| CLASSICAL DRESSAGE-PROGRAM YOUR | | | | goal. |
| POSITION | | | | Finally, the exciting thing about programming your |
| You'd probably agree that having a balanced, centered | | | | subconscious mind is that it's a lot easier to do than |
| position plays a huge role in being an effective rider. | | | | using will power. All you have to know is two things: |
| And you'd probably also agree that it seems like | | | | 1. Vivid visualization |
| you've been picking away at your faults for years but | | | | 2. Self-talk |
| still struggle to find an independent seat and an elegant | | | | Program Your Position uses both visualization and |
| position. | | | | self-talk to change the "software" in your mental |
| How do we know that? We know because we've | | | | computer. You get very vivid images as well as |
| been in the same boat and know how frustrating it | | | | illustrations of those images to adjust every part of |
| can be to ride around for years with the same old | | | | your body. You'll start at your seat-your core-and from |
| position problems and crooked bodies. | | | | there, you'll work down to your toes, up to your head, |
| So we put our heads together and developed our | | | | and right through your fingertips. |
| unique program based on two very powerful sports | | | | Anchoring |
| psychology techniques. | | | | Once you have the vivid images in your mind's eye, |
| Those two techniques are: | | | | you're given specific "buzzwords" that anchor those |
| 1. Programming the subconscious mind | | | | images in your subconscious mind. The buzzwords act |
| 2. Anchoring | | | | as a shorthand cue to trigger position corrections. You |
| Programming The Subconscious Mind | | | | don't have to actively "do" anything. Your subconscious |
| First, you should know that one of the biggest | | | | mind causes your muscles to fire in the right way so |
| mistakes you can make is to try to improve your | | | | that you automatically "self-correct". |
| position with iron-jawed determination. The reason | | | | For example, let's say you tend to collapse the left |
| iron-jawed determination doesn't work is that you can | | | | side of your waist. Visualize that you have a toothpick |
| only make short-term, temporary changes to your skills | | | | on each side of your body. Each toothpick rests |
| when you direct your effort and energy to your | | | | between your last rib and your waist. If you collapse |
| conscious mind through will power. | | | | on the left side, you'll get jabbed by the toothpick on |
| However, when you direct your efforts to your | | | | the left, and the toothpick on the right will end up on the |
| subconscious mind, the changes are permanent. | | | | ground. |
| Next, you need to know a couple of things about the | | | | You want to stretch up through your left side so your |
| subconscious mind. It operates, in part, as a goal | | | | toothpicks stay in place without sticking you. Plus, when |
| striving mechanism. It's kind of like the genie in the | | | | you stretch up, you create the right muscle memory. |
| bottle. It's just waiting for your instructions. It hears and | | | | Once you're sitting correctly, you'll anchor that feeling |
| believes everything you say and visualize, sees it as | | | | with the buzzword "toothpicks". |
| the goal, and like a guided missile zeroes in on that | | | | |