AWESOME lesson!!

Yesterday I had an awesome lesson. It was really hot so Linnea wasn't going to push either me or Red too much. We worked on some flatwork and jumping stuff. But it was about my position. She had me arch my back and close my hip angle a little more and she was like "YES!!! You've got it!!!!" She was soooo excited. She was also like "Look at how light yours hands are! They're not pulling on him at all!" I'm now realizing that I don't need to hold my breath. I'm not as scared as I used to be but still I do hold me breath. We've found that the faster I go or the more I do at one time, the more I hold my breath. Linnea is trying to help me with that. I'm starting breathe more easily when I ride but it's still really hard. At my lessons people generally hear "Christen, take a breath." Linnea reminds me as I go that I need to take a breath. Yesterday she had me practicing my sitting trot, which I haven't really done in forever, and made me talk to her as I went. We were gonna work on my canter but we ran out of time cause it took me so long to get ready. But I think we're going to do some more flatwork at my next lesson. I think it's funny cause I usually HATE flatwork. But... I thought that lesson was really fun. Maybe cause it actually felt like I was doing it right? I don't know. Oh well. i got to go. I'm on my parents computer cause mine is being stupid and the wireless router is not working. Grrrrr. And i'm not sure if it's fully my adapter or if it's my computer. I kinda want the macbook pro......