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Nine Pilates Essentials for the Balanced Rider: A Magic Circle Workout Janice's new DVD, with a whole new series of exercises for the rider, is available now! Published by Trafalgar Square Books, it is available from our shop or from Horse and Rider Books.
In this DVD, Janice shows you the nine essential body "parts" that are the key to "speaking" to your horse with sophistication and eloquence. By using the "Magic Circle" exercise ring in a series of exercises, riders get a workout that trains these specific parts in ways that instantly apply to your riding.
Organize Your Upper Body: 2 Easy Pilates-Based Exercises for Better Riding By Janice Dulak with Sarah Martin, is now published in the Sept. 2012 issue of USDF Connections magazine. Read it here.
Janice Dulak's First Annual "Pilates for Dressage®: BootCamp" January 2013 | Reddick (Ocala), FL Start your new riding year out right with a four-day Pilates training session with Janice. Designed to get your day started with a great workout tailored to the needs of the rider, this 90-minute, one-a-day-for-a-week clinic will show you how to change your riding a step at a time. Two four-day courses will be offered: January 7-10 and January 14-17, from 4-5:30 pm. Cost is $225/session, $175 if you purchase by Dec. 1. You can book your space in our store. Please leave your name and email address so we can contact you with all the details. Click here for more information.
Upcoming Events 2012-13
November 17 - 18 | Santa Ynez, CA Dressage/Pilates for Dressage®: clinic with Sarah Martin
Contact Nicole Chastain nicole@nicolechastain.com
Dec 1 - 3 | El Paso, TX Dressage/Pilates for Dressage® clinic with Sarah Martin
Contact Sarah Martin at ahd@indra.com
Recent Events
Janice co-taught with Linda Parelli an advanced
Game of Contact course, June 18 - 22 | Stoneleigh Park, UK.
Two back-to-back Dressage/Pilates for Dressage® clinics with Sarah Martin June 28 - 29 and 30 - July 1 | Jackson Hole, WY.
Janice's "Moves of the Month" article appeared in the March/April issue of Pilates Style magazine. Look for it in your favorite store!
About Pilates for Dressage®
Janice Dulak, author of several books and DVDs, including the best-selling Pilates for the Dressage Rider, has used her long time experience of communicating non-verbally as a professional dancer and her Master Instructor Pilates knowledge to create a complete training program for the rider: Pilates for Dressage®.
During a riding lesson, a student will often hear commands, such as: "More inside leg! Lift your chest! Shoulders down. Right rein! Sit deeper, and get your heels down!" Almost never is the student taught how to specifically do any of these things.
Pilates for Dressage® teaches the rider how to use the body to be effective in communicating non-verbally to the horse. The Pilates for the Dressage Rider book and DVDs, and Janice's clinics, all work in combination for a complete training method to help you achieve "the rides of your life."
Read more about Janice's training philosophy...
Testimonials
"Janice's knowledge of the rider's body and how it affects the horse's body is profound and when she showed me what "collection" and "engagement" felt like in my own body I was astounded. I am privileged to study with Janice for weeks at a time and I have great respect for her work. As a teacher she is funny, engaging, knowledgeable and effective."
- Linda Parelli
Parelli Natural Horsemanship
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"Hi Janice, just wanted to drop a quick message to say thank you so much for all your help on the Advanced GOC course @ Stoneleigh, UK. It may have felt like torture at times ;-) but the difference has been amazing....my back which I have had many issues with over the years feels amazingly flexible, and my osteopath cannot believe the difference. So I am signing up to a Pilates class and have been studying your DVD to try and keep the good work going. Best of all Moses [my horse] is going great and our lateral work is suddenly so easy! I am really looking forwards to progressing as I get better."
- Nadia Meadows
"Janice, You are a genius! After just one session with you, and the awareness you gave me of new muscles, my horse has become so relaxed and connected under saddle....it feels amazing....and she is getting her leads and turning off my new seat muscles! I am so happy and grateful to you! So excited for more learning from you! Thank you!!!"
- Sarah Grimm
Licensed Parelli Professional
"That week with you and Linda has opened up a whole new level of understanding and awareness!!! It was great to see Edward demonstrate all the things you had told us on the course!! Unfortunately I have been ill since the course and have got to have surgery in 10 days time, but, with the little I have done with Woody - wow!! - what BIG changes I experienced :-) I can't wait to continue improving myself physically so I can truly be a great dance partner for Woody. Thanks again for an amazing week at Stoneleigh!!! "
- Sarah Dickinson
"Janice - the Pilates clinic with Reform and DaCory farms was life changing for me. I am so glad I participated and hope to take a clinic with you again. Warm regards, Kim."
- Kim Saville
"Riding well takes core strength, flexibility and body awareness. Pilates has helped me to understand, control and strengthen my core muscles. It has also helped me to use my arms and legs more independently and to maximize the effectiveness of my aids. I recommend Pilates for anyone who is serious about their sport or using their body more effectively."
- Barb G.
Rider pictured in Janice's book, Pilates for the Dressage Rider.
"Hey Janice, I have been really "feeling" your energy. (Ouch!) Great to work with you, also everyone had nothing but rave reviews about their sessions with you. We are all looking forward to our next time. You made my job so much easier and more credible. Thanks again!"
- N. Kleiner, Bloomington, IN
USDF Certified instructor Bronze, Silver Medallist
USDF Judge
"Thank you for your extraordinary book and DVD! I have been riding with back pain for years and searching for a solution. Have been studying Alexander, Feldenkrais, Rolphing, Yoga and more in my quest to find a solution without success until finding your teaching! What an incredible difference your material has made to me and my horse, we are finally riding in harmony and painfree thanks to you! We are so very grateful!!"
- S. Grimm
"Wow....I had a 2 hour lesson with Janice Dulak today...oh my ...wowie wow! She is teaching us to ride through our cores. she would have me contract my belly muscle and not change anything else...and my high headed Morgan would immediately lower her head...quite amazing to experience. There are so many itsie bitsie muscle changes that make immediate and dramatic results in the horse...I can't recommend Janice enough!"
- Barb Stanley
"It has been a wonderful week so far! Thanks for sharing everything and your passion and dedication are a real treat to see and be immersed in during class - and after class for that matter - you still have me thinking!!"
- Carmen Smith, Parelli Instructor
"The boot camp this week was great...my horses have never gone better, they thank you, too."
- Gina Durfee
Pilates for Dressage
New Online Training Video!
Janice just made a video for dressagetrainingonline.com, about how Pilates can change your posture, and can improve your ability to ride your horse. This site contains training videos from prestigious trainers world-wide. Congratulations to Janice!
Check it out — you're sure to learn something from it.
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Pilates for the Dressage Rider
My passion and commitment to you, the rider, is to teach you the power of the non-verbal physical, so that you will communicate more effectively with your horse.
Pilates for Dressage® is work based on my 30 years of experience as a professional dancer, my 20 years as a Pilates Instructor and 10 years as an avid dressage rider. With the publishing of my book in 2006, my work has continued to grow, helping riders from beginners to upper level dressage, and influencing riding genres from Natural Horsemanship to USDF Dressage clubs.
Come find out what you can learn. Read more...
Nine Pilates Essentials for the Balanced Rider
Available now from our shop, or from Horse and Rider Books. Read Reviews of this DVD.
In this DVD, Janice shows you the nine essential body "parts" that are the key to "speaking" to your horse with sophistication and eloquence.
By incorporating the "Magic Circle" exercise ring in a series of exercises, Janice gives you a workout that trains these specific muscles in ways that instantly apply to your riding.