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Core Conditioning for Horses
It is all down to the horse’s posture in motion. This is the horse’s ability
to use the powerful mechanisms already built into his body and relies
not upon the strength you can see on the outside but the strength on the
inside. This invisible and complex arrangement of internal “core” muscles
control the way a horse’s back functions and dictate his overall posture.
A horse with a strong core and good posture will feel athletic and “round”
underneath you, as if you are riding a slowly bouncing ball. If, on the other
hand, the horse’s posture is poor and his back is “hollow,” the “horse ball”
can’t bounce, and the whole riding experience loses its ease and beauty.
Yoga helps the horse to: • Feel good when you ride him. • Be physically
supple enough to perform. • Feel free in body and mind. • Find his own,
personal form of agility, rather than yours.
As an example, an easy yet very powerful movement in human yoga, the
Garland Pose is an instant posture improver. As a sitting and lowering
pose, it is a natural way of rebalancing the human body. In my “Core
Conditioning for Horses” program the Rounding Rein-Back is the equine
equivalent.
The Rounding Rein-Back
Riding a horse is an incredible privilege. The
opportunity to dance with such a magnificent
creature can elevate your soul and bond you, in
balance and spirit, with this truly wonderful animal.
Riding, however, is not always like that. A serious
rider will have earned that elevated soul with
sweat and sacrifice, and will, without doubt, be on
a first-name basis with his or her local pharmacy.
So what is the difference between the ride that
“danced” and the ride that didn’t?
The rearward motion of multiple reinback
steps gives the horse a strong
incentive to take the central mass of
body weight over his hocks, making
reversing much more stable for him.
Once he has learned how easy this
is and begins offering it regularly,
siing a lile more on the hocks has
several profound and immediate effects
upon the horse’s body:
- It pushes the chest upward in the
Thoracic Sling, activating Thorcic Lift.
- It rounds the lumbar back to engage Pelvic Tilt.
- Weight taken willingly to the rear immediately lightens the
forehand.
Specific instructions for this exercise and my whole training
program can be found in my recently published book Core
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Yoga Inspired Warm-Up Techniques
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