This message is from: "Ursula Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I visited our local library yesterday and came home with a wonderful video in a series called 'The Visible Horse' by Susan Harris and Peggy Brown. Some of you may recognise the name. Susan is the author of many books and particularly the US Pony Club Manuals....she is a wonderful & knowledgeable teacher. I recommend this video to all of you but esp. to those who may just be starting out in the riding and driving arena. It will surely help everyone develop a far better understanding of the horse and how it moves. Also how we can maintain healthier horses by choosing proper fitting equipment and developing our own skills so as to avoid getting in the horses way when we ride. She uses a live horse(white) which is painted with a skeletal system on one side and a muscular system on the other. She then systematically goes through each system and applies it to how the horse moves and what affect the rider has on the two systems....extremely interesting and not boring at all. It also contains valuable exercises for stretching specific muscle groups and how we can help our horses feel better when they are working and stressing their bodies for our benefit. Brian and I watched it together last night and agreed (when does that happen?) that if everyone had the opportunity to watch this tape, our horses would surely benefit Also, we would increase our sensitivity to our working horse-partnership The other tape in this series is Anatomy in Mortion 2 ...the Visible Rider.....where Peggy developed a 'bone suit' that allowed the demonstrator rider to become a 'transparent' rider......:then showing how the human skeleton is put together and how it can perform in unity with the horse..... Demonstrating common riding faults and their effects on the horse and rider. The tape is available from Trafalgar Square Publishing in Vermont..1-800-423-4525 I believe they also have a website. Add it to your list of things to do this winter, I think you will all find it very interesting and enlightening.
Ursula & Brian Jensen Trinity Fjords Box 1032 Lumby BC Canada V0E-2G0 http://okjunc.junction.net/~ujensen/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (250) 547-6303
