He explained that I was riding without purpose or direction. Up to that point I had been demanding that she go, but not giving her any place to go. He pointed out that the whole time I was hitting her with the reins and kicking her in the sides to try to get her to move faster, I was also staring straight at her head. By looking at her instead of where I wanted to go, I wasn’t giving her any direction. Her perception was that I had left the direction up to her, and seeing as how Mother Nature geared her to save as much energy as possible throughout the day, she took it upon herself to do what
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