Rider Balance on Gaited Horses

Rider Balance on Gaited Horses

Our lesson was really awesome! The body awareness I learned seems to be what Blaze and I needed to progress. I was able to apply it yesterday at home and Brian said he has never seen Blaze move so well. Brian’s head was really on fire Saturday, so I rode Jasper...
Change is Hard on the Brain

Change is Hard on the Brain

When I work with riders one of the trickiest parts of making improvements is that the changes don’t always feel right at first. As riders, our nervous system normalizes what we think is good or right based on our strongest habits. These habits may actually be...
Riding for Fashion or Soundness?

Riding for Fashion or Soundness?

There is sometimes a huge difference  between riding positions and desired horse postures that are fashionable for any given sport and riding positions or horse postures that are bio-mechanically sound, work dynamically with the laws of physics and promote soundness....
Riding a Horse is Like Riding a Bicycle

Riding a Horse is Like Riding a Bicycle

What? How can riding a horse be like riding a bicycle? Finding our own balanced position on a horse is very similar to riding a bicycle. Our bodies must make constant, small adjustments to maintain balance. The stability of the bicycle (or not) reflects our constant...
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