“Don’t be ever afraid of the weight of your hands. Fear restrictions caused by your tensed muscles.” HANGING HANDS ON LONG REINS, before we start: If your horse has any problems with acceptance of the bit, spookiness or nervousness (or if you simply want to give him the very best possible start into the Residual
“Weight is not a problem. Restriction is a problem.” The reason behind this stage of the RTRT training is to teach you how to remove all the restrictions ( = muscle tensions) from the connection between your horse’s mouth and your hands. You have already experienced how to hang your hands on the flexed reins,
“You don’t need much. In fact, to be successful in RTRT you need to only learn Conscious Relaxation of your forearms.” EQUIPMENT To be able to do RTRT Technique with your horse on the Long Reins you will need the following equipment: LUNGING GIRTH: a special lunging belt with metal rings. For the purpose
THE TECHNIQUE “A few basic principles and a thousand details” The Working Technique of Residual Tensions Release Therapy is based on four consecutive steps: HANG THE HANDS FEEL THE “MATERIAL” OF THE TONGUE RELEASE YOUR FOREARMS ALLOW THE PUSH In the initial phase of the training the RTRT Technique results in lengthening of the
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