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Alignment: Your KEY to Stability and Security in the Saddle!

Alignment is arguably the MOST IMPORTANT part of your position.  Whenever I see a new student, I always start with getting them in the correct alignment from their ear-shoulder-hip-to heel! Why? Finding and maintaining…
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Dressage Rider leg position – keep your heels down and toes forward

Most ALL riders struggle to find and maintain the correct leg position and it is SO important so that you can properly influence your horse and that your seat can remain independent and follow…
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Effective Leg Position

Effective Leg Position

Most all riders struggle to find the correct leg position AND to be effective with the leg.  It can be a challenge not to nag your horse, or grip with the lower leg, or…
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How to kick at the trot!

Here are some tips to use your leg more effectively: Posting trot: Make sure you are posting correctly and that the posting trot is from the knee up.  The lower leg should NOT be…
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Rider Symmetry

Rider Straightness and Symmetry

Rider Straightness and Symmetry: Align Your Shoulders and Knees! Straightness is something that we ALL struggle with in Dressage because every horse and every rider are innately asymmetric! Traditionally in Dressage, when we hear…
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fix your position at the halt

fix your position at the halt

Recently I was studying the USDF Dressage Manual (which is a great resource) and I came across a segment that outlined how to work on rider position at the halt. At first this seems…
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rider faults

Common Rider Faults

All of us have faults and bad habits in our riding. Is is easy to get sloppy and lazy in the daily riding and let bad habits creep in. These are some of the…
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rider straightness

Dressage Horse and Rider Straightness

Are you or your horse crooked? Straightness is one of the fundamental building blocks in the Dressage training scale. In order to correctly collect and train the dressage horse, you must teach the horse…
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6 Hacks to Fix Your Dressage Riding Position

6 Hacks to Fix Your Dressage Riding Position

Correcting bad habits in your dressage rider position can be a challenge even for the best equestrian in a dressage lesson. Here I give some quick hacks for dressage training to for unsteady hands…
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