Body Instrument Method (Bim)

Movement and Body Conditioning For Equestrians According to Modern Movement Science

What you'll learn

Modern Movement Science

Body Conditioning

Movement Training

Mobility and Stretching

Strength Training

Coordination Training

Proprioception training

Body awareness

Injury preventative conditioning

horsemanship

emotional intelligence

Requirements

No previous experience required

Everything is taught start to finish in the course

Description

Body Instrument Method is a Body Conditioning and Movement Training ProgramUsing modern movement science as our guide, rather than conventional, disproved biomechanics models, we will explore your movement in an equestrian context to help you develop the following- Improved coordination- Improved Balance Recovery- Improve off-balance stabilisation- Reduce Injury risk, both chronic and acute- Increase your mobility and range of motion- Add more nuance to your personal body memory, and movement toolkit- Improve efficiency for strength requiring movements- Increase physical adaptability- Explore movement variability- Increase your riding potential- Increase your ability to adapt to any horse, any saddle, any movement your horse makes with greater confidenceYou do not have to trap your body inside of correct only postures, positions and movements to become an excellent horse rider. In BIM we go much further beyond just riding as the equestrian life is MOVEMENT RICH and we will explore groundwork, and even daily chores and everyday movements as important and valuable parts of your movement tool kit. Modern Movement Science gives us a new understanding as why so many discipline specific horses lack fundamental soundness, adaptability and confidence in their work and often so do their riders.  By focusing on adaptability and variability you increase your movement potential as a generalist, rather than a specialist, so that you can enjoy more choice with your horses.  But because Body Instrument Method is a course from Emotional Horsemanship, we also explore the intrinsic connection between movement and emotion.  Using the 7 Simple Movements as our connectors to the Panksepp 7 Primary Emotional Systems, we explore and expand our FEEL both physically and emotionally… because you cannot work physically without working emotionally too… unless you want to be a shut down, mechanical living bio-machine.  BIOMECHANICS or the training of BIOMACHINES is not what this course is offering.  This is real movement training for LIVING FEELING  HUMAN BEINGS.  This first offering of BIM does not teach your exercises for your horse… but it teaches exercises FOR YOU so that you can be better for your horse.  Later versions of BIM will offer horse specific training. 

Overview

Section 1: Modern Movement Science: What is it?

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Closed & Complex Kinetics

Lecture 3 Closed & Complex in Horse World

Lecture 4 Industry Binaries

Lecture 5 Strength, Weakness & Confirmation Bias

Lecture 6 Forcing "Correct" Movements

Section 2: Taking Space 1

Lecture 7 Take Up a Little Bit of Space

Section 3: Seven Simple Movements: Theory of Pankseppian Connection to Movement Expression

Lecture 8 Introduction to the 7 Simple Movements

Lecture 9 The Equestrians Life is Movement RICH

Lecture 10 The 7 Simple Movements

Section 4: Seven Simple Movement Qualities: Practical Movement & Conditioning Sessions

Lecture 11 Press

Lecture 12 Swing

Lecture 13 Suspend

Lecture 14 Bounce

Lecture 15 Slide

Lecture 16 Squeeze

Lecture 17 Draw

Section 5: Taking Up Space 2

Lecture 18 Take Up A Bit More Space

For deeply caring horse owners who wish to try a variety of different activities with there horses and enjoy choice with their horses, become more in-tune with their body, improve their movement skills and become a total nerd about modern movement science!