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“Rowing” – excessive forward and backwards movement of the body, often accompanied by movements of the seat usually in an attempt to drive the horse forward.
If you have been trained that you need to use the rein to keep the horses head down, and that it is more than 20% of your focus when riding, you are barking up the entirely wrong tree and have your focus in the wrong place. I know this from experience, I spent many years doing and thinking exactly this!