Gia- session 614 - flatwork at CDP

 I took Gia to CDP today for a lesson with Charlie.  The rings were too flooded to jump, so we worked on her flatwork out in a field near the road.  I started by letting her relax and look around at the walk, with not much pressure to actually work.  As she started to settle, I started to ask her for a figure 8, bending and leg yielding appropriately on the circles.  Then at the trot, we did the same thing.  

Once she was warmed up, Charlie had us work on a haunches-in type exercise where I keep her slightly bent to the outside and leg yield down the rail, getting her to put her haunches more to the inside and under her body.  We worked on that at the walk and trot, and then straightened to ask for a canter transition.  She was very good to the left.  When she picked up the canter, I kept her on a circle and let her find her balance, going back to the haunches exercise when she broke to trot.  To the right, it was harder for her to pick up the canter because her shoulders kept falling to the inside.  She did get one good one though, and I kept her on a circle to help her get her balance.