Simplify Your Riding - Murdoch, Wendy

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Résumé :
In all sports good body alignment and balance is critical to success. In this indispensable guide Wendy Murdoch, internationally recognized instructor and clinician, explains how body alignment applies to equestrians. Murdoch takes the most important elements of riding and breaks them down into simple to follow steps. You will learn how to eliminate old, ineffective habits and use your body efficiently no matter your equestrian level or discpline. Through improved body alignment you will discover greater ease in the saddle, improved timing of your aids and have better communication and performance in no time! More importantly your horse will thank you for making his job easier due to your improved balance and clear communication. More than 200 color photographs clearly illustrate how to achieve better balance in the saddle, develop a deep seat, time your aids for clear transitions and move in sync with your horse. Whether it's your first ride or you have been in the saddle for yers this book is a must have for every equestrian....

Biographie:
Wendy Murdoch grew up in Stamford, Connecticut, and has spent her entire life involved with horses. She has ridden since childhood and competed in and been interested in a variety of disciplines, from hunters to dressage, eventing and reining. Wendy holds a B.S. in Animal Science from the University of New Hampshire and an M.S. in Equine Reproductive Physiology from the University of Kentucky. She is constantly expanding her education. Her credentials include being a TT.E.A.M. Practitioner II/Clinician and a Senior Level IV Centered Riding? Instructor. She is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Method? Practitioner, and an MBS Academy Master Practitioner having studied with Mia Segal, Dr. Feldenkrais' first assistant and founder of MBS Academy. In addition Wendy studies with holistic veterinarian, saddle-fitting expert, and author Dr. Joyce Harman and Bettina Drummond, the only authorized representative of the Nuno Oliveira School from Portugal. In her clinics over the past 30 years, Wendy has taught riders of all disciplines and skill levels how to use their bodies to achieve a higher level of performance with their horses. Some of her students have never been on a horse before while others compete at the highest levels of their discipline. Her goal is to make riding fundamentally simple by showing riders how to achieve what great riders do naturally. Her clinics are held year round in the United States, Canada, and Europe and have included Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Visit her website at www.wendymurdoch.com for a clinic schedule and for more information about The Murdoch Method.

Sommaire:
In all sports good body alignment and balance is critical to success. In this indispensable guide Wendy Murdoch, internationally recognized instructor and clinician, explains how body alignment applies to equestrians. Murdoch takes the most important elements of riding and breaks them down into simple to follow steps. You will learn how to eliminate old, ineffective habits and use your body efficiently no matter your equestrian level or discpline. Through improved body alignment you will discover greater ease in the saddle, improved timing of your aids and have better communication and performance in no time! More importantly your horse will thank you for making his job easier due to your improved balance and clear communication. More than 200 color photographs clearly illustrate how to achieve better balance in the saddle, develop a deep seat, time your aids for clear transitions and move in sync with your horse. Whether it's your first ride or you have been in the saddle for yers this book is a must have for every equestrian....