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How Can Riding on the Lunge Help You?

  • Riding while on the lunge can help you find your elegant, balanced and effective seat --- making you, your horse and your regular instructor very happy.

  • Riding while on the lunge allows you to focus only on your seat which will make you a better rider when you take the reins back.

  • Lunge to retain new muscle memory for a correct seat Learn to sit well to ride better!

  • There is lunging and then there's lunging. Erica Poseley has training in the art of lunging safely, correctly, and for productive results. Lunge lessons can be counterproductive for instance if the rider's seat is incorrect, the rider is gripping, leaning too far forward or too far back, and therefore is developing an incorrect muscle memory. Lunge lessons can even be dangerous if the horse is allowed to zoom around on its inside shoulder while the rider is suppose to do some exercise...

  • The act of being lunged by just about anyone at the barn is not the equivalent of a quality lunge lesson. European master trainers have developed the art of lunging a rider for the development of an effective seat. This is the quality education you can gain from Erica Poseley.

  • Imagine a rider with a bouncing hand. The bouncing hand can come from many causes, but wouldn't you like to take the express route towards fixing it? If the symptom is the hand movement, the cause can be a stiff hip, poor balance, rigid trunk, or imbalanced muscle tone. Erica Poseley can pinpoint the source of a problem and help you find a solution through her expertise in the biomechanics of a rider on her horse.

  • Remember, riders are most often limited by their weak seats, so treat yourself to a professional approach to perfecting your seat.