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Audrey ⚖️ PT DPT NCS | Rider Balance Coach

🐴 I help amateur competitive dressage riders move in harmony with their horse.
⚖️Education◆Clinics◆Coaching
🎙Mane Brain Podcast

10/30/2026

You can't watch every movement you make in the saddle.

Your nervous system relies on proprioception when you ride -- the information from muscles, tendons, and joints that tells your brain where your body is in space.

Proprioception allows you recognize the position of your pelvis, the bend in your knee, and the straightness in your upper body, even when you can't see it.

When we give the brain clearer sensory input through movement exploration, tactile cuing (like using Franklin balls!), and varied practice, it can become easier to recognize and reproduce useful positions in the saddle.

The goal isn't to feel "more." It's to give your brain more accurate information.

10/27/2026

I asked riders to bring their questions to NEDA Fall Symposium this year, and they certainly delivered!

Several riders stopped by with something specific we were able to explore about their riding. We talked about posture, movement, coordination, and how the rider's own body influences what happens in the saddle. There were plenty of questions about the Franklin Method balls and Celeste, my Equicizer, too.

But my favorite moments weren't necessarily when we were talking about how something worked...but when riders got to experience it.

The Franklin Method teaches the concept of embodied biomechanics, which brings together anatomical understanding, imagery, sensory experiences, and movement exploration.

Sometimes that means using Franklin balls to provide additional tactile and proprioceptive information. Other times, it means using visual imagery to help someone explore a different quality of movement. And sometimes it means climbing onto Celeste and giving the rider an opportunity to focus entirely on experiencing their own movement. Each approach offers a different way to explore the same question.

Watching someone go from thinking about a movement to experimenting with it, recognizing something new, and leaving with a smile is one of the most rewarding parts of what I do.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by, asked questions, and was willing to try something new!

Wishing you had the chance to experience this? There's one more big event you can catch me at this year!! We'll be BACK to Equine Affaire, Inc. (Official) in Springfield, MA this year - find us at BOOTH 701 in the BETTER LIVING CENTER.

10/20/2026

Sometimes all it takes is a different way of thinking about a movement.

At the NEDA Fall Symposium this weekend, several riders took me up on my invitation to bring their riding questions!

One rider wanted to explore how she could sit taller without collapsing through her upper body.

We started by looking at her breathing and exploring how her rib cage moves. Then I asked her to try some visual imagery by thinking of her sternum as a spotlight, shining upward toward the rafters of the building in front of us.

That simple image clicked! Almost immediately, there was a visible change in how she organized her upper body. What I think surprised her most wasn't just the change itself, but how quickly she could recognize the sensation of the posture she'd been trying to achieve.

This is one of my favorite things about teaching with visual imagery. Rather than giving someone instruction to hold a position (For example, "Squeeze your shoulder blades together!"), we can offer the nervous system a different way to explore and coordinate movement.

Of course, not every image works for every rider. That's why the questions, observation, and experimentation matter so much. That journey is a partnership I get to share with the rider, and it keeps it centered around the individual in front of me.

The goal isn't to find one perfect cue that fits everyone. It's to discover what helps that particular rider make a meaningful connection with their own body.

And judging by her smile, I think we found one worth remembering!

Thank you to each and every one of you that stopped in, said hello, and brought all your questions! It makes this work (which is already life and joy giving) all the more meaningful!

Missed me at NEDA Fall Symposium? That's OK - I'll be attending one more big event this year! Celeste and I will be returning to in Massachusetts from November 12-15th! Stay tuned on social media as I share more!

10/16/2026

Being stable in the saddle doesn't mean holding yourself perfectly still. In fact, trying to eliminate movement is likely working against you.

Think about what's happening as your horse walks, trots, or canters; his body is constantly moving and re-establishing balance in each and every stride. Likewise, your body needs to make continuous adjustments to maintain balance and continuously find and coordinate your own alignment.

This means that true stability isn't found through rigidity. It shows up in the ability to organize your body around the dynamic environment underneath you - in real time!

So the next time you're searching for strategies to "sit still" in the saddle, consider a different question: Are you trying to stop movement, or are you learning to coordinate with it?

Because sometimes the answer to a more stable seat isn't to move less. It's to move more efficiently.

🐴 Train Your Brain. Transform Your Ride.

10/13/2026

OK, confession time....apparently, I’m just not very good at sitting behind a vendor table. 😂

If you stop by my mobile rider biomechanics lab at the NEDA Fall Symposium this weekend, there’s a pretty good chance I’m going to ask you what you’ve been working on in your riding.

Bring me the thing you can’t quite figure out. It could be the stirrup you always lose, the hip that feels completely different on one side, the transition you struggle to perfect in one direction, or the riding cue you’ve heard a hundred times but still aren’t entirely sure how to perfect.

We can talk rider biomechanics, movement, or anything unmounted fitness. And yes, Celeste my Equicizer will be there to help us brainstorm.

