BTB: Demi arret: Technique for elevating the neck

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Demi arret: Technique for elevating the neck Posted: 20 Mar 2011 05:32 PM PDT In the video below, Katherine Haddad works with a student on elevating the neck. Lendon Gray and Felicitas Von Neumman-Cosel also talk about this technique for elevating the neck. I've heard it called a demi arret. I'm sure it needs to be done in conjunction with other aids to encourage an honest connection and forward movement.  The rider's gentle correction can be seen on the 36th-37th second of the video... Well, crap, the video now seems to be private. I'll leave it at the bottom in case it "comes back" but here are some substitutes:  an interesting article on the rider's hands.... Sylvia Stoessel clinic describes a demi arret: "The demi-arrêt, explains Sylvia, "Is to lighten a horse or to lift up the head with a vibrating, lifting hand, quickly dropping and returning to a soft and neutral contact, so you're explaining to the horse what you want to have."" Video of Phillipe Karl doing a demi-arret -- much more "gross" than Haddad's in the original video

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