? I have no clue as to what we are doing, but I know it will be good... talk to you again soon, my friend.

Until then!... Mariah Helms

Heading out...

2011-08-24T09:39:00.001-04:00

Riding out to the classroom...

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Saddling Simulations

2011-08-24T08:48:00.001-04:00

Day 2 Saddling Simulations with Berin Macfarlane

2 Star Parelli Instructor Course - Day 2

2011-08-24T08:22:00.001-04:00

Hey guys, great to see you again!

Day two was another incredible action packed day, it went by very fast. The morning was kicked off by Carol Coppinger warming up the big group with her contageous smile! Followede by Hillary Rose, wife of Protege, Ryan Rose, talking about all of the important details of the Parelli Audition process for instructors and thier students. Ann Kiser and the whole group hunkered down to review the legal side of Parelli Professionalism and also the exciting pathways we can take in order to become the be "We" we can be. Parelli isn't about the individuals, it's about the team. We are not only being the best "Me" I can be, but also the best 'We' we can be. The Parelli Team.

After that session was over, the two stars went upstairs to another class room while the one stars stayed downstairs where we both could have our own Q & A sessions. The 2 stars were blessed enought to have Lee Palmer, Carol Coppinger, Neil Pye, and Mark Weiler present in the room. After that electifying session we all broke out to a well prepared lunch here on the main Parelli campus in the Lodge, then hiked our way up the hill(s!) to the Extern Barn where the 1 stars did simulations with 22 ft lines and carrot sticks with Carol and Lee in the large arena and the 2 stars spent the rest of the afternoon focusing on saddling savvy with 4 star Parelli Professional, Berin Mcfarlane, he was the head of our externship in Florida this spring and is a head of the courses, the extern program, and the intern program.

It was great to see him and enjoyed his teaching once again, thank you Berin! I woke up today early this morning so I could spend some time with you all, the lodge is very peaceful in the "wee" hours of the morning but it doesn't take long for it to start hustling and bustling once again. Today is going to be a great day, I am looking forward to learning even more... see you soon!

Naturally Yours,

Mariah Helms
1 Star Junior Parelli Instructor
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2011-08-23T21:27:00.001-04:00

2011-08-23T21:26:00.001-04:00

Lunch on Day 2

2011-08-23T15:59:00.001-04:00

Lunch on Day 2

2011-08-23T15:58:00.001-04:00

Simulations

2011-08-23T15:57:00.000-04:00

Flying change simulations day one afternoon.

2011-08-23T15:56:00.001-04:00

2 Star Instructor Course at Parelli Central in Pagosa Springs, Colorado - Day 1

2011-08-22T23:12:00.001-04:00

Hello my faithful Parelli friends,

I have to apologize for not having updated much lately in words, this summer has been the most life changing I have had yet... and it is all for the better. Parelli has been the air I have breathed since I was fourteen years old, it has been the most important thing in my life. Lots has happened in my family and myself, including my mother and her back injury, it has all been very good with my mother's back as an exception. She still needs a lot of prayers, and I want to send a thank you to all of you that have been keeping her in your prayers. The biggest change in myself this summer is the learning of confidence in myself and switching my priorities around, my life is about God, my Family and then Parelli. My family has needed me, so I haven't had much time to do anything but teach and help the family. I haven't had a ton of progression with Sundance, and I do miss being with him but I do not regret any part of the past couple of months... the rewards of a happy family and the love we share could not replace any achievement I could get with a horse.

