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Rotation of the horse's spine.
A horse’s spine moves three-dimensionally during movement, engaging in both lateral and vertical flexion. This creates two moments of rotation: one along the horse's long axis and the other through the flexion of the spine itself. The rotation along the long axis occurs as the horse shifts its weight from side to side, while the spinal flexion helps with the upward and downward motion, such as in collection or extension.
How can you tell if the movement is correctly flowing through your horse's body? Pay attention to your hips and analyze where your horse is positioning you.
From the ground, it helps to look at the rider's stirrups to analyze the direction of the horse's spinal rotation.
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Horse Volunteer Program at Finca Soley
Part 2
Thank you Olivia & Louison for sharing your thoughts and learning with us.
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Horse Volunteer Program at Finca Soley.
Part 1
A little interview with our wonderful volunteers Louison & Olivia.
Thank you for sharing some of experience with us. It was so lovely to have you and the horses and me are missing you already.
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This is the beginning of the mobalization exercise. With time it will look very different, but everything has a start.😉 This exercise help to bring mobilty to Lukis hip and knee.
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Living on a great mountain pasture in a herd is a a good way to keep healthy and happy for my horses. Movements and extended time of small portion meaks are great for the digastive track and hooves.
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Our farm has horses walking around freely. The living area and vegetable gardens are fenced in, so that the horses have more room to move.
When visitors come they are curious and walk up to see who is here and whats up.
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Frame:
When the horse’s back works correctly and if he uses his hindquarters well, he displays a beautiful neck, with a nose line just on or a little in front of the vertical. So far so good!
Now in practice, the modern dressage horse is often forced into this head position, even using side reins because there is the belief that this also works the other way around. As if bringing the head into this position will help his back to work.
For me this is one of the greatest myths horses face these days. As a result, many horses have their head behind the vertical, with an incorrect bend in their neck with a lot of weight on the forehand and a lot of stiffness. This can cause mental, emotional, and physical damage for the horse.
When training a horse, we must work his whole body and allow him to use his neck how he needs to create balance. The young horse is not there to look pretty, he must develop his body, muscles, and balance first before we can see the aesthetic results.
This is a process of many years and requires a knowledgeable, patient, and empathic trainer. Fast results will lead to fast damage.
🧡Finca Soley offers a Classical Horsemanship Retreat where you can work one-on-one with Isa to really grasp the foundation of Classical Riding and how it can be leveraged to improve your own riding and your horses wellbeing.
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