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Ideas For a Walking Lesson
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Has your student ever seen the young lady that is paraplegic and went to the Olympics? I know of her through the Parelli's as they have helped her overcome some of her riding problems since she was hurt. I think her name is Lauren but I can not thin…
Given that Sarah mentions that her student is paraplegic I am assuming that she will have little or no ability to move the horse from the leg, so I would suggest that you could ask her to focus on aligning her belly button (her 'core') with the hors…
What kind of training does the horse have? Does he move off your leg, if so try working in a small circle then using your inside leg to move the horse so that the size of the circle increases with pressure. It is fun to see the horse moving in a cir…
I have done this too in my trail patterns. Think of a wagon wheel using only the spokes, using 8 poles set them one end in the center of the wheel and the other out, the outside end spacing would be 3'-4', using small wood block or a brick raise the…
these ideas are all great, My student is tense but most of her balance problems come from being a paraplegic, We are working on her getting her balance and maintaining it at the walk before moving on to faster paces
Setting the poles in the circle…
I am in your students shoes. I started out extremely tense but have continued to improve for the past 5 years. I think I will always have to deal with this to some extent cause I am a tense person in general. One hting I have learned in that time is…
Boy, that's a really good question. I'm not a western rider, but maybe these ideas will work:
1.She can work on transitions within the walk, and walk -halt - walk
2. She can do in-saddle stretching exercises to help with relaxation and position
3. S…
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From the wisdom of Centuries to modern day’s theories, flexing the horse’s upper line, or vertebral column, is achieved by shortening the horse’s lower line, involving abdominal muscles, pectoral muscles, and flexion of the neck.
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