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Dressage in the Fourth Dimension Clinic
July 16 -
19, 2009
Langley
BCYR
Members receive a 15% discount!!
Come explore true connection through body, mind, psyche and spirit
with Dr. Sherry Ackerman's Dressage in the Fourth Dimension Clinic,
July 16-19 in Langley!
Her book
Dressage in the Fourth Dimension is featured in the May edition of
Dressage Today.
Dr. Sherry L. Ackerman has long been considered a teacher with an
exceptional eye and a crystal clear way of explaining dressage so
that riders “get it”. Riders come away from her clinics inspired and
informed. It is not unusual for participants to claim that she is
one of the best teachers that they have ever experienced. She has
the ability to “drop the penny” in every single lesson, helping
riders demystify concepts such as getting their horse ‘on the bit’,
the classical seat and position, embodied alignment, transitions,
bending, half-halting and the interplay between forwardness and
balance. Dr. Ackerman brings an extraordinary background to her
work, having worked under the direction of Herr Egon von Neindorff
and Dr. Henri van Schaik.
Her ability, though, to “see” exactly what each rider needs to “do”
(or “not do”) in order to reach their riding goals is a product of a
system that she self-developed, over three decades of teaching. This
has developed into a very systematic method of consistent
instruction whereby she explains dressage competencies in a clear,
step-by-step, easily understood way. She not only identifies what
the rider needs to learn, but has the ability to patiently explain
how they are to do it. In these clinics, Dr. Ackerman systematically
outlines how she sees what she sees and how she chooses the
particular correction to apply. In other words, she is going to
teach riders how to use a very methodological means to identify
their riding problems, and a schematic system for choosing what
correction should be applied to solve their problem. Dr. Ackerman’s
polished and effective pedagogy reflects her many years of being a
successful college professor!
If your training process has felt like a maze, or worse, been an
exhausting struggle, rather than enlightening and empowering, you
will enjoy Dr. Ackerman’s clarity and positive, supportive style.
You will not only be given permission, but encouraged, to respect
and honor your emotions, trust your intuition, develop empathy and
compassion and expand your awareness.
The Introductory Clinic will cover a preliminary evening session,
followed by three full days of wholistic instruction. Each rider
will receive a companion workbook for use throughout, and after, the
clinic. The preliminary evening session will feature a lecture by
Dr. Ackerman in which she outlines the goals and objectives for the
three days to follow. After the lecture, participants are invited to
an informal wine and cheese book signing reception, where Dr.
Ackerman will read selections from Dressage in the Fourth Dimension
and engage the participants’ questions.
Each of the following three days will follow a format whereby each
morning begins with a collective yoga and meditation session,
followed by small group riding lessons in which Dr. Ackerman
delivers, in real-time, the dressage concepts outlined in the
previous evening’s lecture. These small group lessons will be
approximately 1 ˝ hour long. Immediately following each group
lesson, all riders will work together in dialogical process where
they reflect, share and interpret their riding experience in light
of more transpersonal considerations. They will explore whether or
not, in the riding session, their horse affirmed or denied their
self-perception, whether or not their horse found them to be
sufficiently authentic and what their horse had to say about who
they, in this Moment, are. The process groups are designed to assist
participants in improving focus, clarity and intention as a rider,
improving communication and integrity between riders and their
horses and deepening the horse-human connection.
These process groups will be approximately 45 minutes long. These
riding and process groups will continue all day, punctuated only by
a communal lunch where Dr. Ackerman will facilitate discussion among
the whole clinic community. After the riding day has finished, Dr.
Ackerman will give an evening lecture exploring various
philosophical and spiritual aspects of the Way of Dressage and its
potential for the evolution of consciousness. These are long…but
fulfilling…days from which riders will take home a lot of food for
thought and practice!
Please contact: Marcy 604-614-9211 or email: mmarcy@yahoo.com
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The Children of the
Americas Dressage Invitational is the only international competition for
children between the ages of 12 and 14 in the United States. The website
has been recently updated for the 2009 competition, September 29 through
October 3.
Hosted by The Bear
Spot Foundation for Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy,CADI relies upon
donations to keep entry costs to a minimum and to continue this
top flight program for children from The United States,Canada,South and
Central America, Mexico, Bermuda and The Caribbean Islands.
For more information regarding this invitation, please click on the
image above.
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SLIDE SHOW OF THE ALI BUCHANAN BCYR EVENT
SLIDE SHOW OF THE JONATHAN FIELD BCYR EVENT
The BCYR
would like to thank Patti Lippert for the years of dedicated contribution
she made to the BC Young Riders. Patti was the Executive
Member responsible for the BCYR Awards and Stall Boards. Patti
recently submitted her resignation and we wish her well. Thank you
Patti!

BCYR Logo Coolers are still available.
Please contact Jacqueline Sauve to order yours. Cost
$200.00
To view a larger image of the cooler, please click on the picture of
Bravo!
A Call For Volunteers
The BCYR is in need of your help. Can you
help out on our fund-raising committee. If you can spare some time,
love challenges and meeting people, please contact Jacqueline
Sauve. Thank you.

You
are invited to join the BCYR Facebook Group!
A Facebook
Group has been created for our members as a complement to our
website. Please feel free to post pictures of yourself and your
horse, ask questions, or create a discussion thread.
Click on the Facebook logo or our
group link below.
BC Young Riders Dressage Facebook Group
Executive meetings to be held the first
Wednesday of each month at 7:15pm ABC Family Restaurant, Langley
General meetings to be held the third
weekend of each month. Location to be announced.
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