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There are no horses on this DVD - unless you count \"Helen House Horse\", our saddle stand. (I explain the origin of the name in the lesson.) By taking the horses out of the equation for this lesson, the rider is freed up to concentrate on her own riding skills. We look in detail at subtle changes that can make a huge difference to the rider's core stability and the horse's overall comfort.
In this lesson you will learn how to:

Ride from your core.
Develop a Secure Seat.
Create a Soft Feel.
Connect to your horse’s Hips.
Become an Effective Rider.\u2028
Little Details Make a Huge Difference!

Learn how to ride from your core by first practicing your rein handling without your horse. Little details can make a huge difference to the security of your seat, and the feel down your reins. In this lesson you'll put the \"t'ai chi wall\" rope handling to work for you under saddle. You'll learn how to ride on a triangle of the reins to create soft, effective communication between you and your horse.

In my book, \"The Click That Teaches:Riding with the Clicker\", I describe in detail the process of riding on a triangle - why you want to, what it does for your horse, how you introduce and develop it. The book gives you the framework around which the original DVD lessons were created. What I know from working with people is reading is an important part of understanding this work, but it needs to be accompanied by seeing what it looks like and getting the feel of it in your own body. The original DVD lessons are an important part of this process.

If you've been working your way through the rest of the lessons in this series, you're probably itching to get on and ride. You may have even given single-rein riding a try. I suspect you have some questions about the rein handling. How do you slide down the rein? What are you supposed to be doing with your top hand? What is this soggy triangle that you've been reading about? And what is the triangle anyway that the reins are supposed to form? Most important, how does this help you to connect to your horse and to ride better?

These questions and many others are answered in this lesson. It begins with a demo of the single-rein riding. I show you many of the little details I've discovered that make a huge difference to the feel down the rein, the security of your seat, and the clarity of the communication.

The second half of the DVD shares with you some individual sessions participants at one of the 2008 summer clinics had on Helen House Horse. Watching them discover what a huge difference little details can make in their connection down the reins will help you with your own rein handling. You'll understand how to use bone rotations to create a soft feel down the rein. You'll be relaxed, but stable in your seat. You'll learn how to have a deep, secure seat, one that relies on good structure not tension to keep you in the saddle.

Handling skills matter. That's what we've seen over and over in this lesson series. Both on the ground and under saddle, good handling skills make a huge difference to your horse. In this lesson you'll see how the t'ai chi rope handling skills evolve easily into riding on a triangle. Everything is everything else - as you'll see in this lesson.
This DVD was first produced in September of 2008.

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Her area of particular interest is the development of a horse's balance: physical and emotional. Helping horses stay sound throughout a long lifetime is the goal. The result are beautiful horses that feel like heaven to ride. Her work can be applied to any breed, discipline, and age.

In 1998 Alexandra launched the rapidly growing field of clicker training for horses with the publication of her first book, “Clicker Training for Your Horse”.
She has also written “The Click That Teaches: A Step–By–Step Guide in Pictures” and “The Click That Teaches: Riding with the Clicker”. She has also produced The Click That Teaches DVD lesson series, plus an on-line training course, and an extensive library of articles in her blog: theclickercenterblog.com. She also produces the weekly Equiosity podcast - an exploration of all things equine with a special emphasis on the horse-human bond.

Alexandra teaches clicker training geared to any horse need or sport—including developing a gentle and companionable riding horse, working with foals and weanlings, training advanced performance horses, and helping difficult to handle horses.

Prior to the pandemic, Alexandra traveled widely giving clicker training clinics and presenting at conferences in the US, Canada, the UK and Europe. She has been on the faculty of The Clicker Expo since it’s beginning almost twenty years ago.
Her clinic teaching has now shifted on-line so wherever you are in the world, you and your horse can learn directly from Alexandra.

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