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THERE ARE A NUMBER OF KEY FACTORS WHICH WILL ASSIST YOU IN MAKING YOUR EQUIVEST EXPERIENCE A POSITIVE ONE.

· FIRST AND FOREMOST IS YOUR FRAME OF MIND. FOR YOUR EXERCISE TO BE REWARDING YOU SHOULD BE MINDFULL THAT YOU SHOULD NOT CHALLENGE THE EQUIVEST. YOU ARE NOT IN COMPETITION WITH IT, YOURSELF OR THE HORSE. JUST ALLOW YOUR BODY TO DISCOVER WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO TO STABILISE THE PENDANT. AS YOU RIDE, DIRECT YOUR THOUGHTS ENTIRELY ON MAKING THE CHAINS STILL WITH YOUR STERNUM. IMAGINE STILL, QUIET CHAINS. SOME RIDERS FIND THAT TARGETING THEIR THOUGHTS ON STABILISING THE ‘D’ ON THE PENDANT, IS MORE DIRECTIVE.

· IT IS ALSO VITAL TO REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE USING THE EQUIVEST, TO COMPLETELY REMOVE ANY THOUGHTS RELEVANT TO THE TRAINING OF THE HORSE. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, YOU ARE TRAINING YOU AND ONLY YOU FOR A SPECIFIC RESULT. YOU WILL FIND THAT YOU DO NOT NEED TO ADJUST THE HORSES OUTLINE TO ACHIEVE HARMONY. YOU ONLY NEED TO DIRECT YOUR HORSE AND ADJUST ITS SPEED.

· BEST DISCOVERY RESULTS ARE ACHIEVED WHEN IN SITTING TROT. WHEN TENSION AND DISUNITY ARE APPARENT, ie WHEN THE PENDANT IS GREATLY REACTIVE, THIS IS DUE TO SOME FORM OF RESISTANCE. TO RESOLVE THIS, MAKE SURE YOU STAY IN SITTING TROT, FOCUS ON STABILISING THE PENDANT WITH YOUR THOUGHTS AND PERFORM A SMALL CIRCLE TO QUICKLY RE-ESTABLISH UNITY. IF YOU RISE TO THE TROT TO AVOID DISUNITY, YOU WILL NOT BE TRAINING YOUR BODY TO AUTOMATICALLY CORRECT POOR PELVIC FUNCTION.

· RIDE YOUR HORSE AS SLOW AND SOFT AS IS NECESSARY TO FIRST DISCOVER CORRECT PELVIC MOVEMENT. INITIALLY THIS MAY REQUIRE FAR LESS “FORWARD THINKING” IN YOUR RIDING.

· ENSURE YOU THROUGHLY READ THE WRITTEN GUIDELINES AND VIEW THE ACCOMPANYING DVD BEFORE YOU TRIAL THE EQUIVEST.

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