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There is one principle that should never be abandoned, namely, that the rider must learn to control himself before he can control his horse. This is the basic, most important principle to be preserved in equitation.

Alois Podhajsky

The Complete Training of Horse and Rider in the Principles of Classical Horsemanship (ed. 1975)

How riders show up has tremendous impact on how the horses show up. The inner life of the rider creates behaviors in the horses that influence the baseline starting point for training. Neutral is a mental, emotional and physical state where we as the riders and handlers are not unintentionally creating a problem which then we have to add influence over the horse to solve.

For the New Year, I’m launching my fundamental course on Finding Neutral. In this course you will find tools, scripts, and step-by-step tutorials (including video!) that I use with all of my students to help them show up in the best way possible for clear, consistent, effective communication that removes barriers to training progress.

This course begins with unmounted rider exercises that translate directly to handling and riding skills. If your goal is to be safe, confident and comfortable, we can help.

This course is a baseline for all future courses and will establish concepts that carry through to all phases of training. Our logical and progressive process builds step-by-step in an extremely learnable way, removing many of the mysteries of working with horses and develops handler and horse confidence through competence and understanding.