In October in Eugene (11 & 12th) and the Portland area and November 14-16 near Spokane, WA I’m teaching clinics. In September I’m teaching 4-week “Unity in Balance” improve-your-seat classes in Sisters.  Classes and clinics will help you get rid of habitual (and often unrecognized)  tension, improve balance, move in-synch with your horse, and be more aware of  how you move so you can better give aids, support your horse’s movement and move in synch with your horse partner.

Classes and clinics consist of on the ground movement education and strengthening lessons, group riding lessons, and individual lunge lessons. You will have the opportunity to explore inefficient habits, imbalances, asymmetry, and tension in your riding, and more importantly you will have the help to become the balanced, supple, efficiently moving, clearly communicating, beautiful rider you are.

After taking my classes, riders, both experienced and novice, have been delighted with the improvements in their riding, in awareness of self and of their understanding of how their balance, tension, and habitual ways of sitting and moving influence their horse–and how awareness and improved fluidity and balance of their movement can help their horse. Rider’s have experienced quieter hands, fluid sitting trot, evenly draped legs, confident awareness of the weight and position of each seatbone. They’ve experienced horses that are more symmetrical and balanced, easily doing lateral movements, canter departs, etc. Instructors have been grateful for how student’s self awareness helps in understanding the instructor. After a few lessons riders have been astounded at the differences in their ease of riding and giving aids and the balance and understanding and improved movement of their horse.

Classes are limited to 5 people and offered in Central Oregon.
Session 1: Mondays September 8-29th, 1pm - 5 pm.
Session 2: Tuesdays September 9-30th, 10 am - 2 pm.
Session 3: Tuesdays, October 7-28th.
Each session costs $240 for the 4 classes.

This month I have had to add a second session so I now have room for 2 more riders. Because of the late notice I am giving a make up session on Friday September 12th to teach the materials of the first class.

Also in October:
Session 3 Seat Class: Tuesdays October 7 - 28th.
Clinics in Eugene & Portland

In November
Clinic in Deer Park, WA   Nov. 14-16

Please email or call me if you would like to sign up, Michele Morseth, MA, GCFP.   541-504-0494 or potentmoves@gmail.com

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