The Confident Rider Podcast

Jane Pike is a coach & horsewoman from the South Island of New Zealand. Her work focuses on practices and understandings that increase vitality for both humans and horses, incorporating nervous system awareness to both mindset and movement. The methods she teaches explore physical and emotional patterns at their most foundational level- the brain and the nervous system- with the aim of creating adaptability and responsiveness, both in and out of the saddle. Jane has featured and written for various magazines around the world and is a sought after international clinician and trainer through her business Confident Rider and her membership program, JoyRide. Click below to learn all about my JoyRide membership, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently: https://confidentrider.online/joyride/ For other resources: Website: www.confidentrider.online Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConfidentRider/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/confident_rider/

(Some) things I think about when the world is hard or tense 03/06/2025

5 Things I've Learned As A Movement & Nervous System Coach 02/24/2025

{6} Christmas Conversation with Tania Kindersley, Kathy Price & Stevie Delahunt 12/19/2024

{5} Christmas Conversation with Kimberly Carter, Brigid Piccaro & Terry Kuebler 12/17/2024

{4} Christmas Conversation with Kate Sandel, Elsa Sinclair and Chantel Prat 12/11/2024

{3} Christmas Conversation with Christine Dickson, Joell Dunlap & Robyn Schiller 12/10/2024

{2} Christmas Conversation with Denise Elizabeth Bryon, Gareth Mare & Talya Mari 12/05/2024

(1) Christmas Conversation with Karen Rohlf, Kathleen Beckham & Barbra Schulte 12/03/2024

The Misty Cliffs: Navigating Overwhelm 10/18/2024

Begin, begin & begin again 10/09/2024

On Being Enough with Barbra Schulte 07/04/2024

Of Mind, Body & Spirit: On Conversations Outside of the Expected in the Horse Expo & Training World 06/18/2024

Expo Reflections: On Teaching & Learning with Barbra Schulte 06/13/2024

A Horsing Practice Is Different To A Routine & Different Again To A Schedule 05/28/2024

Allowing Yourself To Be Moved: On Creative Practices as Portals for Transformation & Wellbeing 05/27/2024

Allowing Yourself To Be Moved: On Creative Practices as Portals for Transformation & Wellbeing Modern understandings of anatomy and physiology have allowed us to know our body and mind in ways that have not understood previously. Whilst this is a blessing that sees both horses and humans able to function in a way that maximizes health and wellness, we have to take care that the same information that seeks to liberate does not become reductive. Where we are reduced to a body mobilized by a nervous system and brain and forget that we are so much more beyond that. Our creativity, our intuition, the imaginative and the symbolic are, equal to the touchable and the visceral, a huge part of what makes up the magic and mystery of being human. A huge part of what allows us to make sense of the world, our place in it, and to both open and close loops of experience that may be swimming in the pool of our unconscious. When we approach or seek out work that allows us to lead full and vital lives, to reconcile upsetting or traumatic experience, or to find a way through a real and present challenge, what we are looking for is safe passage; ways to be moved from the point that we find ourselves in now to a different space—a space that allows us more choices and gives us back our agency and voice. Creative expression offers this, both as an organizing, physical movement and an internal movement. It allows us to leave a different person from how we came. In this episode, we discuss: A personal experience I had this week with writing that I found transformative on every level How creative expression can allow us to close open loops of experiences that are keeping us stuck The need for creative expression as part of a full and vital life I hope you enjoy it! Happy listening, xx Jane Links referenced: To join the journalling workshop, or to read my poetry & writing: Confident Rider Website: --- Click below to learn all about my JoyRide membership, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently: For other resources: Website: Facebook: Instagram: /episode/index/show/confidentrider/id/31474392

Question: What are the ways to feel safe within vulnerability? 05/20/2024

Question: What are the ways to feel safe within vulnerability? I found out recently that the phrase “heart on your sleeve” is, in part, from Shakespeare’s play Othello-- we have just conveniently lopped off the other half of the sentence which goes on to say “…for the daws to peck at”. These words are uttered by one of the most villainous characters in the play, who, in the process of confessing to treacherous acts, remarks that by wearing his heart upon his sleeve, which he says to mean the act of truly exposing himself or opening himself up, he would be inviting crows to peck away at him. As a consequence, he opts to keep his true emotions and intentions hidden. While the treachery might not be entirely relatable, the idea of opening yourself up to the crows by speaking the truth of your insides might hit closer to home. In JoyRide this morning, I asked if anyone had anything they would like me to speak to on the podcast, and Leana posted: Ways to feel safe within vulnerability I love this as a conversation launch point because there is so much to be said for safeguarding practices around vulnerable experiences and the process of ‘opening up’, the depth of which I only skim the surface of in this episode. Vulnerability has become somewhat of a cultural catchphrase, but the reality of what it takes to be vulnerable- and for that to be truly held- is much more complex and nuanced than perhaps we consider or allow for. The world is hungry for vulnerability- on social media, in the arts (music, writing, music) etc, in life- but in the midst of the desire for its production and consumption, there is sometimes little to hold it at the other end. In some instances, vulnerability has become yet another commodity, another product ready for consumption without wider conversations around what our collective and community responsibility might be if we find ourselves on the receiving end of vulnerable expression. On a personal level, vulnerability needs to be shared with discernment. Our energy is precious and to be vulnerable is another level of energy cultivation that can be depleting if not experienced in a context where that same energy is contained, and then beyond that offered back. In this episode we touch on this in conversation. What does it mean to be vulnerable? How do we share our vulnerability with discernment? And what is our collective and community responsible for both the vulnerable and vulnerability both? I hope you enjoy it! ❤️ Jane Links referred to in this conversation JoyRide: Substack & Interwoven: --- Click below to learn all about my JoyRide membership, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently: For other resources: Website: Facebook: Instagram: /episode/index/show/confidentrider/id/31377707

