Product Description

While there are many excellent books which help the rider to address the technical goals of dressage, "Ride from the Heart" can transform the way in which the reader communicates with his horse. Rider and trainer Jenny Rolfe has written this book to share the experiences she gained in Portugal, a country with a long and spiritual history of classical training. For many years, Jenny has been writing articles about classical communication and her innovative techniques - particularly communication through breathing - which aim for ultimate lightness and empathy in riding have been met with much interest. Through techniques used in loose work, work in-hand and under saddle, the reader will be on the way to enhancing a sense of 'feel' which in turn will encourage oneness and a spirit of dance between horse and rider. The book underlines throughout, the importance of maintaining a bond of leadership, respect and friendship with our horse and within the pages are important tools for achieving these goals. Wherever you are within your level of training, this book will help to enhance and enrich your relationship with your horse so that art may be formed through love.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41577 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

Classical Riding Club Magazine, Spring 2007
'If horses could select a book for their owners to read, this one
would surely be at the top of their list'

About the Author
Jenny Rolfe has spent time in Portugal training with both Antonio Borba Monteira (Chief Instructor of the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art) and Classical Mestre Luis Valenca. Since returning to England, Jenny has continued to use the classical principles to explore more lightness and harmony. Exploration of this art has led her to discover the influence of our breathing within riding. She teaches the art of lateral breathing to help the rider to find harmony and balance in body, mind and spirit. Her clients come from the UK, Ireland, USA and Europe and many are professionally involved with horses. Jenny writes regularly for the US magazine Horse of Kings (within their Classical Dressage Journal) and The Horse Quarterly published in South Africa. She also writes for several magazines in the UK under 'Classical Communications'. Jenny is also an equestrian painter and one of her works is exhibited in the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. For further information, visit the website www.spanishdressagehorses.com

Customer Reviews

Read,try and feel the magic.
I rode Jenny's stallions last year and I am still on a high. She is so kind and so willing to share all her fantastic techniques. Stephen Covey told me how to be a highly effective person , Jenny teaches you how to be a wonderful, effective and natural horseman. Her horses are a complete tribute to her, they are like riding Pegasus..but for REAL.
I cannot wait to read this book. I am a BHSAI and I have tried some of these ideas with clients on my Arab horses and they work for everyone not just the talented. Thank you Jenny for taking a life time to find all this information for us to enjoy and learn.Jenny is a breathe of fresh air
that will open your heart and find your soul.

Linda Linnane (Equine Nutritionist)
I have recently had the pleasure of working with Jenny Rolfe and her wonderful stallions in Andalucia, southern Spain. Although I have been riding all my life, I have never had any formal training until meeting Jenny and knew immediately that she was the right person for me and my Andalusian stallion, Comico. Her book is inspirational, as Jenny herself is. I have witnessed first hand that her training and breathing techniques described in the book help the horse to 'tune'in to the rider without any force or gadgets. This book is quite unique in that it teaches you classical riding through natural horsemanship. Thank You Jenny from me and all the horses that you have 'touched' for being such a special and magical horse-person. I will treasure my book forever.

'Ride from the Heart' is the perfect title for this book
I felt I must write a review for this book, I absolutley loved it. I had never come across Jenny Rolfe before reading this book, but her passion for horses shines out from every page of this beautiful book.
She explains how she uses breathing techniques to train horses, she includes some breathing, and some body awarness exercises, both of which are very useful.
The book is beautifully illustrated throughout, and after reading it, although I already own 4 horses, I am sorely tempted to fill my empty stable with one of those wonderful Iberian horses.
It's a quality book, and extremely good value.
Thank you Jenny