Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Trafalgar Square Books
• DVD Release Date: August 12, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (77 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1570763151
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,717 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Sally Swift covers the basic Centered Riding concepts, showing the relationship between the rider and the motion of the Horse.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

52 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a terrific book!, January 9, 2000

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Priscilla (Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Centered Riding (A Trafalgar Square Farm Book) (Hardcover)

I'm getting back into riding after 30 years of an occasional trail ride, overweight and out of shape. My first few sessions were not so great, so the stable owner who is a centered riding certified instructor, gave me a few lessons on a longe line and bareback pad. What a difference! By studying the basics in Chapter 2, and focusing on how my body moves with the horse, I've become balanced and confident after just 3 hours of lessons. I'm not normally a fan of programs that use imaging to achieve results, but Ms. Swift appears to have hit on a method that puts me back in the saddle so both the horse and I are comfortable.

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Book I've Been Needing!, February 24, 2002

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citywulf (Atlanta, Georgia USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Centered Riding (A Trafalgar Square Farm Book) (Hardcover)

I have read book after book hoping to improve my riding. Some were too basic (Riding Essentials and Riding (by Decker) are great for beginners), others too obscure. Since my first time studying this book, my riding has improved immensely and the horses have been grateful! Visualization is so much easier than running thru a laundry list of cues. When I find my calves flailing at the canter, I just think of rooting like a tree and they become still. Examples like this abound, and my instructor has been very impressed as well. A great buy, and possibly the only book you need if your goal is just great daily riding, not to compete.

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for beginning or advanced riders., September 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Centered Riding (A Trafalgar Square Farm Book) (Hardcover)

As an adult just starting to ride, this book helped me to visualize how to balance and explained some useful riding techniques. It also made me aware of how a rider's body really affects her horse! Though sometimes difficult to do the exercises during a formal lesson, these techniques can be practiced and referred back to as I progress. Great pictures and instructor recommended.