This revelation into horsemanship training was taught to me on the dance room floor.

Learning to dance can really help you understand the aspects of good leadership, feel, partnership and generally how to work with your equine dance partner.  It is really quite incredible, because although one may have rhythm or be familiar with musical timing and so on, getting the two together is quite something else - especially when you add another person into the equation like your dance partner.  What I discovered is that this is even more difficult when you are used to being the leader which I work hard at being for my horses.  Due to this, I actually make a really bad dance partner! I tend to get resistant to the feel - especially if the person trying to give the feel is lacking in confidence. It makes me want to lean into the pressure and take over rather than being led.  It's fascinating actually because it's really useful information for me.  It teaches me that I need to let go more and go with the flow and rhythm.  Learning to dance is helping me to learn to try to follow a feel myself - but this is of course so much easier when the person who you are dancing with is confident and just knows exactly where to push or add pressure at exactly the right moment.