This is a really powerful stretch for allowing you to sit deeper into those seat bones, teaching your muscles to feel safe and long around the horse. Because we want our muscles to drape down off the horse. When they're tight and stuck, that's when we tend to grip with our knees, and we tend to get lifted up out of the saddle. But when we make our leg adductors long, supple and elastic, we can let them drape down, we can let our seat get deep into the saddle, and we can then use our core to move

Tipping forward in the saddle? There can be confusion about what exercises will help improve your balance in the saddle, specifically for dressage. I get it, I was lost and confused once too. For your body to be stable and balanced on the horse, it must have the ability to also be stable and controlled off the horse. How you move off the horse and how biomechanically aligned you are on the ground, will affect how you sit and perform in the saddle. Your saddle can pay a part too. Ensure you have