Centered Riding - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Centered Riding write by Sally Swift. This book was released on 1985-01-15. Centered Riding available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Widely known for her innovative teaching philosophy stressing body awareness, the value of "soft eyes," proper breathing, centering, and balance, Sally Swift has been a pioneering riding instructor for half a century. In book form for the first time, her methods enable horse and rider to achieve harmony, working together naturally, without pain. Unlike traditional teachers, Sally Swift does not believe in forced training techniques that cause stiff bodies and tense riding. Instead, through the use of vivid, unusual, and highly creative images that transcend mechanics ("Pretend you're a spruce tree; the roots grow down from your center as the trunk grows up"), plus a thorough knowledge of human and equine anatomy, this wise and inspiring teacher enables the conscientious equestrian to reassess habitual responses, in order to ride in natural positions, break through frustrating plateaus, and achieve ever-rising goals with comfort, vitality, and precision. Precise illustrations and photographs never before used in riding books explain anatomy and image work to give mind and body new and relaxed approaches to the inner process of riding. Centered Riding is for those with little experience all the way up to world class.
The Mystery of Everyday Life
The Mystery of Everyday Life - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Mystery of Everyday Life write by Andrew W. Metcalfe. This book was released on 2002. The Mystery of Everyday Life available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This remarkable book takes a fresh look at life as a process, not an end, encouraging readers to look for the meaning of life not in terms of achievement or others' opinions, but in the everyday joys of living. From the Preface ...It is easy to become attached to goals. Goals promise certainty, and the anxiety they induce only makes their achievement seem more meritorious. The trouble is that goals, even worthy ones, remove our sense of proportion and our sensitivity to what is happening around us. It sometimes takes a fall to bring us back into the present. 'Where have I been? What have I been doing all my life?' We awaken to the world as if for the first time. We have written this book out of an increasing sense of the importance of these moments. Once you recognise life as a gift rather than an achievement, you realise that 'meaning in life' is found only in the vitality of the social relations in which we participate.
Geographies of Rhythm
Geographies of Rhythm - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Geographies of Rhythm write by Tim Edensor. This book was released on 2016-04-15. Geographies of Rhythm available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Rhythmanalysis, Henri Lefebvre put forward his ideas on the relationship between time and space, particularly how rhythms characterize space. Here, leading geographers advance and expand on Lefebvre's theories, examining how they intersect with current theoretical and political concerns within the social sciences. In terms of geography, rhythmanalysis highlights tensions between repetition and innovation, between the need for consistency and the need for disruption. These tensions reveal the ways in which social time is managed to ensure a measure of stability through the instantiation of temporal norms, whilst at the same time showing how this is often challenged. In looking at the rhythms of geographies, and drawing upon a wide range of geographical contexts, this book explores the ordering of different rhythms according to four main themes: rhythms of nature, rhythms of everyday life, rhythms of mobility, and the official and routine rhythms which superimpose themselves on the multiple rhythms of the body.
A Gymnastic Riding System Using Mind, Body, & Spirit
A Gymnastic Riding System Using Mind, Body, & Spirit - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Gymnastic Riding System Using Mind, Body, & Spirit write by Betsy Steiner. This book was released on 2015-03-01. A Gymnastic Riding System Using Mind, Body, & Spirit available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A multifaceted training system for riders and horses of all levels. Most books discuss the physical aspects of riding: horse position, rider position, use of aids, schooling exercises, and movements. Betsy Steiner, however, an international rider and trainer, believes that the physical is just one-third of the riding equation, and that two equally important vital components—the intellectual and the psychological—are often ignored. Her approach to riding and training is to use the body, mind, and spirit, all working together to create a rich experience she call gymnastic training that addresses horse and rider as the three-dimensional beings that they are. This training system is geared toward maintaining proper form and alignment—crucial for human and equine athletes alike. Progress is achieved by use of inventive gymnastic schooling exercises for the horse, and a tailored program of Pilates exercises enabling the rider to become athletic, lithe, energetic, and flexible.
The Basics of Western Riding
The Basics of Western Riding - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Basics of Western Riding write by Charlene Strickland. This book was released on 1998-01-01. The Basics of Western Riding available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Covers all aspects of western riding from choosing a horse to tacking up, trail riding, conditioning, endurance riding, and showing
