WEEK 2: Developing Relaxation Technique During the Second Week’s practice of Optimal Performance Program you are going to learn how to support your horse in learning how to turn moments of Spontaneous Relaxation into conscious act of will. Your horse will learn how to look for tensions in his body consciously in order to be

WEEK 1: Developing Relaxation Technique During the first week of the Optimal Performance Program you are going to learn how to increase the number of your horse’s Relaxation Signs, and therefore the time your horse spends in the state of Spontaneous Relaxation. This is the first of the two most important weeks of the Optimal

Planning Optimal Training Session Relaxation is a function of the body. Even when your horse knows how to relax consciously, he can only create an opportunity for the body to relax. When you keep the same schemas for all your training sessions, it is easier for the body to switch to the “relaxation mode”. When

Relaxation is the most natural function of the body Your and your horse’s bodies function through tension and relaxation. Let’s take a look at the breathing. It’s one of the most natural processes happening in the body, and the one that doesn’t need to be governed by your conscious mind. It’s natural succession of tension

Clench your fist. Feel it. This is tension. Muscles engaged into clenching the hand are flexed. Muscles, joints and bones of the hand are closer to each other, there is less space between the tissues. Now, stop clenching your fist. Let go of the tension in your hand. This is relaxation. How you have felt

Welcome to Optimal Performance Program! If we are meeting here, it means that you are seriously interested in relaxation of your horse. Relaxation is the most powerful force one can harness for his personal profit in life. Relaxation is like a high quality perfectly trained dressage horse — when you mount it, you just have