Move Like a Rider

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Move Like a Rider

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Create balance and stability with equal seatbones. In this module, you’ll learn how to assess which seatbone is dominant AND how to correct your default motor pattern that causes your crookedness! Come away with actionable steps that will retrain your muscles so that you sit evenly in the saddle. You’ll be more effective and able to communicate clearly so that your horse doesn’t have to guess what you are asking him to do!

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Engage your neck to activate your topline. In this module, you’ll learn to position your head and neck! Come away with actionable steps to engage your topline so that you create more engagement, self-carriage, and harmony with your horse.

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Optimize Your Ribcage for Connection Throughout Your Body. In this module, you’ll learn to identify how you use your ribcage! Come away with actionable steps to optimize the connection between the ribcage and your arms, poll, seat, and legs so that you can have more straightness, control, and harmony with your horse.

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Utilize better arm position for softer engagement. In this module, you’ll learn to hold your arms. Come away with actionable steps to create and maintain connection with your horse’s mouth!

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In this module, you’ll learn how to use the large muscles and the natural tension of the hand and how to fix common problems! Come away with actionable steps to create a good conversation between you and your horse.

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Apply better breathing patterns for accurate aids. In this module, you’ll learn how to breathe in a way that engages the rest of your position, when to breathe to be most effective and how to coordinate your breathing with your other aids for crisp, accurate responses from your horse! Come away with actionable steps to create a more accurate, effective ride.

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Optimize your hips for better engagement and security in the saddle. In this module, you’ll learn proper hip angle, engaging your seatbones to place your hips in the right position, and how to sit around and into your horse creates more security! Come away with actionable steps to keep you safer in the saddle and create better communication and harmony between you and your horse.

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Activiate your lower legs and calves properly for a smoother, more active ride. In this module, you’ll learn how to use your lower leg properly and coordinate with your hips and seatbones to improve communication with your horse! Come away with actionable steps to get a more forward horse, crisper responses, and steady engagement in your ride.

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Guided meditations to listen to while you are in the saddle - in the arena or out on the trail!

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Move Like A Rider

Dr. Tonya Olson a Physical Therapist, human and equine functional anatomy expert, business owner, and horsewoman. A path to becoming a veterinarian to work with horses evolved into a desire to connect human movement to people's relationships with their horses. Dr. Olson ultimately chose physical therapy to help riders see themselves as athletes and show them how to be the best athletes for their horses. Dr. Olson lives in St. Petersburg, Florida and owns and runs Centaur Physical Therapy.

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