When the horse tenses, one side of the horse’s body will be more tensed than the other one. This is due to the natural unevenness of the horse’s muscles. One
When we observe riders trying to solve some problems in their riding technique for years of careful guidance from many trainers, it becomes very visible why a rider should always
It’s just the fourth riding session during which Wiwien offers Piaffer, and each time her trials just BLOW AWAY my mind. It’s impossible to express how she is at the
For last two years I have been speaking to my students about the importance of finding the horse’s natural balance and expanding it, and this year also about the importance
Yes! A competition based on Calmness! Model/Rival system was developed by Dr Dietmar Todt, and later modified by Dr Irene Pepperberg into her label-training procedure aimed to explore and show
What an incredible moment of experiencing the raw power and increasing balance of this beautiful mare. We have seen many times before, that horses can spontaneously offer high dressage movements.
I remember the surprise of one of my students, when she discovered that when we speak about relaxation of the stomach when with horses, we really mean the stomach that
– how does it affect your life? -if you wake up in the morning and cannot eat anything until the midday because your stomach feels shrunken or painful, -if you
Have you ever had this moments when you heard that you can be rich, or free from problems or achieve this or that with your horse, and your automatic response
There are many techniques explaining how to stop the horse. But none of them will work if you are tensed when you do them. Your tension makes it impossible for