We worked on transitions today; stand-walk, walk-trot, and... she is so frieking smart. I felt particularly grounded while I was with her. She grounds me, I always feel better when I leave than on my way there.

Our transitions are... getting there. By the end of 30 minutes, her head was not jumping up and she wasn't leaping off my leg. She was very calmly and easily transitioning up, quietly transitioning down. I think it could be because I was so grounded, so... quiet in my mind that she could feel it and reciprocate.

Maybe I'll meditate before I ride tomorrow.

We also cantered, quietly and mostly calmly, in and around jumps, doing circles, random patterns, in an effort to 1) stay away from Lori's lesson and 2) keep occupied while cantering one-half of the arena. Yup, she was a good girl.