Welcome to Rider Horsemanship

Whether you've seen Caroline Rider in action with her horses at liberty, freestyle riding, or in bridle and under saddle, you've witnessed her incredible ability to develop and nurture the many levels of "emotional connection" she teaches today between horse and human: the power and depth of love, compassion, friendship, loyalty, willing partnership and mutual respect.

Our Mission
Here, at Rider Horsemanship, our mission is to create an easier, simpler and more natural approach to being and working with horses. One that provides each horse with the opportunity to reach their full potential through freedom of expression & choice, and each human to reach theirs through awareness, embodiment and knowledge.

What We Can Do For You
Our teaching style empowers horse owners with both personal, and horsemanship, skill sets that aid in developing the following: confidence, awareness, understanding of equine behavior and psychology, basic to advanced horsemanship and performance, problem-solving skills that help in identifying and solving challenging situations.

Caroline's training approach works with all horses, any level rider and discipline. Whether Caroline is assisting you with a ground and/or riding lesson, or a life lesson in horse-human bonds and emotional connections, Caroline's enthusiasm, joy and depth of knowledge will surely enlighten you and empower you with endless possibilities and opportunities for self-improvement, personal growth and horsemanship.

What We Can Do For Your Horse
We work with the horse's nature, in a manner in which we bring out the best they have to offer – listening and communicating while working together.

Our main focus, with each and every horse we come into contact with, is the development of "emotional connection." Horse's are prey animals, making them naturally tuned into their surroundings (via their senses) for survival purposes. Through research and study over the years, we have observed and witnessed deeper levels of heightened sensory activity within horses, activity relating to the way in which they respond to emotionally and mentally challenged humans & children. We believe it is because of their heightened sensitivity to "heart chakras" and their ability to resonate emotional intelligence.

Horses are also social animals who thrive on belonging to a social hierarchy, establishing deep rapport with one another, companionships and long-lasting friendships. Understanding our horses need to bond and share friendship is foremost to establishing incredibly enriching, fulfilling and trusting partnerships with our equine friends.

We would also like to mention that there is a difference between establishing emotional connection and physical connection as well as a purpose (and a time) for each when working with horses. While we begin with approach we also combine our approach with a series of ground and riding techniques. This allows us to develop incredible rapport while schooling and applying classical dressage patterns.

With approach we are able to allow our horse's to choose to trust and accept us thus making training so much easier (through acceptance of our leadership) and more natural for the horse. When we make them (too much pressure, tie downs, etc), we often force the horse to either tolerate us (often shutting down) or act out defensively. Through approach, there isn't any force or dominant action taken, rather a way of being and doing (understanding your responsibility to the horse: where you need to be for them, when (timing) and why you are needed) that fosters and nurtures true trust, companionship, devoted loyalty, willing partnership and acceptance.

This is where Rider Horsemanship and our Tao of Horsemanship™ training series and courses can help you. While we teach technical exercises, to both horse and human, we begin with an approach to understanding 3 core principles to mastering total success with horses.

Come join us as we embark on this incredible horsemanship journey – together!

A mindful approach to creating oneness, partnership & harmony between you and your horse.

Learn how to communicate, and work, with your horse –
easily and naturally, without force, intimidation, dominance or
punishment. When you work with what your horse gives you, you
allow for joy, exuberance, play, companionship and partnership to show up.

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