Some of the videos on this page may be private. If you would like to see those, please contact Pam for permission (text 415-860-2886 or email pam@sevenoaksfarm.com)
Seven Oaks Farm videos are intended to be learning tools for current Seven Oaks students. They are unscripted and unedited: brief glimpses of the effort that goes into the finished product that most dressage videos display. The instructions that can be heard, the choice of words, and even the tone of voice are all specific to a particular rider, horse and situation. Feel free to watch and enjoy them, but please remember that these videos show our horses, our students and our trainers at doing the hard work that goes on behind the scenes.
"UP AGAINST THE WALL"-- to improve your basic position on a horse ("Up Against the Wall" again )
"CORE POSITION"--to engage and improve your core muscles for better posture on a horse
"T-REX HAND"--to soften your wrist muscles when holding the reins
"KNEEL TO THE GROUND"--to improve your weight distribution while sitting in the saddle
"OUTER THIRDS/INNER THIRD"--to lower your center of gravity and strengthen your core muscles
"PLUMLINE"--to organize your alignment for better posting
"SPLIT FRONT"--to refine your control of abs
Several examples of the Two-Minute Drills (these are not dismounted...)