The British trainer Elaine Butler offers special courses in seat and balance. She teaches both leisure riders and dressage pros who compete internationally. The following concept is essential for giving the correct aid for halting, says Butler: 'The brake is in your lower body and not in your hand!' The lower back, the leg, consistent rein aids - most riders are theoretically knowledgeable of how to ride a dressage halt. There are a few tips, however, on improving your halt in practice. For example, the subject of weight aids. Elaine Butler has a good exercise for this. In order to give the correct aid, the rider must learn to control their own abdominal area and to slow their hip movement. Something that good riders do automatically. Elaine Butler’s suggestion for learning how to create this pressure below: 'Press the middle of your tongue flat against the roof of your mouth. That’s how you activate your pelvic floor!' This creates pressure in the lower body and the slowed pelvic motion tells the horse to slow down.