RHYTHM and STRAIGHTNESS come when both sides of the horse’s body are EQUALLY RELAXED

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

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ROOTS OF THE PROBLEMS WITH RELAXATION OF THE HORSE’S JAW

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

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Wiwien offers Piaffer

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

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Wiwien’s first terre-à-terre

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

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IS THERE A HEALTHY COMPETITION?

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

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Wiwien’s first attempt ever at terre-à-terre

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.

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Relaxation of the Stomach is so important!

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

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TENSED STOMACH

– 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

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Closed Windows Lead to Open Doors…

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

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THE SIMPLICITY OF THE HALT

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

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