Eventer Harry Meade works on posture with Sally Tottle

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Posted: 07/05/2009

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Alexander Technique expert Sally Tottle works with 4* event rider Harry Meade to improve his posture. Starting with some ground work and a dummy horse, Sally remodels Harry's body! "You need to use an appropriate amount of effort and tension to ride effectively", says Sally. "It's similar to training a horse to engage his back and be soft." Harry puts the learning into practice on the lovely (real) horse, United Kingdom. Sally uses analogies like "wear your halo", "eyes in the back of your head", "breathe the rhythm" and "open your armpits" to help Harry produce some stunning work in utterly atrocious weather. Bravo Harry!

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LADISLAO 18 Nov 2010 With videos like this one, I'll be a suscriber for many years. Thanks Fiona.

Fiona Price 19 Jun 2010 Cariad, click on the link over Sally's name in the text and it will take you to her website where you can contact her. I have had lessons with her which were instrumental at the time. Good luck!

cariad 19 Jun 2010 I would really love to have a lesson with Sally. Her voice sounds so soothing and the small changes in Harry's position, made him look so relaxed and yet still controlled, the horse also looked to be very relaxed.

shans mum 13 Apr 2010 Very good but please can we see this technique used with riders of differant abilities???????

velvet 31 Oct 2009 I've been lucky enough to go on a one day clinic with Sally Tottle and Annie Gorton-Harding who teaches Tai Chi and it was excellent. Great to see a video of Sally's work.