My online courses let you benefit from my training no matter where you're located in the world. My first course, 30-Day Core Fitness for Horses, provides a step-by-step guide to tune up your horse's overall fitness, postural muscles, and balance, which will make it more comfortable, athletic, and fun to ride. My clinics offer a calm, positive environment where you will learn both how to do specific moves and also why.
I teach you how to effectively ask your horse to move. Horses and riders alike will leave clinics fitter, more comfortable, and smiling, with a game plan for future training to address weak spots or imbalances. Join me in Santa Cruz, CA for effective training that is developed from my science-based understanding of a horse's body.
I offer one-on-one coaching (both in person and online), board and training of your horse at my barn, and custom training vacations that include beach time, wine tasting, and daily riding instruction.Your horse deserves to feel and perform his best, and when it comes to his performance, fitness is top priority: ease of movement, body balance, and flexibility.
I teach you how to effectively ask your horse to move. Horses and riders alike will leave clinics fitter, more comfortable, and smiling, with a game plan for future training to address weak spots or imbalances. Join me in Santa Cruz, CA for effective training that is developed from my science-based understanding of a horse's body.
I offer one-on-one coaching (both in person and online), board and training of your horse at my barn, and custom training vacations that include beach time, wine tasting, and daily riding instruction.Your horse deserves to feel and perform his best, and when it comes to his performance, fitness is top priority: ease of movement, body balance, and flexibility.
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I was raised in a horse training family in Vermont, studied dressage throughout Europe, and eventually settled in California.
About 15 years ago, I realized that most of the problems riders struggled with stemmed from their horses not using their bodies well.
They lacked strength or coordination, they had muscle imbalances, they were stiff, and so on.
Meanwhile, horse training had become too specialized and way too complicated.
This prompted me to write my first book in 2005, 101 Dressage Exercises for Horse and Rider, which was endorsed by the United States Dressage Federation as critical for every rider to own.
About 15 years ago, I realized that most of the problems riders struggled with stemmed from their horses not using their bodies well.
They lacked strength or coordination, they had muscle imbalances, they were stiff, and so on.
Meanwhile, horse training had become too specialized and way too complicated.
This prompted me to write my first book in 2005, 101 Dressage Exercises for Horse and Rider, which was endorsed by the United States Dressage Federation as critical for every rider to own.
It's time to focus on your horse's fitness, and my training methods will improve his ease of movement, body balance, and flexibility.
In short: I'll help your horse become an athlete.
No matter your discipline, your horse needs to be an athlete first.
I will empower you with the tools you need to allow your horse to perform confidently and comfortably.
Let's get started.
In short: I'll help your horse become an athlete.
No matter your discipline, your horse needs to be an athlete first.
I will empower you with the tools you need to allow your horse to perform confidently and comfortably.
Let's get started.
Join us for our fun (almost) weekly group training sessions.
This is a mixed level and mixed discipline class; all are welcome, including gaited and senior horses.
At their own level, riders work through exercises from Jec's books that are applicable to both trail and arena riding.
Plenty of individual attention is given to each rider.
This is a very supportive and positive group of riders; come join the community!
The cost is $60 for the one-hour session.
Jec is honored to participate again this year at the Best Horse Practices Summit.
This is a mixed level and mixed discipline class; all are welcome, including gaited and senior horses.
At their own level, riders work through exercises from Jec's books that are applicable to both trail and arena riding.
Plenty of individual attention is given to each rider.
This is a very supportive and positive group of riders; come join the community!
The cost is $60 for the one-hour session.
Jec is honored to participate again this year at the Best Horse Practices Summit.
Enhance your riding by improving your own body mechanics, strength, and agility.
Each week, you will be assigned ridden exercises with designated sets and reps PLUS an unmounted guided workout.
If that's not enough, you'll also get recipes, tips, and strategies to keep progressing.
Plenty of videos and simple instructions!
Combining physiology research with straightforward coaching, this course shows riders how to make their horses more flexible, loose, and graceful in their movement.
Each video lesson is followed by exercise suggestions with diagrams to put new the principles in action.
Each week, you will be assigned ridden exercises with designated sets and reps PLUS an unmounted guided workout.
If that's not enough, you'll also get recipes, tips, and strategies to keep progressing.
Plenty of videos and simple instructions!
Combining physiology research with straightforward coaching, this course shows riders how to make their horses more flexible, loose, and graceful in their movement.
Each video lesson is followed by exercise suggestions with diagrams to put new the principles in action.
I get it.
We're all going in a million different directions these days and making it to a clinic, trailering your horse across the country, or just finding the time can be a real challenge.
And while my in-person clinics and training sessions can only help so many students, I want everybody to benefit from my teachings and techniques.
Now you can make your horse more comfortable, athletic, and fun to ride regardless of your schedule or location.
ALL courses include lifetime access, you can go at your own pace, return to review weeks, months, or years down the road, AND you can print materials or access video from nearly anywhere.
We're all going in a million different directions these days and making it to a clinic, trailering your horse across the country, or just finding the time can be a real challenge.
And while my in-person clinics and training sessions can only help so many students, I want everybody to benefit from my teachings and techniques.
Now you can make your horse more comfortable, athletic, and fun to ride regardless of your schedule or location.
ALL courses include lifetime access, you can go at your own pace, return to review weeks, months, or years down the road, AND you can print materials or access video from nearly anywhere.
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