I’ll also have lots of Franklin Method balls, Correct Connect products, and Back on Track gear available to explore.

So when you see me smile and wave...stop in!

Bring your questions. Let's brainstorm together.

10/09/2026

Two riders can look in the same mirror and notice very different things.

With experience, information that once went unnoticed can begin to stand out: a subtle change in alignment, a familiar movement pattern, or an early cue that something is about to happen.

Research on perceptual expertise suggests that learning can change how we pick up and use information relevant to a task.

Sometimes progress isn't only about changing what you do. It's learning to notice something that was there all along.

Listen on the latest episode of the Mane Brain Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/.../19551567-teaching-your...

Train Your Brain. Transform Your Ride.

10/06/2026

What if the thing you've been trying to fix isn't actually the problem?

A rider came to me earlier this year convinced that tight hamstrings were one of the biggest things holding her back in the saddle. It made sense. She had been told for years that her hamstrings were tight, so naturally, that was where she thought she needed to focus.

But when we took the time to assess what her body was actually doing, her hamstring flexibility wasn't the problem.

Instead, we found opportunities to improve her core strength and pelvic rotation, giving her an entirely different direction for her unmounted training.

She later wrote, “It was incredibly eye-opening to realize I had been focusing on the wrong thing for years.”

I think this is such an important reminder for riders, because sometimes we spend years stretching, strengthening, correcting, or trying harder based on an assumption about what our body needs.

A good rider assessment isn't about finding things that are “wrong” with you. It's about understanding what your body is currently doing, how that relates to what you're experiencing in the saddle, and figuring out where your training time will actually make a difference.

Sometimes the most valuable part of an assessment isn't adding another exercise. It's finally knowing what you're actually trying to change.

If you've been working on the same riding or movement problem without getting the change you're looking for, perhaps it's time for your individual Rider Fitness Assessment. It might just change your focus AND your ride!

See more info and book here: www.anchoredseat.com/work-with-me

Train Your Brain. Transform Your Ride.

10/02/2026

If you watch an experienced rider in harmony with her horse it can look almost instinctive.

The rider seems to give every aid at just the right time. She adjusts before a small change in the quality of gait becomes a big one. Her responses seem effortless.

But what looks like instinct is really the result of years spent learning which information matters, recognizing familiar patterns, and organizing that into an effective response.

Eventually, all of that learning can become so well practiced that we stop seeing the work behind it.

Outside the ring, we just see the harmony.

That is expertise in action.

🎧 We’re exploring the science behind perceptual-cognitive expertise on the Mane Brain Podcast. Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2459215/episodes/19551567

Train Your Brain. Transform Your Ride.

09/29/2026

One of my favorite parts of teaching isn't necessarily what happens during a training session. It's what can happen weeks or even (in this case) months later.

Sometimes a rider will send me a message that starts with: "I just had a realization..." and the start of that sentence might just be some of my favorite words! It's because it tells me the learning didn't stop when the session ended. It grew and developed into something bigger beyond that single moment.

Recently, a rider training client shared that a visual imagery technique we'd worked on continued to make sense months later as she rode. She also mentioned that one specific concept from this past clinic experience has continued helping her ride more symmetrically every single day—and her horse has benefited from it too.

That's exactly what we're aiming for. I don't want riders leaving with twenty new things to remember. I want them leaving with one or two ideas that continue changing the way they move, the way they observe, and the way they communicate with their horse long after they leave the arena.

That's where real learning happens!

Interested in hosting this type of experience at your barn? Let's talk! I offer free 15-minute coffee chats so we figure out the right details for your riders!

www.anchoredseat.com/javahalfhalt

09/25/2026

Picture a softly starlit sky on an evening trailride with your horse. Are you noticing each individual star, or do you begin to find constellations?

Once you recognize the Big Dipper, you no longer need to catalog each individual star. Your brain organizes those separate points of light into a meaningful pattern.

Something similar happens as expertise develops in riding.

Experienced riders aren't consciously cataloguing every individual sensation coming from their own body or their horse. With experience, their brain gets better at organizing pieces of information into meaningful patterns that can be recognized more quickly.

A change in rhythm, a shift in balance, a different feeling through the seat or reins may stop feeling like separate pieces of information and start becoming part of a pattern the rider immediately recognizes.

That is part of a skillset called perceptual-cognitive expertise, and it helps explain how something as extraordinarily complex as riding can gradually become easier to process, interpret, and respond to.

The stars haven't changed.

You've learned to find the constellation.

🎧 Want to learn more? The latest Mane Brain mini-series explores the science behind perceptual-cognitive expertise and what riders call “feel.” Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2459215/episodes/19551567-teaching-your-brain-what-matters-how-riders-learn-to-recognize-the-patterns-that-count.mp3?download=true

Train Your Brain. Transform Your Ride.

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