Zen and Horseback Riding : Applying the Principles of Posture, Breath and Awareness to Riding Horses

Tom Nagel

ISBN 10: 0974921327 / ISBN 13: 9780974921327

Published by Ko-gen Publications, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Zen and Horseback Riding : Applying the Principles of Posture, Breath and Awareness to Riding Horses
• Publisher: Ko-gen Publications
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0974921327
• ISBN 13: 9780974921327
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Zen & Horseback Riding explains the location, importance and use of the psoas muscles. The psoas are the deep core muscles that link the upper and lower girdles of the body. They are the basis of all efficient body movement and can be used by participants in any athletic activity.
This book explains how to correctly use your body to obtain tone (strength with flexibility), self-carriage (stability and lift) and movement (vertically bilateral) both on and off the horse. Zen & Horseback Riding is about using horseback riding as a means of self-development and training. It is about improving your riding and your life.
The Riding section has information about tone, engaging the psoas and hyoid muscles, self-carriage, breathing the Vertical "C," and movement. Information about time and space, pushing and pulling, time and resource management, habit and finding a balance is presented. Learn how this directly applies to both your riding and your life.

About the Author

Tom Nagel is an internationally recognized instructor and clinician. He has conducted clinics and trainings, given lectures, and done presentations throughout the United States and in Europe. Tom was the main speaker at the 10th Annual International Centered Riding Symposium in Brattleboro, Vermont. He was interviewed by Rick Lamb, of the national radio program, The Horse Show and was a keynote speaker at the 2007 Certified Horsemanship Association International Conference in Orlando, Florida. Tom's training background lies outside of horseback riding and his main expertise is in the basic biomechanics of how human bodies work. He has a third degree black belt in Aikido and is an advanced practitioner of Zen Bodytherapy, a bodywork discipline that combines deep tissue and alignment work. Tom started his Zen training in 1977 and became a certified Zen meditation instructor in 1986. This background gives him a unique perspective in how to assist riders to use their bodies efficiently first off and then on their horses.