The Equine Listenology Guide - Essential horsemanship, horse body language & behaviour, groundwork, in-hand exercises & riding lessons to develop softness, connection & collection.

by Elaine Heney

Overview

*** Winner of the Best International Equine Non-Fiction Award at the EQUUS Film & Arts Fest 2022, California USA ***

Enjoy this 'Listening to the Horse' inspired equestrian book, packed full of stories, lessons, case studies and training exercises for you & your horse. This book is the first book in the Equine Listenology trilogy, which includes a companion workbook & journal. Perfect for both English & western riders.

This Listenology guide also includes lots of in-hand, groundwork and riding homework for you to try out at home with your horse. Plus all readers are invited to join our free online equestrian community & meet others who understand the importance of listening to the horse.

Book contents:

The Listening to the Horse documentary

14 Cornerstone principles of Listenology

Groundwork & in hand exercises

10 minute lessons and bad weather exercises

The #1 lead rope mistake to avoid

The no pull training exercise

Confidence training & ground work

Walking in hand with your horse

Herd bound and barn sour horses

Liberty work and partnership building

Dancing with Matilda & horsemanship

6 Benefits of polework exercises

Cavaletti training exercises

Sideways exercises & dressage

Lateral work & collection

How to start shoulder out

The Royal Stables in Cordoba, Spain

Which bitless bridle is right for my horse?

Does my saddle fit my horse?

The comfort zone riding exercise

How to use less rein cues

Riding one handed

The changing direction exercise

Posture & the still shoulders exercise

The lower back riding exercise

The Holy Grail of horse riding

Footfall sequence exercise

Fun with Cones

Fun with Polework

The Balance Bootcamp

Elaine Heney is the #1 best-selling author, award-winning film-maker, director of Grey Pony Films, and creator of the 'Listening to the Horse™' documentary. She has helped over 120,000+ horse owners in 113 countries to create awesome relationships with their horses.

Elaine lives in Ireland with her horses Ozzie & Matilda. Discover Elaine's series of world renowned online groundwork, riding & training programs at Grey Pony Films

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781915542564
Publisher:	Grey Pony Films
Publication date:	05/19/2023
Pages:	274
Sales rank:	453,216
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Elaine Heney is an Irish horsewoman, film producer at Grey Pony Films, #1 best-selling author, and director of the award-winning 'Listening to the Horse' documentary. She has helped over 120,000+ horse owners in 113 countries to create awesome relationships with their horses.Elaine's mission is to help horse owners around the world to listen to their horses and make the world a better place for the horse through her award-winning movies, DVDs & online training courses. She lives in Ireland with her horses Ozzie & Matilda. Elaine offers online courses in confidence building, polework, lateral work, liberty training, dressage & listening to the horse at Grey Pony Films.