Mark Russell Natural Dressage

As one of the few American students of the world renowned Master Nuno Oliveira in Portugal, Mark Russell is privileged to help carry this wisdom forward. Mark Russell brings to the US compelling insights gained from Master Oliveira and is helping move the equine industry into a higher plane of sensibility in the education of the horse. Mark teaches the process of Dressage, or “Development” of the horse through correct biomechanics no matter the discipline of Western, English, or Gaited.... (read more)

Mark Russell’s credits include authoring the highly acclaimed book “Lessons in Lightness: the Art of Educating the Horse”, he is featured in the DVD “Riding with Chi: Your Pathway to Energy Mastery”, and he has been featured in a variety of equine journals. He has a busy schedule not only as a clinician but privately teaching numerous other clinicians and trainers.

The well-educated rider gains a deeper level of understanding of equine movement: knowing how to achieve relaxation in both the body and mind, the differences between softness and lightness, how the jaw relates to the engagement of the hind end, the benefits of work-in-hand, the dangers of lateral and longitudinal hyperflexion, and the concept of Bascule.