Table of Contents

Foreword by Lendon Gray Preface   Chapter One: Learning Control Control from the First Step   Chapter Two: Riding Position Dressage Seat Leg Position Hand Position Light Seat   Chapter 3: The Riding Aids Seat and Weight Aids Leg Aids Hands/Rein Aids Auxiliary Aids Diagonal Aids   Chapter 4: Working on Gaits The Walk The Trot Posting and Sitting Trot The Canter Canter Leads The Halt Rein-Back Transitions   Chapter 5: The Training Scale The Training Scale Rhythm Looseness Contact Impulsion Straightness Collection Letting Through the Aids   Chapter 6: Key Riding Techniques Flexion Bending The Half Halt   Chapter 7: School Figures The 20-Meter Circle The 15-Meter Circle The 10-Meter Circle The Half Circle Figure Eights Bending Lines Three-Loop Serpentines Long and Short Diagonals Riding Corners   Chapter 8: Lateral Work Turn on the Forehand Leg Yield   Chapter 9: The Destination: Intuitive Riding How the Book and DVD Work Together   Cast of Characters   Index