But thank goodness I have had the surprising opportunity of being able to come to Colorado for 3 weeks, I only found out on Friday and my plane left early Sunday morning. I flew into Dallas, Texas and then to Durango, Colorado then made my way to the Parelli Center. I had a great warm welcome, I am staying in a cabin here on campus. The place here is beautiful, I know the pictures do not do it justice but I hope you can get a little glimpse of what it looks like... I have never been to Colorado but I have to say this is the most beautiful place I have been to and I know I will enjoy being with my Parelli family. I have missed them, it's great to see everyone again. I will be staying for the Instructor Conference which is September 7-8, 2011 and the big Parelli Summit, September 9-11, 2011. I will be flying back home on the 12th and then Jesse Peters is coming back to Whitts End Farm in York, South Carolina in October and Sundance and I will be staying a couple of weeks there learning which will be very nice since I have had NO instructor time being that there seems to be NO 3 stars + available within learning distance for me. I am okay with that, because I know God has set this time apart for me to support my family, I wasn't supposed to be doing anything else, and now the doors are opening back up which I am VERY thankful for... I have really missed Parelli.

Sadly I do not have my notes from today, I left them a grueling hike back up to the cabin and it's getting bedtime... I need to get to sleep so I will be perky and savvy tomorrow. I will do my best though to share the notes with you tomorrow and more pictures I captured this afternoon. I will inform you of the happenings today though! We started class at 8:00 am where they did their normal good ol' Parelli greeting to the new clan and then had a special speaker come and update us on the newest future of Parelli, Tina Giordanio did a presentation on Speaking and Presenting, which I got 4 pages of notes on and absolutely adored. Carol Coppinger is heading all of these events of and talking through and adding her wonderful commentary when she can, she has a wonderful brilliant mind. We broke for lunch and got to catch up with old friends, then headed to the extern barn to do simulations with rein positions and 45 foot lines with Carol Coppinger and Lee Palmer... it was a blast to say the least, thank you for the joyful afternoon Ladies. We had dinner, Sarah Berg is here too, we didn't plan it that way but it happened and we are here together and ironic of all things in a cabin, just the two of us together. Thank YOU! It is great to see her again! Our other bunk mate from the Florida Externship will be here the last week for the conference and summit, Zoe Thorrez, I am very excited to see you also.

I hope I am back in the game at least a little bit now, who knows what life will every throw at you? Keep sticking with me please, I would love to hear your comments here on my blog to know your still watching! Sounds like I will see you guys tomorrow, goodnight my friends.

Sincerely and Naturally Yours.... Mariah Helms

More Pictures

2011-08-22T16:03:00.001-04:00

Volleyball in the student arena and the corporate office...

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Lodge View

2011-08-22T16:01:00.001-04:00

Lodge and view from lodge...

Scenery in Colorado

2011-08-22T15:57:00.001-04:00

Scenery in Colorado

Flying to Colorado

2011-08-22T15:54:00.001-04:00

Flying to Pagosa Springs Colorado Parelli Campus

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Flying to Pagosa Springs Colorado

2011-08-18T12:56:00.001-04:00

Flying to Pagosa Springs Colorado Parelli campus this Sunday to take 2 week 2 star Instructor course! :)

2011-08-17T17:58:00.003-04:00

2011-08-17T17:58:00.001-04:00

Pause

2011-08-17T17:41:00.001-04:00

Pausing on a trail lesson...

Lessons of the Day

2011-08-16T15:15:00.001-04:00

Finishing a lesson with a student from South Carolina and being watched by our silly pooches... Taught a lesson in Marshville this morning also, beautiful weather!

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Audition Filming

2011-08-13T17:46:00.001-04:00

Filming a Level 2 audition in Monroe, North Carolina with a human partner of a Left Brained Introvert and a horse partner of a Right Brained Extrovert...

On way back to Charlotte picking up plane ticket.

2011-08-10T15:32:00.001-04:00

On way back to Charlotte, picking up plane ticket.

Visiting Washington D.C.

2011-08-10T15:31:00.001-04:00

Visiting Washington D.C.

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Teaching in Virginia

2011-08-10T15:29:00.001-04:00

Teaching in Virginia

On way to Virginia to spread the word of Parelli...

2011-08-04T11:02:00.001-04:00

On way to Virginia to spread the word of Parelli...

