This is the best book I have ever read to help me have a better seat on a horse. If I don't have the proper seat and balance, it is imposssible for me to do my best on a horse or get the most out of them. This is my number one MUST HAVE equine book. No matter what your riding discipline, you will benefit from this book.
Many of the best classic horse books have information that is hard to translate in to action a novice can use on her own horse. This book has instructions in it that you can take to the barn with you and help yourself improve.
The book is worth far more than any single riding lesson, so is a bargain, even at more than full price.
To me the most useful advice is about soft eyes vs. hard eyes. Amazing what your horse can sense!
Centered Riding
This book was delivered to the wrong address and I never received it. I have paid for it, but no book. I don't know if it was supposed to be signed for at the delivery site, or if it was just left in the mailbox or at the door. Regardless, I never signed for it, or received it.
Centered Riding ( A Trafalgar Square Farm Book)
I find this book very informational in learning how to ride since I'm a beginner.
I come back to this book again and again
I work with severely emotionally disturbed kids who experience varying levels of dissociation from their bodies. The diagrams and pictures in this book help them "see" better than my words.The horses help them feel their bodies again in a positive way. When I feel blocked in my own life, I can always go back to this book and learn something new, see something I haven't been able to see, feel something new. Thank-you Sally Swift.
Elaine Kite LCSW
