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It’s not just for straightening your knee – This Quad muscle could be causing havoc with your seat.
If you keep getting tipped forward, lower back creating all the movement, very busy seat, lower leg coming back or shooting forward as you rise the trot, can't quite nail the rhythm, or worse pushing your horse out of their's - read on…

Sonya Brotherton
Jun 34 min read


Why Sucking In Is Dysfunctional, and What Real Core Bracing Looks Like
that the suck-in habit is not just aesthetic theatre. It compromises the way you breathe, the way you brace, and the way you transfer force through your trunk. The very thing people are doing to look strong is the thing that is stopping them training, riding, and performing well.

Sonya Brotherton
May 37 min read


Why You Feel Straight When You Are Not
This horse was offering movements from me that I had no idea I was asking for - responses to pressure and weight distribution I was applying without any awareness that I was applying them. It was mortifying. It was also the most useful thing that had happened to my riding in years.

Sonya Brotherton
Apr 307 min read


Which came first, the foot or the hip?
The collapsed hip chain - foot pronating, knee dropping inward, hip in excess internal rotation - is a very consistent pattern. But it can be driven from either end, and distinguishing which end matters when it comes to fixing it.

Sonya Brotherton
Apr 1611 min read


Dante's Spook & My Riding Video Analysis (And Yes, Strength & Conditioning Fixes This Stuff)
You cannot have feel without a stable kinetic chain.
It’s like trying to do calligraphy while bouncing on a trampoline.
Good luck.

Sonya Brotherton
Dec 1, 20258 min read
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