presents Biomechanical Riding and Dressage: A Rider's Atlas Quick CONTENTS Credits and Blame Biomechanics: Dressage Seat Aids & performance Cinchiness Back muscles & gaits Half Halts The Spiral Seat Rider's seat (animation!) Riding the Elastic Ring On the Contact & On the Bit Anatomy Horse's Posture & Lower Leg Yes, there is a Bend The Walk (basic rib cage bend) Riding the Gaits Collected and Ordinary Walks Compared Physics and Riding (Or, Why Just Standing Up Makes You Tired) Glossary (I'm working on it!) Movie List (current) Spiral Seat Walk Trot Canter Ordinary gaits Walk - ordinary Trot - ordinary Canter - ordinary, right lead with colored muscles. Transitions - (all possible combinations of ordinary walk, trot, canter) Walk-Trot Trot-Walk Trot-Canter Canter-Trot Walk-Canter Canter-Walk Collected Gaits Collected Walk Collected Trot Collected Canter Miscellaneous (but important) Extended Canter Flying Change of Leg at the Canter (with muscles) Medium Trot Extended Trot Passage Piaffe Delightful Extras Meditation and Riding Attitude Alley Dressage