Tanja Mitton Equestrian Success And Mindset

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Tanja Mitton Equestrian Success And Mindset

Dressage mindset coach
On-horse lessons focusing on position,
influence & clarity
Where mindset and riding meet
Roadmap to Dressage Success

Tanja Mitton Equestrian Success & Mindset is unique, as we educate riders to understand how mindset and position influence horse and rider. Our team’s background and hands on experience is in Veterinary, Chiropractic, Neuro-Linguistics Programming, International Coaching Accreditation and International Competition. A holistic combination to help humans and horses unlock full potential. This busine

ss has been designed to help any level rider/coach from beginner to professional achieve their ultimate level of success, through feeling more confident, empowered and in control as a rider/coach. We are currently active throughout Equestrian Australian, and Pony Club Australia. Our expertise, international experience/accreditation and the internet, enable our services to be offered World Wide. Tanja Mitton ESM offer many tools that help you achieve success including: online coaching videos, one on one phone/skype coaching sessions, one & two day clinics across Australia, books, DVDS, and in person coaching. Tanja Mitton ESM offer products and services to suit riders of all capabilities, geographical locations, budgets, and personal requirements.

08/06/2026

Mindset matters

I have been coaching riders for almost 30 years (that makes me feel rather old) and one thing I have always been very passionate about it the mindset training. Horses have tough me so much, they have helped me grow and they have certainly stretched me. They have also helped me to understand myself better.

Our mind is so powerful and I have seen incredible things over the years.

Never forget that your horse is your mirror, they see into your sole and feel every single one of your breaths.

Mindset matters because it is the stories we tell ourselves that drive the actions of our bodies.

When our mind doubts, our bodies hesitate.

When our mind cheers, our bodies expand.

There is no hiding, no pretending.

Work on strengthening your mind and your body with move more lightly.

06/06/2026

The way we treat ourselves matters more than we often realise.

When we soften our inner voice — when we choose kindness toward ourselves and those around us — that energy flows directly into our time with our horses. They feel it. They respond to it. They relax into it.

This isn't just about riding. It's about how we show up every day.
Be gentle with yourself. Your horse is watching. 🐴🤍

Tell me below — has your horse ever reflected your mood back at you? I'd love to hear your story.

05/06/2026

Believing is achieving

Some riders just achieve their goals no matter what. It might not be a straight route forward but somehow; they always seem to get there.

That is not a coincident or luck, it is an unwavering belief.

Belief is not a knowing what the outcome is.

Belief is a kind of trust that can’t be put into words.
Most importantly, belief cannot be felt by others and therefore it is sometimes hard to convince someone else of the belief you have.

Can others break our own belief?

Yes, I belief so. That’s why it is so important to protect, shield and nurture your beliefs. You must keep them safe.

Staying within your tribe, your circle of trusted friends helps to protect your beliefs. Choose wisely who you share your thoughts and feelings with because the right people will encourage and support you while the wrong people with criticise and sabotage you.

04/06/2026

The Roadmap to Dressage Success

When the lesson doesn't feel like progress

'The quiet work nobody sees.'

Not every ride ends with a breakthrough. Some end with mud on your boots, a stiff back, and the quiet feeling that you've gone backwards.

Training has a way of humbling you on purpose. One day the half-pass is there — fluid, willing, almost easy. Next, your horse feels like a completely different animal. The connection is gone. Your aids feel clumsy. Nothing is working the way it did last week.

And the mind starts to spiral. Did I undo something? Am I making it worse? Should I go back to basics?

This is the part of equestrian sport that no one photographs.
The plateau is not a setback. It is the ground being laid for everything that comes next.

What we sometimes call a regression is often the horse — and the rider — absorbing something new. The nervous system is catching up. Old tension unravelling before the new way of going is fully established. It does not look like progress. It rarely feels like it.
But it is doing its work underneath.

The riders who endure in this sport are not the ones who get it fastest. They are the ones who keep showing up on the difficult days, with patience rather than panic, trusting that the quiet lessons are building something real — even when they cannot yet see it.
Your consistency is the training. Your willingness to return
tomorrow, even after today fell apart, is what makes the difference in the end.

"Are you measuring progress in days — or in months?"

Zoom out. Trust the process. The horse is listening more than you know.

I'd love to hear what your most humbling lesson taught you — share below. 👇🐴

03/06/2026

Coaches, we can’t do without them

Why are coaches so important.

I get asked this question a lot. We know why riding coaches are so necessary to our success. Because they can see things from the ground we as riders can’t see. We also tap into the experience of a coach who can ‘ride’ the horse from the ground. Meaning they tell us as riders what to do, where to place our aids and what exercise to use to help the horse to become softer, more supple and stronger. They virtually ride the horse through us.

As a mindset coach I like to explain it this way.