Online Lesson in the Morning

2011-08-02T13:24:00.001-04:00

Level 2 Online lesson with a quarter horse gelding in Marshville, North Carolina. Maurice, napping in the barn.

Friends on the trail...

2011-08-01T15:15:00.001-04:00

Friends on the trail...

Riding Sundance and Reina

2011-07-30T18:57:00.001-04:00

Riding Sundance and Reina

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Haflinger mare in Fort Mill SC after a lesson.

2011-07-30T10:51:00.001-04:00

Haflinger mare in Fort Mill, SC after a lesson.

2011-07-28T13:27:00.000-04:00

Freestyle and Finesse Fanatics

2011-07-23T16:42:00.001-04:00

Freestyle and finesse pattern work with Reina and Bebe.

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On the Road Again

2011-07-23T16:40:00.001-04:00

On way to Gastonia, with faith! Mountain overlooking equine facility.

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Wooden Paradise

2011-07-23T16:38:00.001-04:00

Beautiful wooden barn at new clients facility.

2011-07-23T16:36:00.001-04:00

Beautiful wooden barn at new clients facility.

Contact Concepts with Christian

2011-07-22T12:21:00.001-04:00

Christian and Reina, his rescue horse from the Parelli Lakeland Celebration, are playing with contact out in an open marked field.

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Friesan Fun

2011-07-22T11:09:00.001-04:00

Willow, beautiful 4 yr friesan mare, playing during an online lesson with her human partner, Carla in Indian Trail, North Carolina.

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Full Field Play

2011-07-22T11:05:00.001-04:00

Playing at liberty out in field...

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Graveside Trailride

2011-07-22T11:04:00.001-04:00

Good horses doing a wonderful job, proud partners.

Parelli Connect Updates

2011-07-20T15:09:00.001-04:00

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Modern Bride "Reina", (Freestyle, 60 mins) Trail riding, working on confidence, subtlety and bringing up contact.... advancing commuication to where I can ask her to go to certain head sets, working on confidence and relaxation.. coming along great.

Wed 20 Jul 2011 at 03:04PM

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (On Line, 60 mins) Advancing skills of 45 foot line... long line driving at end of 45 foot line at all gaits. Hooked up lines and did long line driving working on starting to get flying lead changes, he is really using himself and carrying himself... more

Wed 20 Jul 2011 at 03:01PM

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1 Star Parelli Instructor Trainee
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Trimming Aamira's feet.

2011-07-18T17:50:00.001-04:00

Trimming Aamira's feet.

New Visitors Curiosity Heat and Busy Bodies

2011-07-11T20:24:00.001-04:00

Horses lined up at gate looking at clients horses. Clients horses munching on dinner! YUM! Happy with Fabio, about to play at Liberty to end our busy and hot sweaty day! Tomorrow will be busier and hotter, 100 degrees with tons of humidity and lots of clients. Thank you to our God above for all the blessings we have and often so selfishly take for granted.

2011-06-30T14:04:00.001-04:00

Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, June 28, 29 & 30, 2011

2011-06-27T18:44:00.001-04:00

Updates from Parelli Connect

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Jannah "Aamira", (Liberty, 120 mins) 2 hours of trail riding with Sundance, Reina, and Bebe along the countryside at liberty.

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Both Eyes On Me "Bebe", (Freestyle, 120 mins) 2 hours of trail riding with Sundane, Reina, and Aamira along the country side.

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Modern Bride "Reina", (Freestyle, 120 mins) 2 Hours of trail riding with Sundance, Bebe, and Aamria along the countryside.

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Freestyle, 120 mins) 2 hour trail ride with Reina, Bebe, and Aamira running loose along the countryside.

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Freestyle, 120 mins) 2 hour trail ride on country side with student with us on Bebe.

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Jannah "Aamira", (On Line, 90 mins) Long intense trial ride on country side, galloping etc. ponied beside Sundance.

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Freestyle, 90 mins) Long intense trial ride on country side, galloping etc. Aamira ponied beside.

