Barnby Notes was honored to present "The Journey to Discovering Deep Practice Journaling" as a lunchtime educational session at this year's USDF Convention. It was recorded by the USDF for later use as a podcast in the USDF's E-Track online education program.

Deep Practice Journaling is a style of journaling that results in high degrees of learning concepts and skills in return for the time spent while journaling...as opposed to different styles of journaling that result in lesser degrees of learning.  

For example, when a journal is written as a "teach back" and includes the organization of themes, descriptions of concepts and techniques, exploration of what was felt in the saddle with feeling words, recognition of correct feel vs incorrect feel, and a brief summary, it will result in high degrees of learning.  The presentation explained how getting into the mental zone to write such a journal is the type of zone top athletes strive hard to practice in.   The presentation also included a sample journal entry written by Koryn Staehling, student of Courtney King.  

This presentation marks the third presentation made by founder Allison Brunelli on behalf of the importance of equestrian journaling. With approximately eighty attendants, it also marks the largest audience.  

The next Barnby Notes presentation will occur this December 28th and 29th in Wellington, Florida for the Emerging Dressage Athletes Program, founded by Lendon Gray with the partnership of Courtney King and Robert Dover.  Following the EDAP, Allison will return to DevonWood Equestrian Centre to present for the second time.  "I'm looking forward to these next presentations because the organizers are offering me time to work with riders/students individually, after the presentation," says Allison.