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1. Breathe Your Way to Better Riding - online seminar
This 1-hour-15 minute seminar is $9.95 to stream as many times as you like for 30 days. You can buy for $19.95. Watch the video trailer for the seminar below to decide if you want to watch the full seminar. Full text to describe the seminar is given below.
The stresses of adult life combined with injuries over the years changes our breathing as we age. Therefore, just being told to breathe or relax while you’re in the saddle does little to improve your riding unless you have the tools to maintain the correct core breathing and release bodily tension before you enter the stables.
Not every riding instructor is equipped to help, so it leads to frustration. You may be asking why you can't advance faster - or maybe - why you can't ride as you used to in the past. You can.
We designed this seminar to help you develop a better breathing pattern and feel relaxation when you’re off your horse. The brilliance of this seminar is that you learn in your riding position without the distraction of directing your horse at the same time. Then you can bring the academic and muscle memory to your next ride with a high degree of success. You'll see how we do this when you watch the video trailer.
Horse trainer, Patricia Norcia, has taught breathing exercises at universities, as well as to her riding students. She helps riders improve by showing how to maintain relaxation and diaphragmatic breathing while in motion in the saddle. This seminar allows you to follow along with specific breathing and relaxation exercises to lower and improve your breathing in the first session - you will feel the improvement immediately.
Brenda Vylanek is a horsewoman and meditation expert. She teaches how meditation helps maintain better breathing and relaxation while staying in the moment with your horse. During our in-person clinics, Brenda uses essential oils to enhance the mediation experience. These oils are optional, but if you chose to do this at home, the oils are listed in this text box below.
In this seminar Brenda takes you through a fifteen-minute guided meditation. Like any learning experience, you need a quiet place to view the seminar and be able to meditate. You do not need prior meditation experience, but if you do, Brenda's unique connection to horses will help you get more out of this baseline meditation. She will take you to higher levels of meditation as our seminars continue.
In a second seminar coming soon, tai chi expert, David Ritchie incorporates qi gong exercise with breathing and meditation to connect you to your horse even further. You also learn how visualization helps to apply our aids at the exact moment to move as one with your horse.
Adults at any riding level and every discipline will benefit from this seminar. We are happy to have you join us on these seminar experiences.
Some people may choose to use essential oils with the meditation in this seminar. Here is Information on Essential Oils:
Using pure, natural, Essential Oils from sustainably sourced and organically grown plants, while meditating, is a great way to improve your meditation. Breathing them in before you begin helps to set the mood, relax the body, and calm the mind. Smelling essential oils during the meditation, using a diffuser in the room, or onto a diffuser necklace, can enable you to obtain a deeper meditation, and focus on your breathing. The oils recommended below are often used around horses as well. Begin introducing to your equine friends, simply by wearing them as a "perfume" yourself. Their olfactory system is much more sensitive than ours, and this simple method is usually all you need to do to see results. For more information on safely and effectively using essential oils on you and your horse, reach out to Brenda Vynalek via email at brendavynalek@gmail.com (And of course, always consult your Dr, and Vet before applying oils to you or your horse.)
The essential oils offered at our in person clinics are listed below and a link to order them follows.
Valor- is a blended oil used to balance energies and instill courage and confidence. Great for giving you the courage to let go and try new things.
Peace & Calming - another blended oil promotes relaxation and a deep sense of peace and emotional well-being. Calm the nerves and quiet the mind.
Stress Away- helps relieve daily stress and tension. Restores equilibrium and promotes relaxation. Let's you leave the work stress behind you.
Tranquil- This blend has been documented as being effective in reducing restlessness and inducing a calming feeling to mind and body.
T-Away- A special blend made specifically for animals dealing with past trauma. Great for humans too!
To order, use the link below and Brenda will send you free educational material and access to free online classes.
The information above is for educational purposes only and as a guideline for your personal use with your animals. It should not be used as a substitute for medical counseling
2. Riding with CHI - online version (Buy DVDs in the Advanced Equine Studies store)
Watch the entire 3-hour Riding with Chi program online for $9.95 (watch for one week) or download the video file for $21.95.
Mark Russell, Patricia Norica, and David Ritchie teach the elements of efficient energy flow - low "dantien" (deep belly) breathing combined with relaxation, spinal alignment, and balance. Riders learn how to feel the movement of energy in terms of specific exercises and the application to the rider's position in the saddle.
Watch the video trailer by clicking the button below with no obligation to rent/download the program. You can buy the DVD in the Advancd Equine Studies store.
3. The Horse's Respiratory System - online version (Buy DVD in the Store)
Watch individual chapters of The Horse’s Respiratory System program online for $3.95 (watch for one week)
or download for $5.95.
This is a college-level education that was awarded Best Educational Program at the EQUUS Film Festival. You follow a horse through Tufts Lung Function Laboratory and go into the classroom intense lectures on each of the topics noted in the parts below. while packed with information, this program fun to watch and designed for every rider and equine caregiver. It will be invaluable to anyone planning on a degree in equine science.
While each Part stands on its own, we recommend watching in sequential order, as each chapter builds on information learned in prior chapters.
Watch the video trailer by clicking the button below with no obligation to rent/download the program. You can buy the DVD in the Advanced Equine Studies store.
4. Saddle Fit for Horse and Rider - online version (Buy DVD in the store)
Watch individual chapters of the Saddle Fit for Horse and Rider online for $4.95 (watch for one week)
or download for $8.95.
This college-level education on saddle fit was awarded Best Educational Program at the EQUUS Film Festival. You learn how, as riders in the 21 century, we are the beneficiaries of huge advancements in saddle technology and design...but understanding which options are right for you and your horse can be daunting... and buying the wrong saddle can be a financial disaster.
While each Part stands on its own, we recommend watching in sequential order, as each chapter builds on information learned in prior chapters.
Watch the video trailer by clicking the button below with no obligation to rent/download the program. You can buy the DVD in the Advanced Equine Studies store.
5. Equine Internal Parasites - online version (Buy DVDs in the Advanced Equine Studies store)
Watch the 2 hour program online for $5.95 (watch for one week)
or download the program video file for $9.95.
Advanced Equine Studies goes to Tufts University where Dr. Alfredo Sanchez-Londono provides a college-level comprehensive education on the common internal parasites of relevance to riders and equine caregivers.
You learn life cycles of parasites, how horses are infected, and the health threats. You learn manure and pasture management to minimize parasite larvae on your farm. You learn fecal egg count testing and chemical and drug-free deworming treatments.
You learn that past deworming practices have led to drug-resistant parasites and the new Sustainable Parasite Controls to combat that resistance.
Watch the video trailer by clicking the button below with no obligation to rent/download the program. You can buy the DVD in the Advanced Equine Studies store.
6. Building the Horse's Foundation In Hand - online version (Buy DVD in the store)
Watch each Part of the program online for $4.95 (watch for 1 week) or download for $10.95.
Author, trainer, and clinician Mark Russell incorporates the in-hand exercises developed by the classical masters into his own training program to relax, supple, and strengthen the horse in educated postures. You learn how developing the horse gymnastically can heighten the communications with the horse both on the ground and in the saddle.
Abigail Nemec, Director of Equine Studies at Post University, joins Mark to examine the gymnastic and biomechanical value of each exercise.
We suggest Mark's first program, Riding with Chi, as a prerequisite for understanding this program.
Watch the video trailer by clicking the button below with no obligation to rent/download the program. You can buy the DVD in the Advanced Equine Studies store.