Think of a theatre, where the coach is sitting in the gallery watching the play that you play the leading act.

The ‘spectator’ can see far more easily where the play has started, how the different players interact with each other and where it will end if the story stays the same.

As a coach I hold the remote, and I can press pause from time to time, bring the actor out and let them sit in the gallery next to me while I press replay.

It’s like the old saying “You can’t see the forest for the trees”, when you are in the play it’s hard to see what is going on. You need to be removed from time to time so you can look from the outside in.

02/06/2026

The Roadmap to Dressage Success, continues…

The most beautiful dressage doesn't come from forcing a picture. It comes from a conversation between horse and rider that has been practiced so quietly and so consistently that it looks effortless from the outside.

'The pressure of looking perfect.'

Dressage is a sport of precision and elegance. And somewhere along the way, many riders confuse precision with perfection. They become so focused on how the ride looks that they forget how the ride feels.

And your horse feels that too.

When you enter the arena chasing a perfect test, your body tightens. Your aids become demands. And the very quality that dressage is built on — harmony — disappears.

Have you ever had a ride that scored lower than expected, yet felt more honest than anything before it?

That feeling is trying to tell you something.

The most beautiful dressage doesn't come from forcing a picture. It comes from a conversation between horse and rider that has been practiced so quietly and so consistently that it looks effortless from the outside.

That is what we are truly working toward.

So I ask —

"Are you riding for the judge, or are you riding for the horse?"

It is worth sitting with that question. Because the answer will shape not just your next test, but your entire journey in this sport.
We are not here to perform. We are here to connect.

Now I'd love to hear from you — share yours. 👇🐴

01/06/2026

Be careful what you say

The other day I caught myself saying: “I am not going to procrastinate anymore.”

I really meant it. I was not going to procrastinate anymore, I had enough. The more I thought about it the more I stopped, I paused, I got distracted, I found myself sitting on the couch and cuddling Barnaby.

What the ……

When there is something that I find difficult, yes, you guessed it, I procrastinate.

When I don’t know how to do something, yes, I do the same. Procrastinate.

When I am unsure and don’t feel confident…. Well, you know what happens.

And the more I told myself that I would NOT procrastinate, yes, you guessed it. I began to PROCRASTINATE.

Here is the thing:

The mind does not recognise the words
NOT
DON’T
WON’T
The mind focuses on the keywords we use.

What’s my keyword?
PROCRASTINATION

I had to give myself a bit of a talking to.

So, from now on I focus on ACTION, on being PRODUCTIVE and on SUCCESS.

Now that feels much better. ☺

30/05/2026

Every ride is a mirror. 🐎 Your horse is always communicating — are you listening? The more we tune in, the more we discover about ourselves. That's the true magic of this journey. 💛

What's the biggest lesson your horse has ever taught you? Share it below! 👇✨

29/05/2026

Do what you say and say what you do

I must admit something that I have spent a great deal of time pondering about. I often find myself saying things, like:

“I am going to start running so I can improve my cardio fitness.”

“Taking the horses out on regular trail rides would be so good for them.”

“I am going to dedicate more time to reading and learning.”

When I think of it, I have a lot of great ideas, and I declare to myself and others what I am going to do and how beneficial it will be.

Now I am going to be very honest here when I have to admit that I don’t always do what I say I am going to do.

And it bothers me.

I have been thinking about this a lot.

Infect I find it quite frightening how easy it is to give up on good plans.

It is far more easy to continue with the same old behaviour even after we made the decision to change.

It is never the lack of desiring change but rather the discipline on following through.

Making changes is hard. It requires effort and consciousness. When I am half asleep, I tend to fall into my old habits.

“Oh, I am a bit tired, I’ll start running tomorrow.”

“It’s too much effort and will take too long to put the horses on the truck and go out for a ride.”

“I just want to sit down and turn my brain off. I wonder what’s on TV tonight.”

Hmm, interesting…..

Have you ever struggled with following through? I would love to hear it.

28/05/2026

Roadmap to Dressage Success, the online course continues….

If we stay with goals for a little longer, I want to talk about something else.

‘The cost you pay for not achieving your goals.’

When I say cost, I don’t talk about money. Often, we are worried about the money we spend, and we feel we need to show achievements and results to justify the money and the time we spent. I get that, but let’s not talk about that.

I want to talk about the emotional cost, the price of regret that you have to pay. It might not be immediately but as with all regret, it finds you at some point.

Have you ever noticed that regrets come when time is running out.
By the time regret enters your thoughts it is often too late or at best, achieving your goal is more difficult than it was before.
That’s the cost I am talking about.

So, we openly discuss this in the course.

“What will the cost be if you don’t follow through?” I ask.

This is not always an easy question to answer, but then we are here to grow not to be comfortable.

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