Breathe Life into Your Riding: Transform Your Riding with Inspirational and Innovative Breathing Techniques

If you already have a good sense for how to read your horse you will love reading this book and learning how Jenny believes that your horse reads you! The first time I read this book I rushed through it and read through the night. It was the missing piece of the jigsaw that I had sensed but was just out of reach of my understanding. I wanted to see where Jenny was going to take her ideas. Now I'm rereading it slowly and carefully for the second having had the benefit of putting the ideas into practice and the book helping me to understand what my own pony was teaching me. Using Jenny's ideas has been immensely helpful for me working with a young, insecure and strong highland pony. Now that we are through that tricky stage I'm finding that I can start to use Jenny's ideas in many more ways to maintain rhythm, energise the paces, soften his frame. The book is far more helpful that most of the other horsey technique books on the shelf at home! It explains completely how we can be both the problem and the solution for our horses.

There are some aspects to this book that I really enjoyed - for example when she talks about inner calmness and how to achieve this through breathing. My horse is very sensitive to how my mind is feeling so this was useful and informative to me. Reaffirming what I have already discovered.There were chunks of the book which I personally would not use for example some of her methods of training. I have come to similar conclusions by different methods. I think that it is wise to follow what you, and your horse feel comfortable with and look at your core beliefs before attempting things that do not suit. However it is interesting to read about how other people achieve the same results through different methods.

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Some great techniques to help you become a more thoughtful and connected rider.

This much awaited book was everything i expected it to be. A perfect follow on from Ride with Your Heart.

Interesting read

This book has given me so much more confidence and enjoyment in the handling and riding of my horse. After reading the lovely variety of practical techniques and personal experiences, I feel that I have a whole new 'tool box' to work with - and enjoy! The connection and understanding that Jenny has taken the time and had the insight to develop is such a gift for all horse lovers. I haven't been involved with horses for many years, or had loads of riding lessons and as such always felt a little intimidated by people who had. However, since reading this book and putting into practice the techniques, I feel much more comfortable in the way I 'do' horses and any tension is being replace by such a sense of satisfaction and joy. This will always be a book I will want to dip into time and time again as each time I re-read the techniques, I gain another tip I can put into practice.Really worth buying!

Life with horses has many twist and turns along the way as slowly we move towards a greater understanding of our life with horses. Sometimes you need that special something to take you forward into a new understanding and make progress to the next level and in Jenny Rolfe's book i found just that key. I would recommend this book for the novice, enthusiastic amateur or budding professional to help inspire and clarify the ideas that are important to progression that forms the journey to Dressage.