When Two Spines Align: Dressage Dynamics

Attain Remarkable Riding Rapport with Your Horse

Beth Baumert (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

2015
Trafalgar Square (Verlag)
978-1-57076-695-4 (ISBN)

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Within riding there exists a fundamental conflict of interest: The rider needs to have control – their confidence depends on their ability to control the balance of their own body as well as that of their very powerful horse. The horse, by nature, needs to feel free—free in both mind and body to express himself through physical movement. In this book, author Beth Baumert, writer and editor at the internationally recognised equestrian magazine Dressage Today, resolves this conflict by taking a close look at the individual components that make up riding and dressage. Beth provides insight gleaned from years of working with the best riders, trainers, and judges in the dressage world, and details practical ways riders can learn to harness the balance, energies, and forces at play when they’re in the saddle.

Readers will discover how to use 'positive tension' and what the author calls the four physical 'Powerlines' — Vertical, Connecting, Spiralling, and Visual — to become balanced and effective in the saddle.
Readers will then find ways to understand and manage the horse’s balance and coordination challenges, including the fact that he is inherently crooked and naturally inclined to do too much with his front end and not enough with his hind.
Ultimately, the rider learns to regulate and monitor the horse’s rhythm, energy, flexion, alignment, bend, the height and length of his neck, and, finally, his line of travel by properly aligning their spine with his. When the centre of gravity of a balanced rider is directly over the centre of gravity of a balanced horse, that place where two spines align becomes the hub for rider and horse harmony — a dynamic and remarkable riding rapport that yields beautiful performance.

Beth Baumert trains horses and riders at Cloverlea Dressage LLC in Columbia, Connecticut, the farm she and her husband Alan have owned since 1973. They have two sons in New York City and Colorado, and a daughter, Grand Prix rider Jennifer Baumert, who operates Cloverlea Dressage LLC in Waxhaw, North Carolina, and Loxahatchee, Florida. Beth's primary interest and field of study has always been rider education. For many years, she produced videos of the Aachen Dressage Show, as well as other instructional videos/DVDs, so American dressage riders could aspire to the European standard. She is a USDF-Certified Instructor and was the initial editor for Dressage Today magazine and has served as its technical editor for most of the years since the magazine's beginning in 1994. In that capacity, Beth is in constant contact with the best dressage riders in the world as they discuss and write about the technical aspects of dressage. Beth is on the Board of Directors of The Dressage Foundation (TDF) and serves as President. TDF is on a mission to cultivate and provide financial support for the advancement of dressage in the United States. To learn more about dressage, visit Beth's website: Dressage-Dynamics.com.

Foreword by Axel Steiner
Preface

Introduction: The Possibility of Magic

Part 1: How Riders Work

Chapter 1: The Seat — The Place Where Two Spines Meet
Chapter 2: An Introduction to Powerlines
Chapter 3: The Vertical Powerline — Power to GO
Chapter 4: The Connecting Powerline — Suppleness to STOP
Chapter 5: The Spiraling Powerline — Flexibility to TURN
Chapter 6: The Visual Powerline — Connecting the the Outside World
Chapter 7: Clear Aids for Communication

Part 2: How Horses Work

Chapter 8: Balance Issues
Chapter 9: How the Horse's Weight Distribution Changes
Chapter 10: Impulsion and Engagement
Chapter 11: Leverage for Collection
Chapter 12: Transitions
Chapter 13: Half-Halts

Part 3: How Two Spines Meet in Balance

Chapter 14; Rhythm
Chapter 15: Energy
Chapter 16: Flexion of the Poll
Chapter 17: Spinal Alignment
Chapter 18: the Bend
Chapter 19: The Height of the Neck
Chapter 20: The Length of the Stride
Chapter 21: The Line of Travel
Chapter 22: Figures and Movements

Conclusion: the Probability of Magic
Photograph and illustration credits
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.7.2015
Verlagsort	North Pomfret
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 260 mm
Gewicht	1043 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Reiten / Pferde
ISBN-10	1-57076-695-9 / 1570766959
ISBN-13	978-1-57076-695-4 / 9781570766954
Zustand	Neuware