Quote Originally Posted by buttercup132

Does lifting your hands make you sit straighter when cantering?
No Your supposed to keep your hands low lean back but not too much, your not supposed to sit up straight like when you trot and post.
It's considered bad form to lean back. We two point the canter where I'm riding now usually, unless it's beneficial to have more weight on the horse as for control, etc, then we 3 point (sit) it.