Jane Pike - Anxiety, Fear & Emotional Flow

When it comes to emotions, most of us have a pretty clear idea about the ones we want to experience and the ones we want to avoid, no more so than when it comes to negotiating fear and anxiety in the saddle. Without the necessary skills to deal effectively with difficult or uncomfortable emotions, we find ourselves suppressing or denying what we feel in an effort to cultivate a false sense of confidence or bravado when working with our horses. 

In this session, we talk about how to successfully work with anxiety and fear in a way that keeps us in flow with our emotions and allows us to appreciate them as a means of communication that ultimately works to our highest benefit. We discuss the ways and means to be kind with your mind, the motivating questions behind your emotions, and a specific process for dealing with anticipation anxiety both in and out of the saddle.

Because of the horse, I have been gifted with insight and self-reflection. They’ve given me the courage to dig deeper than is comfortable, stretch further than I thought I was able, and experience a connectedness and joy that has the capacity to completely fill my present moment. I consider horses to be my life practice.

As an Equestrian Mindset Coach, Jane works with riders all over the world, assisting them in developing the mindset and mental skills to increase confidence, soften self-doubt, and work with an effective strategy to allow them to get the best out of themselves and their horses. Her approach is practical and achievable, providing a replicable process that allows riders to harness their mindset and develop the mental strength and agility to be effective and compassionate riders, competitors, trainers and horse people.

Jane currently runs and coaches JoyRide, her online membership program, as well as working with riders 1:1 through her business, Confident Rider. Her articles have been featured in magazines internationally and she enjoys coaching a wide array of riders from recreational riders through to World Equestrian Games Competitors.