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Description for Ridden
Hardcover.
What does the horse feel when a rider is crooked in the saddle? What is it like to go faster or slower, to round curves and travel straight, with an unbalanced load to carry? What goes through the horse's mind when he is over-flexed and over-aided...when he is forced into biomechanically unsound positions? What happens when a prey animal (the horse) must learn to defeat his own preservation instinct and perform on cue with a predator (humankind) clinging to his back? In this important book, Dr. Ulrike Thiel-a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, sport psychologist, dressage rider, riding instructor, judge, and Xenophon ... Read more
What does the horse feel when a rider is crooked in the saddle? What is it like to go faster or slower, to round curves and travel straight, with an unbalanced load to carry? What goes through the horse's mind when he is over-flexed and over-aided...when he is forced into biomechanically unsound positions? What happens when a prey animal (the horse) must learn to defeat his own preservation instinct and perform on cue with a predator (humankind) clinging to his back? In this important book, Dr. Ulrike Thiel-a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, sport psychologist, dressage rider, riding instructor, judge, and Xenophon ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
J.A. Allen & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908809087
SKU
V9781908809087
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Ulrike Thiel
Dr Ulrike Thiel is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, sport-psychologist, dressage rider, riding instructor, therapeutic riding instructor, judge, and Xenophon Society classical riding trainer. She operates HippoCampus Institute for Equitherapy and Equine Sport Psychology in The Netherlands.
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