To really get the flying change you need to understand it and you need to understand the preparatory exercises for it. Join us this months to look at shoulders in to Renvers in hand as a preparation for the counter canter and flying change. Top Tip: try the exercise with a friend and see if...
We are still in our series of working toward the flying change. Today I want to look at picking up a canter lead – the canter lead WE want – anywhere. Really important here is that you start to visualize what you want and that you start to get away from right or wrong lead...
2024/04: The Flying Change – Getting started with picking up any lead anywhere Read More »
In this third part to approaching the flying change we are introducing the counter canter. If you have not gone through part 1 and 2 of our series on the counter canter. The counter canter is the spot to which a lot riders come but then are unable to balance the counter canter enough to...
2024/03: The Flying Change – Establishing the Counter Canter Read More »
This is our second video on the flying change. Make sure to check the TAG “Flying Change” to get all videos that belong to this series. Here I am talking only about the riders seat. The flying change is for many of us so difficult, because we can mess it up so easily. The horse...
The Flying Change! One of the really big deals for many equestrians. It looks so easy. Most of us feel we can never get there. And usually we don’t quite know why! In the next few months we are going to try and introduce to you a set of exercises that will prepare you and...
2023/12: Introduction to the flying change Read More »
Join Rupert for this month’s In Hand exercise and explore the transitions from Leg Yield to Shoulders in. Make sure like usual to have checked out the previous exercises of the month which are building up to this one. Like always comment below or reach out to us via Facebook or Whatsapp to let us...
2023/11: Leg Yield To Shoulders-In In Hand Read More »
I personally really like this module and I hope you will too. I think it will really help you get to the next level. I cover two things here. First I explain a bit better what I did in the summer with the 3 Lines exercise. I found out that some people don’t quite feel...
2023/11: Schooling Your Eye For The Lateral Read More »
Join me on my first ride with my new toy, the Pivo. I am exploring in this module the idea of visualizing not in terms of what I would like to manifest in my life or possibly even in my ride, but just very simply to be really clear on what I am intending to...
Visualize the lines and aids of your ride Read More »
Join me this month to look at approaches for the mounted leg yield. Please only do this ridden exercise if you have done Ruperts EOM October on unmounted approaches to the legyield as well as all the other prep exercises for the leg yield. That means, you have started the leg yield in hand, assisted...
2023/10: Approaches to the Leg Yield – Ridden Exercise of the month Read More »
Join us today for a few ideas on how to approach the leg yield and how to really break it down on the ground without horse to then be ready to take it onto the horse and start to apply it while riding....
2023/10: Unmounted exercises for the Leg Yield – Unmounted Exercise of the Month Read More »
Join me this months to talk about some ideas on straightness. Straightness is a big subject and I will cover more in additional tutorials. This month I wanted to give you a few ideas on how to look for straightness. We have moved to a new location and have this extremely pretty and straight-lined arena...
2023/09 Ideas for Straightness Read More »
With this Exercise of the Month Rupert is starting a set of tutorials on connection. This will include the outside and the inside rein. Depending who you ask the outside rein is either the rein on the inside of the bend or the rein away from the direction of travel. Here Rupert introducing “Spider Fingers”...
2023/09: Broomstick connection Read More »
It’s already August 2023! This month I want to explore a really dear subject for me! Lightness and the leg aid. I will create more exercises around the leg, but this month we don’t want to put too much emphasis about what the leg aids are but rather just put mindfulness and awareness into our...
2023/08: Lightness begins in the leg 🪶🦵 Read More »
This month I have stolen Rupert’s non-mounted exercise of the month. It was fun and I might do it again (evil laugh!) It wasn’t quite that I stole it from him. I gave him an exercise I have been doing with quite a few people to make them be able to see how laterals look...
2023/08: Seeing lines to find the laterals 📏 Read More »
We are more or less approaching the height of the summer. (at least for us in the northern hemisphere!) With summer comes for all of us hopefully the possibility to ride out and be on longer, warmer days for more extended periods of time with our ponies. This month Ridden Exercise of the Month is...
2023/07: Double your steps Challenge 🏃♀️ Read More »
