Janelle, also known as the Equestrian Motion Coach, is a strength and performance coach inspiring equestrians to move better both on the ground and in the saddle.

This interview was recorded way back in March of this year (2024). Listening to it again, it was re-inspiring to hear Janelle’s perspective on balancing and aligning our bodies for our own sake, and our horses. Especially now, as I’m currently 9 months pregnant at the time of this episode being published, I’m learning again in a whole new way how the importance of a daily movement routine is so essential. Movement is life, perhaps even more so for horses than ourselves. So, if we aren’t already prioritizing balanced movement in our lives, it’s high time we start!

In this interview we talk about:

+ Why all riders are athletes, regardless of how they feel about it because they’re a teammate to their horse

+ How Janelle began connecting her studies of Kinesiology and biomechanics of humans to horses

+ How body awareness is the missing piece for many riders

+ How to motivate yourself to prioritize a movement practice (and even be able to do it in your jeans)

+ Why breathing mechanics are essential in your movement practice and how it will change your life

+ Ways we can become more aware of the core muscles and how to use them more effectively

+ Training our bodies to be strong and balanced so that we are better able to ride through any trip or unexpected movement our horse makes

+ The mind-body connection, and how we need to have both our physical and mental game strong to perform our best

Resources

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Check out the transcript for this episode, ‘Body Awareness and Balanced Movement with Janelle Cameron’ on the blog.

This episode’s bonus for Herd Members is access to the full behind-the-scenes post, ‘Turning Pain Into Purpose, Part Two’ which elaborates on ways we can both prevent pain and restore vitality through care strategies, and explores pain through an Ayurvedic lens.

Links from this episode:

The Motion Coach

The Motion Coach on Instagram

The Motion Coach on FaceBook

Wild Willing Therapeutics & Training

Wild Willing on Instagram

The Herd Membership

Podcast cover photo by Tricia Mogensen