{"id":17881,"date":"2025-04-21T22:32:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T22:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dressagetoday.com\/?p=17881"},"modified":"2025-04-21T22:32:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T22:32:54","slug":"solutions-maintain-balance-during-trot-canter-lengthenings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dressagetoday.com\/instruction\/solutions-maintain-balance-during-trot-canter-lengthenings\/","title":{"rendered":"Solutions: Maintain Balance During Trot, Canter Lengthenings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To help maintain your balance and keep your body from tipping forward or backward during trot or canter lengthenings \u2026\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine a plexiglass wall extending up vertically from your horse\u2019s withers. To initiate your lengthening, inhale through your nose, feel the upward lift in your body and try to keep your nose from touching that imaginary barrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Bruno Greber<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Illustration by Sandy Rabinowitz<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

About Bruno Greber<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bruno Greber<\/a><\/strong> was born in Switzerland and went through the Swiss Horse Professionals Association\u2019s trainer\/instructor program, earning an Eid. Dipl. Reitlehrer. To further his specialization in classical dressage, he worked as an assistant trainer for Arthur Kottas in Vienna from 1992 to 1997. Based in Crozet, Virginia, he and his wife, Barbara, operate Greber Dressage Training and conduct clinics on a regular basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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