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Excerpt: Anja Beran – For the Benefit of the Horse

Anja Beran: How Modern Dressage has diverged from the dressage from the past. The dressage of Gustav Steinbrecht and Guérinière among others and what that means to our horses.

What is Different About the Iberian

Balance of the Iberian - The Challenges

Canter – The First Step – The Rider

Creating feel versus a one-size-fits-all package of pattern work within the canter allows for the variances within horses and levels of balance

Karen Rohlf: Not Missing The Forest

Here the goal is to help our horses realize what they can do in their bodies that will enable them to carry us firstly without pain, and secondly so their physical potential is unleashed.

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Decarpentry: Two Types of Lateral Flexion

Posted by Horses For LIFE Magazine on September 23rd, 2010

Excerpt from the Article Decarpentry: Two Types of Lateral Flexions of the Poll • VOLUME 3 • © HORSES For LIFE™ Magazine Lateral Flexions of the poll: There are two kinds: Direct Lateral Flexion The direct lateral flexion which bends the poll and the top part of the neck laterally and leaves the [...]

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Tags: Decarpentry, Lateral Flexion, Poll Flexion

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Decarpentry:Classification of Low and High School and Airs Close to the Ground

Posted by Horses For LIFE Magazine on September 11th, 2010

“From the walk itself no classical airs have been developed. We must look to the trot and canter of which classical airs “close to the ground” can be further developed.” Decarpentry

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Tags: Airs "Close to the Ground", Decarpentry, Terre-a-Terre

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