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I can relate to that !!!   I had many a lesson riding with no stirrups, while on the flat and jumping.  Talk about strengthening those legs....They didn't take our reins away though....that would be tough.  Oh, but we did have to hold our arms out to the side, and just drop them.

 

Jody

sandy.l.holder@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Last year before Tevis I took a final series of dressage lessons from an exceptional instructor (www.sonsofthewindfarm.com - he comes to the west coast quarterly).  He asked me what I wanted to work on and I said I wanted to work on balance. 
>
> He promptly took away my stirrups. . . and then took away my reins (he said I was trying to hold on with the reins). . . and then he took away the lunge line that was
>  attached to my horse!!!!!  Posting without stirrups was really hard but after 4 days of work, I was cantering in a 30 meter circle (the width of the arena) with NOTHING!  Balance, balance, balance.  If you ever think a horse is one sided or not, make sure YOU'RE not!   
>
> . . .of course Tevis was a breeze after all THAT work!
>
> Sandy 
> p.s. I'll be practicing this A LOT on my greenie while my lover boy Tally is 'resting up'. 
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