Who
is Joan Strawson?
Joan Strawson has been a dressage rider for more than 20 years,
studying first with Jill Hassler-Scoop and then with her sister,
Barbara Strawson. She has had the opportunity to work privately with
Olympic Gold Medalist, Nicole Uphoff, learning to evaluate mechanics
in advanced dressage riders and to recognize how improved use of the
body improves dressage performance between horse and rider. Joan
Strawson has a black belt in the Chinese martial arts style of
Shaolin-do, and has both practiced and taught Tai Chi for more than
11 years.

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