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“I remember the buzz around Centered Riding 30 Years ago”
Susan Gordon is a lifelong horsewoman and trainer, and co-author of the new book THE COMPASSIONATE EQUESTRIAN with one of the pioneers of the integrative approach to veterinary medicine, Dr. Allen Schoen. On this 30th day of the month of November, Gordon helps us say a final few words about the 30th Anniversary of the…
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“The pictures in Centered Riding helped me develop my own understanding and improved my teaching over the years”
Susanne von Dietze, author of BALANCE IN MOVEMENT (now available again!) and RIDER & HORSE BACK TO BACK, is an internationally respected and highly sought-after riding coach and clinician. Her first experiences with CENTERED RIDING were possible because of the book’s worldwide distribution—it has been translated into 16 languages! Here she shares how she was…
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“Centered Riding is as valuable today as it was 30 years ago”
“It’s awesome to recognize it has been 30 years since Trafalgar Square Books (www.horseandriderbooks.com) published CENTERED RIDING,” says Dr. Beth Glosten, dressage rider, certified Pilates instructor, and author of THE RIDING DOCTOR. Dr. Glosten discovered Sally Swift’s groundbreaking work when she first tried to get back into riding following medical school and the early stages…
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“When Sally’s book was published, it was a breakthrough moment–for ALL riders.”
Last week, TSB author and acclaimed dancer and choreographer Paula Josa-Jones explained how CENTERED RIDING transformed how she thought about and felt her body while on horseback. Another of our authors comes from a professional dance background: Janice Dulak, dressage rider and Pilates instructor, and author of PILATES FOR THE DRESSAGE RIDER and NINE PILATES…
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“Centered Riding is still fresh, beautifully clear, intelligent, and thoughtful”
Paula Josa-Jones is an award-winning choreographer and dancer, as well as a horse person, and TSB is excited to bring you her book THE COMMON BODY Spring, 2016. Josa-Jones had her own CENTERED RIDING epiphany a number of years ago, when she—as so many of us do—returned to horses after time pursuing school, career, and…
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“I still have my first Centered Riding videos—even though they have to be played on a VCR, not a DVD player!”
Sue Tinder is owner and manager of Tolland Falls Equestrian Center in Sedalia, Colorado, and author of THE JUMP COURSE DESIGN MANUAL. In sharing her CENTERED RIDING memory, Sue admitted still owning videocassettes—a retro CENTERED RIDING anniversary moment! “The CENTERED RIDING videos were the first horse-related videos I ever purchased,” says Sue. “I really found…
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“How fortunate we all are to have Sally Swift’s vision of partnership with our horses.”
In recognition of the 30th Anniversary of CENTERED RIDING’s publication, dressage trainer and judge Kathy Connelly shared these thoughts about author Sally Swift and what she contributed to the horse world: “Sally Swift was an icon in every way. As a person, she was very kind, joyful, and encouraging to all. It never mattered to Sally…
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“One of many important things Sally Swift taught us was how to find our true center of balance, energy, and body control”
Jennifer Forsberg Meyer is Senior Editor at Horse&Rider Magazine and co-author of TSB’s Reining Essentials with Cowgirl Hall of Fame Inductee Sandy Collier. She wrote key articles about CENTERED RIDING and Sally Swift’s teaching in 1998 and 2000, and here shares her “Lightbulb Moment” in honor of TSB’s 30-year celebration: “Oops!” My face reddened…
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“I still use Sally Swift’s visual of how a rider should sit.”
Janet Foy is an FEI/USEF dressage judge, popular clinician, and author of the bestselling DRESSAGE FOR THE NOT-SO-PERFECT HORSE and new book DRESSAGE Q&A WITH JANET FOY. She shared this CENTERED RIDING “aha” moment in honor of our 30th Anniversary: “I still use Sally Swift’s visual of how a rider should sit—like a tall pine…
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“I was just about ready to quit when somebody handed me CENTERED RIDING.”
Cat Hill grew up in upstate New York on a working farm. Her earliest memory is of the day her parents got her a pony for her birthday. She grew up on that pony, which was followed by a series of Arabian show horses. In college, she started riding show hunters through the Intercollegiate Horse…
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