On Time, Space & Bigger Questions: A Conversation with Tania Kindersley & Kathy Price 05/11/2024

I Dissent: A Letting Go Of Old Patterns 01/11/2024

When Things Don't Go To Plan: A Reminder To Let Yourself Be New 01/09/2024

Birds Coast When They Can 01/08/2024

Chattering with Kathy Price: Evolution, Intention & The Planless Plan 01/03/2024

Discussing Movement Patterns & Pathways (and why they should interest you) 01/03/2024

What I Understand To Be True 12/31/2023

The Omen Days (and back for Season 3!) 12/30/2023

Necessary Messes, The Illusion Of Failure, & Letting Yourself Learn: A Conversation with Kate Sandel 06/23/2023

Energy, The Mystical & The Magical with Denise Elizabeth Byron & Kathy Price 06/17/2023

Energy, The Mystical & The Magical with Denise Elizabeth Byron & Kathy Price It’s a party people! A few weeks back, I had the hankering to have a pod conversation talking about energy, the mystical and the magical, and the two people who immediately sprang to mind were Denise Elizabeth Byron and Kathy Price. Denise I have known for a few years now, meeting her for the first time when I went to stay with Robyn Schiller and skipping along to an astrology session that blew my mind. After that, we all convened at the chocolate shop in town and well… if there’s a better way to cement a friendship, I’m not sure I’ve found it yet. If you are yet to be introduced, Denise is a psychic, visionary guide, and mentor with over 30 years’ experience, using astrological patterns to illuminate each client's unique pathway to embody the magic of their life purpose more confidently. And if you’ve been around the tracks on my podcast for any amount of time, you will already be acquainted with the fabulousness that is Kathy Price- what would this conversation be without her! Kathy's business is called Point of Balance, and she has been studying and researching the world of energetic modalities for a number of years now. The aim of Kathy’s work is to help human and animal systems that she's working with, whichever of those applies to find its own unique point of balance and to help itself come back into health and vitality on every level, be that physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Over the course of our conversation we cover: - - Their different approaches to working with people, the tangible aspects of energetic connection and how information “shows up” - - Parsing apart “what is mine and what is yours” when working with energy - - Allowing time for creative expression, rest and rejuvenation I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! You can find Denise here: You can find Kathy here: ❤️ Jane --- Click below to learn all about my JoyRide membership, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently: For other resources: Website: Facebook: Instagram: /episode/index/show/confidentrider/id/27182412

Barbra Schulte: On Performance, Loss & Love 06/08/2023

I'll See You Up The Mountain: Notes On Grief 04/14/2023

I'll See You Up The Mountain: Notes On Grief As many of you who follow along with my adventures will already know, at the start of this year I lost my beautiful Irish horse, Bear. Following on from that day, I shared my experiences and thoughts in series of Facebook live sessions that spanned the course of a couple of weeks, which led me to conversations, understandings, and a level of awareness that I would never have gained if I had chosen to keep my feelings to myself. This experience was overwhelming in the best possible way. People shared with me their stories of loss and their personal experiences of grief. But was I felt most acutely was the love. Love not only sent to me and my little Irish pony, but a love that was unifying, gratifying and uplifting. I guess death is funny like that. It brings into sharp focus everything that’s important and allows the superfluous to simply drop away. I thought to record a separate episode on grief and I’m sure I will still do this. But the live session captures an “in the moment” experience that is impossible to emulate from a different vantage point. So, in an effort to continue to send conversations on grief, loss and death out into the ether- conversations we are intrinsically terrible at in western society- I offer them to you now in the hope that they will land where they are supposed to, with whoever it is that needs to hear them. The nature of the live recordings means that the audio is imperfect at times, but hopefully their value extends beyond that. Amongst other things we discuss: - - The duality of experience: how grief and loss can co-exist with happiness and joy (and why it’s important to understand this) - - The invitation of loss and hardship - - Dealing with guilt within the loss - - My personal experiences with loss and death Much love to you all, xx Jane --- Click below to learn all about my JoyRide membership, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently: For other resources: Website: Facebook: Instagram: /episode/index/show/confidentrider/id/26547636

A Dolly Lama Session with Tania Kindersley & Kathy Price 03/20/2023

On Vitality & Saving Your Own Life 03/12/2023

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