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[Training Scale Series] Part 4 – Creating True Impulsion

[Training Scale Series] Part 4 – Creating True Impulsion

How do you know if you have actually achieved true impulsion? What makes this ‘real’ impulsion different from simply running around the arena like the energizer bunny with your horse? This post is the fourth in a series I have created about the training scale.  I suggest also checking out the previous posts on rhythm, suppleness, and contact.  At ‘Step…

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[Training Scale Series] 2. Suppleness in Your Horse

[Training Scale Series] 2. Suppleness in Your Horse

What if I was to say that suppleness is less about being ‘bendy’ and more about how energy flows in you and your horse… Would that challenge you a little?  Or is this something which, if you think of yoga, makes sense? If you sometimes struggle to maintain that lovely ‘loosey gooseyness’ in your horse, is it possible that you…

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Maintaining Straightness Throughout the Ride

Maintaining Straightness Throughout the Ride

What this episode is all about & how it can help you:- Be clear on what is straightness Understanding how your aids are a mould Knowing why you have to regulate where the energy is flowing Notice when things are crooked If I were to stand in the arena, and you were to ride directly towards me – how straight…

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Understanding ‘Establishing’ and ‘Maintaining’ in Your Riding

Understanding ‘Establishing’ and ‘Maintaining’ in Your Riding

What this episode is all about & how it can help you:- Your greatest responsibility as a rider How it all begins on the ground The number 1 mistake riders make Working it in to each and every exercise and movement Isn’t it strange how as riders we expect things to be push button when it comes to our riding? …

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Understanding the Balance of Your Aids

Understanding the Balance of Your Aids

What this episode is all about & how it can help you:- Why focusing initially on your seat usually won’t work Understanding pressure and how it varies Solving the inside leg to outside rein puzzle How improving your balance can improve your responsiveness Balance.  It is a concept that always shows up when discuss the important things in life. Balance blends…

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