How to Talk Horse Companion Guide to Module 6: Bending

Learn how to soften your horse, release the brace, and begin to enjoy the feeling of fluidity and suppleness. Module 6 is all about bending, getting your horse to be more supple, soft, round. It’s the place where everyone wants their horse to be… but you can’t just start there. Yes, there are techniques that work, but if you get the core behaviors first and then you get confidence and impulsion, this final piece of the How to Talk Horse program is going to put the icing on the cake. Bending is the key to teaching a horse to use its whole body, to relax tension, move better and become more supple. Done well it promotes a beautiful posture in the horse and is more pleasant to ride. It also helps the horse to be more physically healthy as it reduces tension and stiffness. The exercises in this module are all done while riding. You will learn how to soften your horse, release the brace, and begin to enjoy the feeling of fluidity and suppleness… which cannot be forced, because it involves T