Settle your nervous system to a calm, responsive state, allowing natural breathing and efficient movement pattern.
The theory behind a normal breathing pattern and its effects on the body, both mechanically via the musculoskeletal system and neurologically via the autonomic nervous system.
Utilising various techniques to assist in identifying your “baseline calm” state.
Utilising sensing as a technique for accessing the parasympathetic “rest and digest” nervous system.
Utilising mindfulness to enable you to access the parasympathetic “rest and digest” nervous system and find calm and clarity.
Recognising and improving the mobility of your thoracic spine and ribcage to improve breathing efficiency.
Taking your efficient breathing pattern and baseline calm feeling into upright sitting and then standing, taking you a step closer to applying this when in the saddle.
Taking the principles of Regulate to your horse. Starting with interacting with your horse on the ground, before transferring the Regulate observations and techniques into the saddle.
Wrapping up Regulate with a summary of the concepts covered and practiced, with guidance on how to take this forward in to the next steps.
