Mary Wanless has B.Sc. degrees in both Physics and
Applied Sports Coaching, and holds the BHSI (British Horse Society
Instructor) certificate. She is the author of the highly successful
Ride With Your Mind (published in America as The Natural Rider),
Ride With Your Mind Masterclass, For the Good of the Rider, For the
Good of the Horse, Ride With Your Mind Essentials, and New Ride
with Your Mind Clinic, ; she has also produced eight training
videos. As well as teaching riders of all abilities, from club
level to international, in the UK and USA. She runs dismounted
workshops and gives lecture demonstrations. She also lectures
internationally on learning, body-mind integration, and personal
development. Mary lives in Oxon, England.
Thomas W. Myers studied directly with Drs. Ida
Rolf, Moshe Feldenkrais, and Buckminster Fuller, and a variety of
movement and manual therapy leaders. His work is influenced by
cranial, visceral, and intrinsic movement studies he made with
European schools of osteopathy. An inveterate traveller, Tom has
practiced integrative manual therapy for over 30 years in a variety
of clinical and cultural settings, including 10 years in London,
and practices in Hamburg, Rome, Nairobi, and Sydney, as well as a
dozen locales in the US. He is a founding member of the
International Association of Structural Integrators (IASI). Author
of Anatomy Trains and a set of supporting videos, and co-author of
Fascial Release for Structural Balance (Lotus, 2010), Tom has also
penned over 60 articles for trade magazines and journals on
anatomy, soft tissue manipulation, and the social scourge of
somatic alienation and loss of reliance on kinaesthetic
intelligence. A certified Touch-in-Parenting instructor, Tom
retains a strong interest in perinatal issues. Living on the coast
of Maine, Tom and his faculty conduct professional certification
and continuing education courses worldwide.
"The book you hold in your hand unravels the mystery of becoming one with your horse. Mary's many years of experience working with and watching every kind of rider from the beginner to the Olympian is distilled into this beautiful, practical, and comprehensive book for the rider who wants to inhabit that connection, that love, between human and animal is a personal pleasure to see the "Anatomy Trains" scheme extended so beautifully, practically, and accurately beyond where I ever imagined it could go." --Thomas W. Myers, Creator and Author of Anatomy Trains "Approachable, easy to understand, and well-illustrated. Wanless' suggestions and training tools can be used both by trainers and teachers as well as individual equestrians." --Horse Nation "A painstaking virtual dissection of the rider's physical weaknesses, imbalances, and poor movement habits, coupled with exercises and Centered Riding-style imagery, to help you straighten yourself out." --U.S. Dressage Federation Connection
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