Your Essential Ground-Up Checklist — Free Rider Position & Balance Guide
A free, practical checklist to help you feel more relaxed and balanced — from the yard to the saddle.
Your position isn’t only made once you’re on your horse. How you stand, lift, and move around the yard shapes the alignment and one-sidedness you bring with you every time you get on.
This checklist walks you through simple checks for:
• Around the yard
• Before you get on
• Once you’re in the saddle
Now it’s time to take the next step and begin my Series 1 introductory rider series to really start improving posture, position and performance.
READY TO TAKE THIS FURTHER?
These simple checks are the starting point.
Series 1 takes these foundations further with guided short Pilates sessions designed specifically for riders.
Start moving better. Ride better.
Written by Lisa, a Rider Biomechanics Trainer, Pilates and Yoga instructor working with riders from grassroots through GB and Paralympic pathway level — with a particular focus on helping riders feel more confident, balanced, and connected to their horse.