Monday, May 23, 2011

Infinite Adventures Ahead

Since the last time I posted, my family and I had the chance to go spend some personal time with Marc and Donna and drop by the Parelli center in Florida to visit my Parelli family. It was wonderful! Everyone except for 5 Parelli employees have transferred up to Colorado. They went to the Colt Start that Pat hosted in Texas then moved then there on to Colorado. A couple of weeks later the rest of the mastery students that stayed behind made their way up.

I have been busy here at home helping my family, running the farm, teaching wonderful students and fervently working with my horses. Such a wonderful job! I have been working with Sundance, Bebe, and Reina. I am trying to get a schedule going to where I play with Aamira too during the day and spacing things out wisely. I always have to remember that family comes first, then horses. When horses are gone, all you have left are your family and friends. Love, language, and leadership in equal doses. I must always keep that in mind.

My goal is to ride and play with all four horses every day until I leave for the internship in October. It is so hard to believe just how much Sundance has progressed since we have left for the internship, we must send in our Level 4 freestyle tape with a flying change in it and we will pass. It is a prerequisite now for all that want to enter into internship, to have Online, Freestyle, and Liberty up to Level 4. I plan on sending in Freestyle and Finesse before I return, I have my fingers crossed.

I got a couple of gorgeous flying changes today, roll backs, spins, and slides. His gaits have totally changed and it seems his mindset is totally different, it's amazing what finesse can do to a horse. I am extremely impressed by him and thankful for all I have learned through the externship and through Marc. I know I will be learning from the concepts I have been taught for the rest of the summer, and all four of my horses will teach me so much because of being just WHO they are!

I have recently been playing with multiple horses at liberty, HOW FUN! We have just started, and I have a feeling if I keep developing them separate and then put them together and have them act like a herd together and see me as their leader... all I can say is that I feel very privileged to have this opportunity. I can't wait to learn more from them!

This weekend I will be in Wilmington, North Carolina, teaching private lessons to all who are interested. Please email me at mariahhelms@hotmail.com if you are interested and are in or close to Wilmington. I am teaching under my fifty free hours, come get them while they last! In June I should be visiting a couple of barns in Virginia and New Jersey, if you are in those areas and interested please email me.

Please join me on Parelli Connect where I log my sessions and whereabouts everyday! You don't want to miss out on the progress. Here is a sample from the past couple of days...

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee said Played in all four savvies with Sundance, Bebe, and Reina… from 2 to 6:00 pm. Learned a lot., feels good to be out of heat. Thank you my partners, thank you for teaching me.

Mon 23 May 2011 at 10:19PM

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Finesse, 30 mins) Played with and got very nice roll backs, spins and slides… starting to get some beautiful flying changes… very ecstatic!

Mon 23 May 2011 at 10:18PM

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Freestyle, 30 mins) Transitions, change of directions, head down and stopping on hindquarters… listening to seat…

Mon 23 May 2011 at 10:17PM

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Liberty, 15 mins) Played with long line driving, thinking backwards and close contact circles, also thinking backwards…

Mon 23 May 2011 at 10:17PM

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Liberty, 60 mins) Playing with 3 horses at liberty at same time, did excellent… proud Mariah…

Mon 23 May 2011 at 10:16PM

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Modern Bride "Reina", (Finesse, 15 mins) In bosal, transitions…

Mon 23 May 2011 at 10:16PM

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Modern Bride "Reina", (On Line, 30 mins) Getting her yo-yo better on 45 foot line and calmness…

Mon 23 May 2011 at 10:15PM

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Modern Bride "Reina", (Liberty, 60 mins) Played with 3 horses at once at liberty in round corral, Sundance and Bebe used to this but not her… spent time getting her comfortable and functioning.

Mon 23 May 2011 at 10:15PM

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Both Eyes On Me "Bebe", (Finesse, 30 mins) Upward and downward transitions with contact on the bosal, learning how to carry himself correctly.

Mon 23 May 2011 at 10:13PM

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Both Eyes On Me "Bebe", (Freestyle, 15 mins) Riding in bosal, warming up with transitions… getting his feet where they need to be at each gait..

Mon 23 May 2011 at 10:12PM

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Both Eyes On Me "Bebe", (On Line, 30 mins) Back, sideways and downward/upward transitions on 45 foot line… at the end of the 45 foot line…

Mon 23 May 2011 at 10:11PM

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Both Eyes On Me "Bebe", (Liberty, 45 mins) Played at liberty with 3 horses together, Bebe was in that group… very proud! great start….

Mon 23 May 2011 at 10:10PM

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee to Tatiana Angeline Keep it up girl! Have fun at Disney!

Mon 23 May 2011 at 02:57PM

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Both Eyes On Me "Bebe", (Freestyle, 60 mins) Helped teach regular horse riding lessons to kids…

Mon 23 May 2011 at 02:56PM

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Both Eyes On Me "Bebe", (Freestyle, 60 mins) Helped teach regular horse riding lessons to kids…

Mon 23 May 2011 at 02:56PM

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Both Eyes On Me "Bebe", (Liberty, 60 mins) Student played with him at liberty…

Mon 23 May 2011 at 02:55PM

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Both Eyes On Me "Bebe", (On Line, 90 mins) Student worked on Level 3/4 online concepts…

Mon 23 May 2011 at 02:55PM

Bethanie Lewis Bethanie Lewis I love that horse, he teaches me so much every time i play with him!

Mon 23 May 2011 at 07:54PM

Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee He’s pretty cool, huh? Teaches me too, you did awesome with him.

Mon 23 May 2011 at 10:20PM Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee Mariah Helms 1* Parelli Instructor Trainee with Salty's "Sundance" AKA Fabio, (Freestyle, 60 mins) Working with students from horseback and demonstrating…

Mon 23 May 2011 at 02:54 pm

 

Feel free to leave a comment, ask a question, or shoot me an email at mariahhelms@hotmail.com.

Thank you!

Mariah Helms

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Keep Updated on Parelli Connect

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Keep track of your progress with your horse, be provided with your horses next steps, free training videos and stay in touch with people in your area on the same journey. I update every session I have with my horses on Parelli Connect every single day, so I can see the progress and so you can too! Here is a sample of what was updated on my page on Parelli Connect today…

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Hope to see you there! Send me a message so we can start connecting.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Logging our Sessions on Parelli Connect

Hello Friends! I will be on Parelli Connect every day logging Sundance's progress, I will write down every savvy and every task we do within that savvy. So if you would like to see the behind-the-scene's work, log-on to http://www.parelliconnect.com/ for free as a current Savvy Club member or for a FREE 30-day trial as a non-member. You can look me up as "MARIAH HELMS". Add me as a friend and shoot me a message so I can know you came! I would love to talk with you there. If you have any questions, please ask!

See you there!

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Visitors from South Carolina

Sarah and her sister, Sam, along with her horses Savannah and Max came to our home 2 days ago to spend a couple of days learning from each other. Sarah is my best friend that I had the pleasure of taking the fast track and externship with. I am so glad she came! I missed her very much. She was studying with Kelly Sigler for 2 weeks and then heading back to Massechusets, so she is on the road right now going back up north! We both had a very wonderful and inspiring time. Here is her blog at http://www.sarah-berg.blogspot.com/. Take a look!

I am available to teach lessons as a 1 star junior instructor, email me at mariahhelms@hotmail.com if you would like some free lessons online levels one through three.