Centreline Collective

29/10/2025

Your body is always trying to keep you safe.
But “safe” doesn’t always mean right.

When you’ve ridden through pain, imbalance, fear, or even tension for years, your nervous system learns those movement patterns as protection.
It remembers how you moved to survive, not necessarily how you should move to perform.

So even when the danger is gone, your brain replays the same patterns such as bracing, gripping, leaning because it once worked.

The good news?
Through conscious, correct movement and positive experiences, you can rewire those pathways.
You can teach your body that safety now means freedom, softness, and balance.

That’s what we do in my biomechanics lessons:
We help your body unlearn survival and rediscover flow.

✨ Because your horse doesn’t just feel what you do, they feel what your nervous system believes is safe.

28/10/2025

As the year winds down, this is your last push before 2026, your final chance to ditch the stiffness, break old habits, and ride into the new year lighter, freer, and more in sync with your horse.

We’re giving our signature lessons a boost for November only:

Weekly lessons instead of bi-weekly, four focused sessions designed to reset your body and your riding before the holidays. And the best part is you come into the new year not having lost these tools but having develop them through your daily tasks and movement.

Lessons are usually R250 but we have made November R125!

Book now at www.centrelinecollective.co.za or message me at (060) 659-2996

28/10/2025

26/10/2025

There are loads of different trainers for many aspects of our sport, and it can be difficult to choose who’s right for what.

I fell in love with embodied biomechanics because it meant I could feel the difference the movement and natural gait affected the body and how simple imagery could disrupt that. If you’ve ever been told to keep your shoulders still when you ride then you will know how this feels to work against your biomechanics, but once you work with it changes everything.

Old and stubborn compensation patterns go away because more than just increasing our ability to move the neurons in your brain form new pathways because they begin to feel safe as it learns how to adapt and change for new movements.

If you would like to experience this for yourself in a session on our simulator please message me at (060) 659-2996 or visit www.centrelinecollective.co.za for our group lessons.

What have you always struggled with in your riding?

23/10/2025

🦵 Your knees might be saying more about your riding than you think.

If you’ve ever had:
• Sore knees after riding
• A swinging lower leg that just won’t stay quiet
• A horse that won’t move forward no matter how much leg you use
• Or trouble sitting the trot without tension…

👉 Your knees might be locked.

In this week’s Biomechanics Class, we’ll dive into how this small joint can disrupt your balance, block your horse’s movement, and create unnecessary tension in the saddle — and more importantly, how to fix it.

You’ll learn tools to release the knee, absorb force correctly, and ride with a more stable, supple leg.

📅 25 October | 9AM
📍 Centreline Collective
💬 Book at www.centrelinecollective.co.za or send me a message at (060) 659-2996

23/10/2025

💡 Different outlines isolate component sections of your horse’s back.

Here’s how to school with strategy:

Forward Down & Out: The stretch that resets posture, aligns the spine & releases tension in the Longissimus and Spinalis.

Long & Low: Build your horse’s core into a relaxed back, activating Abdominals and Multifidus.

Competition Outline: Engagement and connection to assemble the now activated sections of the body, strengthening the Psoas, Abdominals and Epaxial/Hypaxial sets.

🎯 Want to learn when (and how) to use these for rehab, posture and peak performance?

The Core Conditioning Ridden Audio Warm-Ups walk you through this step by step while you ride.
📲 Listen, ride, and retrain your horse’s body the smart way.

Explore the series at coreconditioningforhorses.com

20/10/2025

As horse owners we need to take more responsibility in our horses health. I’ve been down a long and treacherous road of dealing with my horses inflammation and it hasn’t been easy. But as someone who wants to compete as well as wants to take care of my horses there are certain things I cannot get around such as vaccinating (although I hate what it does to the horses) but I am at least able to support them through the journey.

As someone who controversially keeps her horses out all year long in Johannesburg it’s really important for me to time the vaccine correctly. Yes it means I have to miss most of the big fun shows but horse welfare - I know what you are thinking if you cared about horse welfare you wouldn’t compete - I’ve had this debate in my head for the past year but I’ve found that I still get a sense of reassurance about vaccinating so for now it helps me in two ways.

So ways I’ve supported my horses while their in the vaccine period is has an eco heal with I add to their food for 2-3 days. I also add turmeric, colloidal silver, and then only for the first 2 meals so I add trauma spray. Now I am not saying my horses don’t or won’t get sick because of what I use but it just helps their body find regulation easier.

I also support them through body work and movement, it’s like being on your period, although it feels awful once you get going it’s not that bad, and it’s also not like you have to go all out, gentle movement, feeling the body release is really important and so it’s really important. While their body is now tense not only with the injection sight but possibly through the fascial and muscular tissue so supporting them through massage can be super helpful and might explain some of their odd behaviour during AHS season.

Let me know your AHS protocol and how you support your horse through AHS.

I do think it’s time to change the narrative that we vaccinate at the end of the year when it’s convenient for us and leave them to have to find regulation themselves, because they can’t. Many horses don’t have access to minerals and herbs to support their body and so we need to take that into account when vaccinating.

16/10/2025

Place your order at www.centrelinecollective.co.za

This is your opportunity to purchase your dream pad!

12/10/2025

This event is perfect for riders who:
Want to feel more connected, balanced, and effective in the saddle
Are curious about biomechanics and ethical, horse-first training
Are rehabilitating or strengthening horses through posture-based work
Want to deepen their understanding of how movement creates harmony
Whether you join for the whole 5 days or select just one component, you’ll leave with a clearer, more embodied understanding of riding and training.

Learn more or book at https://www.centrelinecollective.co.za/event-details/5-day-rider-biomechanics-core-conditioning-experience-1

01/10/2025

First class is October 11th at 9AM

Join at www.centrelinecollective.co.za