Intermediate Stokes and essential tips to enhance your technique.
Ready to take your SUMCHI Stroke Routine to the next level? Our handy A5 workbook has everything you would need. From anatomy to observation worksheets, full of tips from Beth and beautiful artwork. This colourful, high-quality, ring-bound book fits into your bag and transfers easily from your desk to the stables. Discover the true essence of SUMCHI Technique.
In her groundbreaking book, the first on the subject written specifically with horses in mind, animal enrichment specialist and zookeeper Amanda Goble shows readers exactly what’s missing from the modern horse’s life: enrichment and boredom-relief. By giving equines back the crucial natural behaviors, stimulation, and enriching experiences they crave, we can truly change their lives??”and ours as their riders, trainers, and caregivers??”for the better.No Bored Horses is for every desperate equestrian whose horse is going stir-crazy, and for the owner of the horse with behavioral problems that she just can’t seem to fix. And it is for every one of us whose aim is to give our horses the experiences and opportunities that create true well-being in our company.
Kinesiology Taping for Horses, Katja Bredlau-Morich
Kinesiology taping on human athletes is all the rage: widely used by physical therapists, chiropractors, and personal trainers, we see it on Olympians, runners, basketball playersโon amateurs and professionals. The idea behind taping is that it provides incredible support and stabilization of ligaments and tendons while simultaneously stretching and flexing like a “second skin” to allow full range of motion. It can also activate or relax muscles, depending on its application. Our equine athletes can benefit hugely from taping techniques, and this terrific guidebook provides the ultimate reference for understanding both the uses of kinesiology tape and its numerous applications. With hundreds of color photographs and step-by-step instructions for the do-it-yourselfer, equine physiotherapist Katja Bredlau-Morich explains the following forms of kinesiology taping:
Dressage is the ultimate achievement of oneness between horse and rider. This comprehensive training manual offers expert tips and practical exercises for mastering a variety of dressage techniques.
That Winning Feeling!: A New Approach to Riding Using Psychocybernetics By Jane Savoie Hardcover Book
That Winning Feeling! is all about choosing your future as a rider–and perhaps as a human being. Encompassing the areas of dressage, eventing, and show jumping, Olympic candidate Jane Savoie presents a revolutionary approach to riding by which you can train your mind and shape your attitudes to achieve higher levels of skill than ever imagined. “Psychocybernetics,” the science of positive mind power, will show you how to replace your negative perceptions with creative, constructive, and practical ideas.
Stumbling With Grace: A Lifetime Dance With Doubt And Devotion By Amy Skinner Paperback Book
In a world that often glorifies control and perfection,ย Stumbling With Graceย is a quiet rebellion. Through stories shaped by years in the saddle and a life lived closely with horses, Amy Skinner offers an unflinching look at what it means to grow, to falter, and to keep going.
With clarity, humor, and honesty, Skinner draws striking parallels between horsemanship and the human experience: how the lessons we learn from horses mirror the ones we most need in life. This is not a book about fixing yourself or mastering a method. Itโs about doing deep work to connect, beauty in imperfection, and grace in the places we least expect it.
Whether youโre a lifelong rider or simply navigating your way through uncertain terrain,ย Stumbling With Grace is a companion for those seeking courage to move with life, listen and lead with heart.
Justin Morgan Had A Horse By Marguerite Henry Paperback Book
A beloved classic! And a beautiful vintage book in excellent condition!
This inspiring tale of a little workhorse who became one of the greatest breeding stallions of all time from Newbery Awardโwinning author Marguerite Henry features the original text and illustrations!
An illustrated survey of horses in history encompassing: the prehistoric horse; the domesticated horse; the horse in war, legend, transportation, and art; and horse breeds.
In this powerful follow-up to her groundbreaking work The Tao of Equus, Linda Kohanov introduces provocative new theories about the human-horse connection, theories supported by in-depth experience. โHorses,โ she maintains, โmodel an embodied spirituality, one that is both fully present in this world and deeply connected to the soulโs divine origins.โ Kohanov explores how these animals support us on both levels, leading us to unexpected realizations about fear, intuition, awareness, empowerment, and above all, authenticity.
Advanced Techniques of Dressage, German National Equestrian Federation
Translated from the official instruction handbook of the German National Equestrian Federation, this teaching manual provides an instruction course in advanced level dressage for horse and rider. Using the German training system – a clear and logical system that has consistently produced international champions for many decades – the manual describes in detail the criteria governing each stage of dressage training – from transitions and extensions to piaffe and passage – giving the aids and training methods to be used for each movement or exercise. Respecting both purity and classical traditions, its aim is to create true harmony between rider and horse, and therefore mutual trust and confidence.
“The Anatomy of the Horse” by Robert Way and Donald Lee is a comprehensive book on the topic of horses, focusing on their anatomy. Published in 1965 by Blackwell Scientific Publications in the United Kingdom. Written in English, this original work offers a detailed exploration of the horses’ physical structure, making it a valuable resource for horse enthusiasts and professionals alike.
Complete Training of Horse and Rider in the Principles of Classical Horsemanship, Alois Podhajsky
For over a quarter of a century, Colonel Alois Podhajsky was the Director of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, home of the famous white Lipizzaner stallions whose remarkable performances have thrilled audiences throughout the world. Now for the first time, Col. Podhajsky has set forth explicitly and in practical, instructive fashion the step-by-step methods of training both horse and rider that are used at the School and that are the applicable foundations of all good horsemanship, for their purpose is to develop the natural abilities of the horse and to make riding a graceful, pleasurable experience.
A Formatio book. We all long to live life at its best–to fuse freedom and spontaneity with purpose and meaning. Why then do we often find our lives so humdrum, so unadventuresome, so routine? Or else so frantic, so full of activity, but still devoid of fulfillment? How do we learn to risk, to trust, to pursue wholeness and excellence–to run with the horses in the jungle of life?In a series of profound reflections on the life of Jeremiah the prophet, Eugene Peterson explores the heart of what it means to be fully and genuinely human. His writing is filled with humor and self-reflection, insight and wisdom, helping to set a course for others in the quest for life at its best.