Saturday, June 26, 2011

2011-06-25T20:54:00.001-04:00

Updates from Parelli Connect

Taught lessons this morning in Monroe and rode horses this afternoon, was blessed enough to spend time with family by going to the movies and we had great training weather this afternoon with great success in our sessions.

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Both Eyes On Me "Bebe", (Finesse, 30 mins) Rode in bosal playing with a milion transitions, sensitivity to seat, game of contact and reining training techniques.

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Modern Bride "Reina", (Finesse, 45 mins) Rode in bosal playing with a milion transitions, sensitivity to seat, game of contact and reining training techniques.

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Modern Bride "Reina", (Freestyle, 30 mins) Freestyle out on trail playing with rhythm and relaxation.

2011-06-25T20:06:00.001-04:00

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Rythm Relaxation and Contact

2011-06-25T19:59:00.001-04:00

Riding Reina out after a session on the topic of the Game of Contact... Promoting rhythm and relaxation for this right brained extrovert off the track.

Teaching On Line and brother riding friends horse...

2011-06-25T09:59:00.001-04:00

Teaching On Line and brother riding friends horse...

Friday, June 24, 2011

2011-06-24T17:19:00.001-04:00

Updates from Parelli Connect

It has been a beautiful day, went to Marshville to teach a lesson. Came home and taught a lesson here at home and will be teaching lessons in Monroe in the morning earlier when it's much cooler! I have the rest of the day off to relax, do some office work, and spend time with family.

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Modern Bride "Reina", (Finesse, 90 mins) “Rode in bit playing with the concept of the game of contact and promoting relaxation in the saddle... starting to become a pleasure to ride, pleased with progress.”

Teaching a lesson this beautiful morning...

2011-06-24T13:41:00.001-04:00

Teaching a lesson this beautiful morning...

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Taking a walk with the whole family...

2011-06-23T19:47:00.001-04:00

Taking a walk with the whole family...

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 and Thursday, June 23, 2011 - Progress with Sundance and Bebe

2011-06-23T16:37:00.004-04:00

Hello Friends!

These were posted on Parelli Connect (http://www.ParelliConnect.com/)...

SUNDANCE

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Finesse, 60 mins) Played rode him for the first time playing with our basics in reining and parelli patterns to see how his back has come back. Very happy!

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Freestyle, 120 mins) Riding freestyle with fellow friends and applying our principles, in B3 Shank.

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio (On Line, 60 mins) Chiropractor came Monday and FIXED Sundance's back! So I have a horse now! I got back from Virginia late last night and played with Sundance on the 45 foot line. Played with long line driving with one line, out to the end of the 45 foot line... very impressed with his sensitivity and eagerness, he amazes me. Tested his flying changes out on the 45 foot line, he was a totally different horse. He came up to a gallop and flew around and stretched out, got every flying change perfect every time. Extremely pleased with his progress and changes, thank goodness we found the problem and can fix it now. Also played at liberty with small and large circles at trot, canter, and back up in huge open field that leads to the barn. VERY happy with his energy and his stick. Thank you Sundance, it's great to have my dancing partner back.

BEBE

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Both Eyes On Me "Bebe", (Finesse, 45 mins) Took up flexion in bosal and did the same patterns as I went over in freestyle, did some reining patterns. His canter is making leaps of improvement, he is very athletic and a joy to ride. Getting halt to canter to halt within 3 strides, getting less.... very nice to feel.

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Both Eyes On Me "Bebe", (Freestyle, 30 mins) Played freestyle to get some consistency in reactions and gaits, follow the rail, million transitions and figure eights in bosal.

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Both Eyes On Me "Bebe", (On Line, 120 mins) He helped me teach lessons today, good boy. Played On Line for Liberty preparation, getting a better and better draw each time.

Looking for Parelli Professionals to study with in the southern parts of North Carolina, please email parellilessons@hotmail.com if you could be of any help.

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Mariah Helms