Correct positioning of your back, starting with your pelvis, is important for your balance, resilience, and comfort.
– Sally Swift in “Centered Riding 2”
Finding Neutral Spine and Neutral Pelvis – Sitting
When you are either arched or slumped – that is, not in Neutral Posture – your back, neck, shoulders, and joints begin to hold tension and may become stiff and painful.
– Peggy Cummings in “Connect with Your Horse from the Ground Up”
Finding Neutral Spine in the saddle
In the 20th century particularly, styles of riding came into fashion which are greatly removed from the nature of riding and from the natural style of riding.
– Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling in “Dancing with Horses: The Art of Body Language”