Seat Expert Shows How to Adjust Rider Into Proper Riding Posture

Episode 3

In this video Erica discusses how the rider's seat is similar to a martial arts stance know as Kibadachi, or horseback riding stance. She then adjusts the rider according to the Ride With Your Mind process taught to her by Mary Wanless with the result that the rider has a neutral spine, inner thigh rotation, an engaged core and engaged lat muscles — all resulting in an improved seat.

This posture is light, stable, balanced, flexible in the joints, and very effective. Using this posture the rider can give precise cues or pressures that the horse can recognize and respond to accordingly. Since riding is a language of touch, a good seat gives the rider the ability to be a clear communicator with their horse.

Erica Poseley is a rider biomechanics expert who specializes in lunging riders to improve their seats. She is also a certified Ride With Your Mind coach. She was recently the first person in the United States to earn a Diploma of Equitation Science from Dr. Andrew Mclean’s International course on equine learning theory.

For more information on how rider biomechanics and equine learning theory can help improve your riding experience, check out Erica's website at http://www.gotseat.com or email her at at erica@gotseat.com.