Dance! to Improve Riding and Driving Your Horse (eBook)

Gloria Austin (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
98 Seiten
Equine Heritage Institute (Verlag)
9781951895990 (ISBN)

Infos

To be a good rider or driver you need stamina. You need balance. You need core strength. You need a sense of rhythm. You need concentration. You need to form a partnership with a thousand pound animal?.and so much more! Dancing is also an activity that requires core strength, rhythm, concentration and the ability to work with a partner.  It is possible that your riding and driving could improve by trying a new activity such as dancing! So get some dance shoes to keep in the closet with your riding boots and join us as we dance our way to success!

Inhalt

INTRODUCTION  9

RHYTHM AND TEMPO  10

Understanding Music  11                 

Rhythm - The Horse  13        

Rhythm - Dancing  14

Tempo - The Horse  17        

Tempo - Dancing  21

Rhythm and Tempo Wrap-up  22

STAMINA and FITNESS  23

The Fitness of the Horse  24

Stamina and Aerobic Fitness for You  25

MUSCLE STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILTY  29

Muscle Strength and Flexibility: Riding and Driving  30

Core Muscles  31

Developing core muscles by dancing!  32

DANCE YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS: Core Muscles  35    

Upper Back, Neck, Shoulders and Arms  42

Let’s develop upper body strength by dancing!  43

DANCE YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS: Upper Body Muscles  46

Quadriceps and Hamstrings  51

Let’s develop lower body strength by dancing!  52

DANCE YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS: Lower Body Muscles  55

VISUALIZATION  60    

Physical and Mental Visualization  61

Dancing with Your Eyes      62

Dancing in Your Mind’s Eye  64

DANCE YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS: Visualization  66

INTENTION  73

Planning with Intention  74

Communicating with Intention 75

PARTNERSHIP  79

Magical Partnerships  80

Creating the Magic  81

APPENDIX - STEPS IN BUILDING A FIT HORSE  90

SOURCES  94

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.11.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung
• Schlagworte: carriage driving • Dance • horse • horseback riding • horse communication
• ISBN-13: 9781951895990 / 9781951895990