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Featuring Mary Wanless, Heather Blitz, Diane Rodick, and primarily Cheryl Acker, personal trainer extraordinaire, who helps you develop body awareness, flexibility and core strength. This is a set of 5 DVDs, including an Introductory DVD,...(more)

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Mary demonstrates with real riders, on real horses, with real problems, how to gain the equilibrium and proper body alignment necessary to establish correct riding skills. Approx. 1 hour About Mary: International lecturer and renowned author...(more)

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Mary shows the rider how to gain the horse's attention and the horse's commitment to the task at hand: working on the bit. Once this is accomplished, the rider can develop the correct interaction between...(more)

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Too often the hands are used abusively in a attempt to bring the horse on the bit. Mary shows riders how to develop correct use of their bodies so they no longer rely on their...(more)

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Now that the rider is able to work the horse in the basic gaits, it is time to pay attention to tempo and learn the biomechanics of riding transitions as well as lengthening and shortening...(more)

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Mary explains the dynamics of riding by using dismounted exercises which mimic the biomechanical challenges involved. Learning this muscle-use away from the horse can create fast and profound learnings which are then transferable to riding...(more)

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The issues of asymmetry affect the rider throughout her career. Working on a circle often causes the novice rider to pull on the inside rein and collapse to the inside. Similar issues haunt more advanced...(more)

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For many riders learning lateral work is like learning a new language. Issues of symmetry take on new dimensions and only by stabilising her body on the correct vertical axis can the rider remain causal...(more)

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Many people aspire to ride half pass, flying changes and canter pirouettes without realising that the issues commonly faced in these movements have their origins in sound basic work. Basic Principles... Advanced Movements shows more...(more)

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These 4 DVDs were filmed at a symposium with Mary Wanless and Heather Blitz. DVD 1 is a talk on language and learning. DVDs 2-4 are filmed in the riding arena, assessing the riders' strengths and weaknesses,...(more)