Pilates: For the Dressage Rider,Janice Dulak

Brand new shop stock. May be some slight shop wear around the edges from shelf life; see photos. \n\nPilates for the Dressage Rider by Janice Dulak\n\nIn this excellent book, dressage rider and Level 2 Pilates Instructor Janice Dulak has compiled a program of Pilates exercises specifically designed to help the dressage rider enhance her ability for success in dressage.\n\nWhile they use different terms, both Pilates and dressage share an emphasis on the torso, or \""Powerhouse\"" in Pilates-speak, and achieving core strength, good posture, and muscle flexibility. The goals of a Pilates program are often identical to what riders try to achieved in the saddle in the sport of dressage. \n\nThe book shares three basic goals: \n\nto give the reader an introduction to Pilates and basic workout to do at home or on the horse,\n\nto help the rider understand and gain control over the engagement of her own spine, and \n\nto guide the rider toward using the knowledge gained through.