28/04/2024
Whole body fitness is truly essential to the proper training and steady development of young horses under saddle. They absolutely require a rider that is capable of maintaining consistency in the saddle.
The rider needs to be a clear vessel capable of enabling their body parts to work in synchronized motion and also separately while maintaining balance, harmony and flow. Flow is so important. A rider must not block the flow of energy but rather direct it and allow the movement to come forth naturally.
I'll be shooting a video this next week riding one of the youngsters I have in training bridle-less and will demonstrate how effective a rider is on a horses back ( and I mean this both negatively & positively).
Imbalances cause more imbalances in the horse.
Stiffness in the rider causes more stiffness in the horse.
The horse is reflective of the rider and it isn't until the rider enters the horse and takes their seat within, that true harmony, balance and connection collaboratively align in the most dynamic ways!