Parelli Tips: Success Series - "Natural Rider"

"Natural Rider" DVD

• You must become smooth with your horse. 
• Don't avoid the trot: sit, post and stand to it
• Your balance point shouldn't be up on your crotch or on your tailbone
• Find a place inbetween.
• To ask your horse to speed up, bring your life up
• The horse will want to copy what you do with your body
• Try Pedaling-move ankel back and forth at walk. Gives you better position and prevents your heels to go down, which stiffens your body
• Mimic the horses front with your front. It gets you in tune with them.
• Push hands on withers and push yourself back into the saddle, at walk or trot. Keeps you with him and keeps you from jolting forward
• If you hollow your back, or put your heels down, your horse may run away with you, stop, or buck.
• Watch horses movement on the ground to help get in tune with them.
• You can go inbetween gaits with your energy level. (ex: faster or slower trot.)
• For a canter: put your thumb under your butt and try not to let your butt leave it.
• Turn your body and let horse match it. Pretend you have eyes all over your body and look where you are going with them.
• Only guide with reins
• For sideways: look where you are going, push with one side of your body and swing with him.
• and move your butt to move his hind-quarters only and same with upper body.
• For backwards: suck belly-button back to your spine.
• A horse may shake his head if you are on his mouth.