Solutions: Maintain Balance During Trot, Canter Lengthenings

Use this visualization technique from Bruno Greber to maintain upward lift in your body during trot and canter lengthenings.

To help maintain your balance and keep your body from tipping forward or backward during trot or canter lengthenings …  

Imagine a plexiglass wall extending up vertically from your horse’s withers. To initiate your lengthening, inhale through your nose, feel the upward lift in your body and try to keep your nose from touching that imaginary barrier.

—Bruno Greber

  

Illustration by Sandy Rabinowitz

About Bruno Greber

Bruno Greber was born in Switzerland and went through the Swiss Horse Professionals Association’s trainer/instructor program, earning an Eid. Dipl. Reitlehrer. To further his specialization in classical dressage, he worked as an assistant trainer for Arthur Kottas in Vienna from 1992 to 1997. Based in Crozet, Virginia, he and his wife, Barbara, operate Greber Dressage Training and conduct clinics on a regular basis.

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