Jenny Rolfe
Claytown Farm, Chittlehamholt, Umberleigh, Devon EX37 9PQ

Tel 01769 540774

enquiries@spanishdressagehorses.co.uk
www.spanishdressagehorses.com

Published in 2007 by J. A. ALLEN (LONDON)

The Art of Communication Between Horse and Rider

Ride from the Heart is essential reading not only for classical and competitive riders, but also trainers and riders who wish to work in harmony with their horse.

Whatever your level of training, this book will help to enhance and enrich your relationship through a progressive system of training based upon mutual love and respect.

Price £20.00

Web site: www.spanishdressagehorses.com. Phone: 00441769 540850

The Art of Communication Between Horse and Rider
This DVD outlines a progressive system of training through lungeing, loose work and communication using innovative breathing techniques.
•Learn how to be a calm and trusted herd leader
•Develop personal balance withing riding
•Begin a your journey of horsekinship
Jenny's innovative teaching uses the power of core breathing to enhance a much deeper connection.

* Ride from the Heart DVD is currently only available in PAL format, DVD region 2. If you are ordering from outside this area, please check that your equipment can playback PAL Region 2 DVD.
DVD for other regions will follow shortly.
Price £18.99

To buy Jenny's Ride From the Heart Book & DVD visit her website at www.spanishdressagehorses.com

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Jenny Rolfe can offer you the opportunity to train with her Iberian stallions using her unique skills of communication through core breathing awareness and body language.

You will see how the horse connects through loose work as Jenny demonstrates the power of focus and breathing as a bond with the horse. These skills are taken through work on the ground and will further enhance connection, balance and harmony for the rider.

A focus on core-breathing will enhance both posture and balance whilst allowing fluidity of movement throughout the body. The horse will become our mirror and be encouraged to move with a relaxed swinging ribcage and deeper rhythm in his breathing – essential for performance with every athlete. A connection through our core-breathing is like a wave in the sea- we can enhance forward movement or re-balance and steady the horse - from our core, our seat - our CONNECTION with the horse. In this way we find true HARMONY – tuning into the most sensitive responses of the horse.

Jenny can offer you the opportunity to train with her Iberian stallions using her unique skills of communication through core breathing awareness and body language. You will see how the horse connects through loose work as Jenny demonstrates the power of focus and breathing as a bond with the horse. These skills are taken through work on the ground and will further enhance skills of connection, balance and harmony for the rider.

You will learn a progressive system of training from the stable door and learn how to become the natural herd leader from the ground. You can take these skills of communication through loose work, lungeing, work in hand, building a friendship built upon trust and understanding. Jenny teaches her clients to look at a deeper self awareness mentally, physically and spiritually . This includes a complete Top-2-Toe personal assessment of posture – see below:

Jenny Rolfe's Top-2-Toe Assessment of Posture for Riders
Self-carriage, for the rider, is supporting the body through breathing and balance within a natural posture. Let us look at the rider – from top to toe, to gain more body awareness.

- Soften eyes and facial muscles
- Lengthen the back of the neck keeping jaw relaxed.
- Feel that your head is balanced in lightness, like a balloon
- Keep the softer feel in the sternum whilst breathing, wide and full, ‘into your spine’
- Create a centre of balance within your core, through abdominal breathing.
- Lengthen the spine, and ensure the upper torso is in self-carriage.
- Relax your shoulders
- Allow expansion and elevation of your upper body through lateral breathing.
- Allow the weight to drop down your arm, into relaxed elbows.
- Lighten your lower arm and wrist.
- Legs should be relaxed hanging down either side of the horse - allowing the horse to swing through his ribcage.
- Relax through your knees
- The feet are relaxed in the stirrup – imagine putting on ‘carpet slippers’
- Feel energized with a feeling of poise and pride.
- Let the horse become your mirror

Jenny offers individual training in a relaxed atmosphere. You can learn with her stallions or bring your own horse. Horses quickly perceive these techniques and he will become ‘The Mirror of your Mind’.

‘ Training is about connection with our horse with love, harmony and respect. The more we understand the ways of the horse, the more we understand our own feelings. As a result we can live in more harmony- not only with our horse- but with ourselves. These are the insights which will colour our future and make the journey of ‘Horsekinship’ – a Journey of LIFE’. Jenny Rolfe

Jenny Rolfe's Background
Jenny Rolfe has been passionate about horses since childhood. After many years of experience in most disciplines, she became very keen to understand more about dressage. She spent several years studying in England with international trainers, then travelled to Spain where she discovered an immediate empathy with the Spanish Pure-bred horses. Having purchased her own Spanish Pure-bred stallions, Jenny took them to Lisbon in Portugal, to train with both Antonio Borba Monteira (Chief Instructor of the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art) and classical Mestre Luis Valenca.

On returning to England, Jenny’s continued exploration of the classical principles led her to discover the influence of a rider’s breathing on a horse. She teaches innovative techniques of core breathing to connect with the horse and aso to help the rider to find harmony and balance in body, mind and spirit. Jenny uses her Iberian stallions to demonstrate her methods of training. Her clients come from all over the world and include those professionally involved with horses, among them BHS trainers, physiotherapists and natural horsemanship instructors.

Jenny writes regularly for several magazines in the UK, Europe and the USA. She is also an equestrian artist and one of her works is exhibited in the Spanish Riding School in Vienna.

CLICK HERE FOR FEATURE: CLASSICAL COMMUNICATIONS -
'Progression from basic training and introducing lateral movements', by JENNY ROLFE

CONTACT
JENNY ROLFE

Email
enquiries@spanishdressagehorses.co.uk

Jenny and Barrie Rolfe
Classical Communications
Tel 01769 540774
www.spanishdressagehorses.com

Jenny Rolfe's book, 'Ride from the Heart' is published by JA Allen. CLICK HERE to read our BOOK REVIEW . Now available: Jenny Rolfe's book 'Ride from the Heart is now brought to life with her NEW DVD!
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