The Balimo program uses straightforward & easy to carry out exercises, encouraging riders to find new movement patterns. Through discovering new ways to move, riders find their correct, individual, independent seat.

 

Our  philosophy is simple. The more balanced (ambidextrous) a rider is, relaxed and flexible, the better that rider can move in harmony with her horse. To this end, we use mounted and unmounted exercises to stretch,  relax and/or strengthen the rider's muscles. Our aim is to give the rider new movement patterns (tools) to balance their body. For some exercises we make use of the Balimo™ chair, which is a unique apparatus designed to teach riders to follow the movement of a horse, to discover their personal range of motion, all the while continuously remain in balance and alignment.

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These BALIMO principles are the cornerstone of each BALIMO Seat Clinic:

• The rider must consider themself an athlete

• Riding is about movement and motion

• It is necessary to develop a feeling rider with a sensitive seat, as well as harmony between horse and rider, and

• The rider must first uncover her own strengths and weaknesses; then design an exercise program that will balance her own muscles and muscle groups.