Articles-February, Midwest Equine Online

“Winter Blues Got You Down?”

I was watching the morning news the other day and I heard the anchor person declare that ‘today’ was the ‘saddest day of the year’.  Evidently June 17th is the happiest day of the year.  Really?  I want to know who gets paid to make such assessments and better yet, why?  I’ll be my own judge of when and where my emotions flare thank you very much!  With that said, I will admit that this time of year can be a bit frustrating with the lack of abundant sunshine, more than our share of snow, ice and bitter winds and the need to muster up more than the usual amount of energy just to get outside and be productive.  Sometimes the winter doldrums do creep in, and combined with the let down from the rush of the holiday season, can leave us with a feeling of stagnation and perhaps a few extra pounds around the waist.

The BEST way to fix that is to get back in the groove and start Equi-cising with your horse….

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