Dressage Sabbatical: A Year of Riding with Classical Master Paul Belasik by Rose Caslar

Dressage Sabbatical is the enthralling tale of a young equestrian's true challenge of a lifetime. Experienced rider and trainer Rose Caslar arrives for her year-long classical riding internship at American master Paul Belasik's Pennsylvania Riding Academy, only to find she has to put aside everything she knows and start completely over. Beginning with the very thing that she was sure she had mastered...her position! Rose is courageous, honest and open as she writes about her journey, sweeping her readers along in her daily activities, adventures and private thoughts. We learn about the tremendous workload of a top equestrian training facility, which is not for the faint of heart. And neither are the weekly lessons with the sometimes mysterious Belasik who always encourages Rose to find the right questions to ask and gives nothing away. As the months pass, we enjoy many technical discussions of training methodology, much self-evaluation, and stories of struggle, breakthrough, and pr