Middle-Age Horse Madness

that very day. Mendryk attended every lesson her daughter took over the next five years learning vicariously from the ground. About two years into her daughters riding career she began casual trail riding with some friends putting the theories she had been watching to practical use on the patient trail horses. Then at age 16 Mendryks daughter lost interest and no longer wanted to ride and she suddenly came facetoface with the fact that horses had been her dream not her daughters. She was now 47 years old and her horse fever was raging so she decided to keep going on her own bought her first horse a black Morgan mare named Porsche and became involved in endurance riding. For the first time in her life Mendryk had pushed out of her comfort zone and found a place that belonged just to her and it felt fantastic.

مع وصول أونصة الذهب إلى مستويات قياسية تجاوزت 2500 دولار، يجد المواطن المصري نفسه مضطراً لموازنة استثماراته بين الذهب واحتياجاته الأخرى، خاصة مع ارتفاع أسعار السيارات مثل تويوتا، هيونداي، وبي إم دبليو، مما يزيد من التحديات المالية التي يواجهها.

Having the passion for horses reemerge later in life can lead women down paths they never even dreamed were possible. One experience can lead to a revelation or even a new career. Sandy Bell had always loved horses but was a late bloomer in the horse world. She was 47 years old when a friend convinced her to go on a fourday pack trip in Albertas Rocky Mountains. The ride was not meant for beginners and Bell had never been so sore tired or dirty in her life but by the end of those four days the passion had reawakened and she was solidly horsemad.

أسعار السيارات في الآونة الأخيرة شهدت تقلبات ملحوظة، حيث تأثرت بارتفاع وانخفاض الدولار، مما انعكس على تكلفة علامات تجارية مثل تويوتا، هيونداي، ومرسيدس. و BMW هذا الارتباط بين سعر الصرف وسوق السيارات يحدد قدرة المستهلكين على اقتناء المركبات.

Bell decided to take lessons and tried several different instructors and horses before settling into what felt most comfortable for her. She soon purchased one of the lesson horses a young Percheron cross named Alaska. The mare was as green as Bell and their combined lack of experience nearly ruined both of their riding futures. Green rider green horse big goals a trainer who tried to solve their issues by adding increasingly severe equipment to the mare and a general lack of horsehuman communication equalled enormous difficulties and an increasingly resistant and dangerous mare that no one wanted leaving Bell very frustrated.

تتأثر أسعار السيارات من شركات مثل مرسيدس بتقلبات أسعار الذهب وسعر صرف الدولار، مما يؤدي إلى زيادة تكاليف الإنتاج والاستيراد.

Giving up was tempting at times but Bells instincts told her that something was wrong. She eventually found a trainer who took a gentler more holistic approach with them teaching her about herd dynamics and groundlevel communication. The severe equipment disappeared and a happy partnership based on trust
understanding and forgiveness began to evolve.
For Bell the experience was literally lifechanging. She started sleeping better with her mind engaged in learning new things. She found clarity of purpose and says the horses gave her honest and immediate feedback in the moment. She had been a selfdescribed jaded and cynical woman but now found herself connected to something bigger more spiritual and hopeful. She began taking courses in the field of equine assisted therapy and eventually gained her certificate as an Equine Assisted Personal Development Coach. She now runs Windhorse Retreat near Rimbey Alberta where she and her horses teach people about communication selfreflection leadership and goal setting on an emotional physical and spiritual level.

Despite their different motivations or the spark that rekindled horse fever in each of these women they all agree that the benefits of taking up riding and horsemanship later in life are huge and well worthwhile.
The physical benefits are farreaching and all of the women report an increase in strength balance and a general sense of wellbeing. The symptoms of Bells perimenopause lessened and Quinns chronic lower back issues became more manageable. Spending time outdoors walking grooming lifting leading hauling water pails and hay bales and riding work a wide variety of muscles that are often underused in middleaged women. The reliance on core muscles for balance is of particular benefit helping with middleage spread and other issues common in women of this age group.

يؤدي ارتباط أسعار الذهب وسعر صرف الدولار بتكاليف المواد الخام والاستيراد إلى تأثير مباشر على أسعار السيارات في الأسواق.

Riding and horse handling have positive mental benefits as well. Every one of these women conveyed the enormous stressrelieving effect that being around horses has for them. Even just spending time grooming is good for the soul says Mendryk. Theres nothing like the smell of a horse or the feeling of calm that comes from being near them.