“How Horses Want You to Teach”
2 Day Instructors’ Clinic
With
Gincy Self Bucklin
Merry Meadow Farm, River Road, Westmoreland, NH
No Clinics currently scheduled.
Watch this space and the blog for new dates.
Clinic Program
Day 1: Identifying, correcting and preventing seat problems and balance issues in all disciplines
“The seat is the principal point of contact between rider and horse. You can drop your reins, and take your lower leg off your horse, but unless you fall off, your seat is going to be there, maintaining a connection. What kind of connection this is can have a major effect on the comfort and even the soundness of your horse.”
From How Your Horse Wants You to Ride, by Gincy Self Bucklin, © 2004
Day 2: Defusing the Fear Factor
The reason that we need to deal with fear, and the earlier the better, is that fear creates bad physical habits which, once engrained in muscle memory, are very difficult to eliminate. And they are the kind of habits that affect all aspects of riding. So if we can find a way to reduce or even eliminate fear, especially early on, it will make our task as instructors much easier.
From a speech at Dressage4Kids by Gincy Self Bucklin © 2009
For more information, or to sign up:
Call or e-mail: Kim Mastrianni, 603-835-6488, kimmastrianni@yahoo.com
Write: What Your Horse Wants, PO Box 2595, Brattleboro, VT 05303
Gincy Self Bucklin has been teaching riding for 60 years. She is the daughter of Margaret Cabell Self, renowned author of numerous books on horses and riding. Gincy’s students have included recreational riders of all ages and levels, with an emphasis on building a correct foundation from the start. She has been a Level II Centered RidingTM Instructor, and is a Level 4 Instructor with the American Riding Instructor’s Association. She is the author of What Your Horse Wants You to Know, How Your Horse Wants You to Ride and More How Your Horse Wants You to Ride.
Travel and Lodging
The clinic location, Westmoreland, NH, is in southwestern New Hampshire, near Keene and Brattleboro, VT. For more information about how to get here and where to stay, see our Travel and Lodging page.
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