A horse can feel a fly land on her body so she can certainly feel even the slightest imbalance in the rider's body and will begin to compensate for any imbalances. Treating only one member of the "team" is addressing only half the picture!  No matter what discipline, riding is about connection and communication between the horse and rider.  Therefore, imbalances in the rider's body directly influence the horse's body and vice versa.

The horse and rider are one unit affecting one another through the subtlest of shifts in body weight and movement.  In general the horse is a being that wants to please you! Many behavior issues such as resistance, "acting out", as well as lack of suppleness, stiffness, disconnection, crookedness, and inconsistency in performance often stem from a structural fascial imbalance in the horse and rider team.  If the horse resists on a regular basis they are often trying to communicate that they are experiencing discomfort.

Sometimes the cause of this discomfort can be found in their own history of trauma, injury or overuse having developed patterns from compensating for the rider's imbalances. By addressing fascial restrictions in both horse and rider imbalances in the the two bodies can be greatly reduced and the mirroring effect minimized thereby greatly improving the ease of performance.