Gia - session 330 - dressage, transitions, no stirrups!

 Gia and I had a lesson with Suzin today.  We worked a lot on fine tuning the transitions between walk, trot, collecting and lengthening.  We also worked a bit on fine tuning some bending and counterbending.  She was a bit resistant in the up transitions, especially, so Suzin had me ride without stirrups to work on keeping my leg on her more consistently.  I could feel Gia give me a MUCH better trot, and much better transitions as a result!  We will definitely be doing more no-stirrup work!

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