In this episode I discuss the horses brace, and how this can effect the way your aids are responded to, if you are doing the work yet still feel like you are using more pressure than you'd like, whether it be with the legs, the seat or the reins, have a listen. The answer could be here.

In this episode I discuss a few things we need to consider when riding in spurs, and whether we or our riders should really be choosing to ride in spurs. I do not advocate riding in spurs, but I know a lot of people do, I used to also and have since learnt and taken time to think about really what is best. This episode is about explaining what we need to know before making that choice.

A little different but still hugely relevant, in this episode I have a little thought about our responsibility to our horses on how we show up for them. And why they may like us to show up slightly differently.

This is a follow up to last weeks episode about the riders seat, this time addressing the more forward thinking horses and how it is as equally important to think about our own bodies and how our seat functions with these types as it is with the more shut down horses.

In this episode we deep dive into the importance of the riders seat www.alignedequitation.com

I love proprioception, its a long word to say and spell, but its soooo important to riders, in this episode I dive into why its so important and what we need to do about it. www.alignedequitation.com

In this episode I give you little update about our new pony, but also get you thinking about how we use rider alignment and pressure, how we need to be in a state of awareness to be able to use less pressure.

In this episode I delve into the detail of what the riders core is all about, why its needed, and what it actually is www.megparkinson.com

Just a little catch up this time, let you know what's been happening in life here and why I may have been a tad quiet.

In this episode I talk about how we can make constant positional changes in our riding and why we cannot just try and do it in our weekly lessons. www.megparkinson.com

Just a dip in the water as we jump back into recording, a little ramble about why school movements are important for helping us improve our own riding whilst supporting our horses journey too. www.megparkinson.com

In this episode I talk about what to do if your saddle slips, answering a question from one of you I cover what we need to think about first and a few things that aren't spoken about when it comes to saddle fit and rider straightness To delve into more rider biomechanics and join me for live online classes head to ⁠https://www.megparkinson.com/thealignedrideracademy⁠ To hit up my instagram and watch all there free content over there head...

In this episode I talk about some essential areas of getting the most from your riding lessons. Give you tips on how to save yourself money and stress in the long run and get you thinking a little bit more of what may be happening when you try to correct things. To delve into more rider biomechanics and join me for live online classes head to https://www.megparkinson.com/thealignedrideracademy To hit up my instagram and watch all there free content over there head...

This is the audio from a webinar I recorded last week, so many of you came along to the live and since then a lot of you have watched or listened back to the recording that I thought to kick the year off I'd share it here too. Here's the two main links to the things discussed that you may need visual for Goal...

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Part 2 of the mini audio lesson series

Have me coach you in your ear with this mini series, within my academy you have access to over 70 audio lessons so I thought I’d treat you to this mini series about riding a good bend.

A questions from an academy ember has prompted this episode, where I talk about how different horses respond to rider positional changes and what we need to keep in mind when working on ourselves.

In this episode I talk about your movement story, why riding isn’t always easy and what it means when it feels hard.