Two Worlds Together
Dressage Summit 2019
The prerequisite for horse and rider to have fun together in equestrian sports
and for a long-lasting willingness to perform in competitive sports is their
physical and mental wellbeing. Classical Dressage experts have spent decades
developing the physical gymnastic elements of training. Parelli Natural
Horsemanship has decades of experience in the mental-emotional aspects
of training. The Two Worlds Together Dressage Summit 2019 will bring
together leading experts in Classical Dressage training and Parelli Natural
Horsemanship to present thought-provoking discussions and demonstrations
on how they can converge to enhance the training of the happy and healthy
Dressage horse.
Four international horse experts in the fields of understanding the horse
from both a physical perspective, as well as a mental and emotional
one, share their knowledge on how to develop a more mentally, emotionally
and physically fit equine athlete. Christoph Hess (FEI “I” Judge
in both Dressage and Eventing, trainer), Luis Lucio (Olympic rider,
coach, FEI Dressage Committee Trainers Delegate, Chef d’quip of
the Spanish Riding Team, 18 years of Parelli), Pat Parelli (Internationally
renowned Equine Psychologist Expert) and Linda Parelli (Equine
Psychologist Expert and Dressage rider) present their training methods
and philosophies, and discuss how each empowers the other as the
Two Worlds come together for the benefit of the horse.
The message of using psychology and understanding is stronger today
than ever. Sports psychology has taken human athletic performance to
new heights. The Dressage Summit will demonstrate how these concepts
can develop the equine athlete and bring out the best in them.
According to the USEF Rule Book, the Object and General Principles
of Dressage calls for “the development of the horse into a happy
athlete through harmonious education. As a result, it makes the horse
calm, supple, loose and flexible, but also confident, attentive and keen,
thus achieving perfect understanding with the rider.”
“Horses are truly wonderful animals, and they deserve a world in which
the best parts of both Parelli Natural Horsemanship and Classical
Dressage are showcased. We can learn from one another; we can
learn from different ways to school horses, how to train horses, how to
interact with horses. Ultimately it comes down to doing what is best for
the horse. Doing what we need to do to make the horse relaxed, happy,
and willing to work with us,” Christoph Hess.
Some of the topics covered include:
• How training sessions can develop the Dressage horse’s mental,
emotional and physical fitness by combining Dressage and Horse
Psychology.
• What is important to horses, how they think, how they learn, what
motivates them and above all what they need to be happy.
• The way to a calmer, more connected, responsive, supple and
successful horse.
• The difference between psychology and mechanics
• How to solve tension problems
• The key to achieving real harmony
• How to solve spooking behavior
Experience how the classical training of horses and the principles of natural horsemanship can be of mutual benefit
to one another. The Two Worlds Together Dressage Summit will be held on March 1-3, 2019 at the Florida Horse
Park in Ocala, Florida. The event is presented by Parelli. www.flhorsepark.com
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