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Centered Riding | 
 enlarge | Author: Sally Swift
Publisher: ALLEN J A
Category: Book
Buy Used: $33.66
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Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 1383823
Format: Import
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 8.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0851319335
EAN: 9780851319339
ASIN: 0851319335
Publication Date: March 31, 2006
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 New rider November 10, 2008
Sony (USA)
This video it pretty good. It is very slow so a little tough to watch but very imformative. I do plan on purchasing part II.
 Good July 31, 2008
Kreig R. Peterson (New Mexico)
Sally does a great job at teaching this critical aspect of riding. My child has leaped ahead and understands the dynamics of horse and rider together.
Best book on centered riding April 29, 2008
C. McCauley (New Jersey)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is really the only decent book on how to ride centered. The only problem is that the imagery is more confusing than it is helpful at least for me. But I am the kind of person that needs to be told how to do something(tilt your pelvis, relax your ankles) rather than be told to think like a tree(whatever that means!!!)
I still recommend this book because it does contain excellent detail on the proper way to ride. The anatomy lessons are excellent and explain WHY(based on physics) you have to sit a certain way. I just find myself rereading this book over and over to get a full appreciation of the information.
 Sage Advice for Novice Equestrian April 22, 2008
M. M. Cox (Cape Cod, MA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Being a novice rider who has been interested in zen methods and meditations for years, I would have bought this book even if it contained only this one piece of advice that I've seen in no other publication. The advice: Ask someone to check your posture while you're sitting on the horse, looking at you from behind because one side is usually stronger than the other and the stronger side tends to be shorter. This unevenness can be observed from the back because the line of the spine and the pant's seam do not come over the horse's backbone. The author then explains how to correct this problem, even though it feels wrong at first and it takes time to become comfortable with balanced riding.
Sally Swift's use of visualization to practice correct breathing, maintain soft eyes, etc. is also quite useful to me, because it gives me a way to direct my attention to the discipline at hand and less to trying so hard to do it right.
"Centered Riding" is a book that I was thrilled to find and it will be a valuable reference to me as I begin to learn to ride correctly on the sweet and gentle Standardbred gelding that I recently adopted from the Second Wind Adoption Program in West Union, West Virginia.
CENTERED RIDING February 26, 2008
L. Pereida (Bakersfield, Ca United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
excellent book for any rider.great book to keep for future reference. excellent drawings that help you visualize what the author is referring to for certain lessons.
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