Here is what you can look forward to each month…

One New Riding Exercise each month.

Each of our exercises are biomechanically designed to help your horse develop his balance, straightness, suppleness, engagement, and throughness. But it can get boring if you find yourself getting stuck in a rut of only doing the same, old exercises over and over. At some point, you feel the need for some variety and inspiration, so each month we bring you a new exercise to add to your repertoire. We will explain not only what to do and what the exercise accomplishes in the training, but how you can ride it in a way that will be best suited for your horse right now. We teach you how to modify the exercise to make it easier or harder, depending upon what your horse needs, and we teach you how to embellish the exercise to bring other elements in. We also teach you how to trouble-shoot the various problems that you may encounter with the exercise. With these in mind, you set yourself and your horse up for the best possible results. These exercises are sure to become some of your favourite go-to’s! Each exercise comes with instructional video and downloadable PDF with full instructions.

One Group Coaching Hot seat each month.

Feedback is VITAL to making progress. We have seen this time and time again in our courses. The riders who regularly ask questions and get feedback on their riding videos are the ones that excel in their training. So we are now adding this element into EOTM. A Hot Seat session enables us to watch videos that the community has submitted, and we give feedback, tips, and help troubleshoot any problems that came up. This all happens on a Live Zoom webinar, they are always recorded so you can watch later, and you can learn through watching others EVEN if you do not submit your own videos (but we encourage you to, if you can!).

"Wine with Friends"  Meetings each month.

Wine with Friends is like hanging out with your riding buddies in the afternoon with a glass of wine and chatting together about the stuff that is all on our minds. Sometimes we discuss Current events or hot topics. And sometimes we discuss Mindset matters: What gets in your way in making progress in your riding?  Whatever we are discussing, you have a voice here! These are held as meetings so that we can have a conversation together- all of us. Participation is optional, of course - you can attend and just listen. Whatever you feel most comfortable with!

Additional Bonus Trainings added periodically.

These can vary from masterclasses on topics like timing of the aids, shoulder-in, piaffe training, and long-reining. Interspersed throughout these are occasional commentary videos where we watch a recording of a famous rider or trainer and break down what is happening, what we see, and what you can learn by watching them! Variety stimulates learning and ideas! All trainings are always recorded, so you can watch as many times as you need and return to them whenever helpful. All previous trainings are always available in the archives!

Feldenkrais Mini-Lessons.

Each month you get a mini Feldenkrais lesson taught by Professional Feldenkrais Practitioner, Catherine McCrum. These lessons are designed to help you improve your coordination, balance, body awareness, and suppleness OFF of the horse (some are even done ON the horse) so that you can enjoy your riding more.  With these lessons you will develop independent use of your individual body parts so they all work more comprehensively together as a whole! This helps you to sit better, straighter and more relaxed, ride with more suppleness in your joints, and give your aids with better differentiation and finesse. These lessons are very soothing and relaxing to do, as well! Great for doing right before you ride if your busy life sometime impedes your ability to "arrive" mentally with your horse. You will find that not only your riding improves, but also your relationship with your horse.

The Ritterize Community.

The serious pursuit of riding Dressage can sometimes get lonely, particularly if you live in a non-Dressage area or feel like you’re the only rider at your barn who wants to train in a way aligned with Ritter values. But having the support of like-minded people who “get it” makes a world of difference. You may have already experienced (and fallen in love with) our generous and exuberant community in our other courses or challenges. They are a group of riders all over the world, committed to their and their horse’s progress, soundness, and happiness. Now you will be able to keep that awesomeness year-round, regardless of which course is in session, by tapping into our amazing Ritterize community. In this private, members-only community, you’ll have an amazing ecosystem of peers, trainers, assistant trainers, team members, and of course Thomas and Shana to help you make your riding goals a reality.

The Archive.

Every single exercise and training since the membership started in 2017 is stored in the Vault and you will have access to ALL of it. Coming in 2023: We are re-categorizing all of the trainings so that you can find whatever you need based on what you are wanting to do TODAY! There is so much in here - you will never, ever be at a loss of something new and interesting to implement into your training!

Your Ritterize Membership includes:

One Exercise Live Training with Q&A each month

One Group Coaching Hot seat each month

One Mindset Meeting each month

Additional Trainings

The Ritterize Community

The Extensive Archive of Exercises, Mindset Trainings, and Masterclasses

Total Value: €4685

Ritterize November 2025: Shifting Weight to Shift Bend

This month in Ritterize, we will explore one of the key teachings which make one of the most profound differences for horses and riders. For those who are long-time students, it will be a familiar concept. For those that are new to our teachings, it will be illuminating. We will explore the concept of Shifting the Weight in order to Shift the Bend. This core teaching influences all of your changes of bend and line, and becomes particularly instrumental for establishing high quality Flying Changes and Zig Zag Half Passes.

Just like everything else in the classical training of the horse, this work doesn’t begin when you are ready to do Flying Changes and Zig Zag Half Passes, though. It begins in the early work with your horse, when they are simply learning how to change their bend from right to left. It begins gently in a way that makes sense to their bodies, which helps them to understand it with their minds.

In this month’s Masterclass Training, Thomas will explain why and how this works, why it is biomechanically the only way the horse can effectively and correctly change bend, and how you can implement this now into your riding.

The Exercise of the Month is designed to help you practice this principle at a higher level. It is an exercise that creatively combines Shoulder-in, Lleg Yield, and Half Pass. The shoulder-in right engages the right hind leg. This careful combination of movements in this precise exercise is designed to guide each hind leg under the body in a distinct succession. You will find the effects on your horse, as both hind legs acquire optimal engagement, creates an amazing feeling and will set you up for anything you wish to ride afterwards.

In addition to that, this month in our Ritterize “Wine with Friends” Mindset Discussion, we will discuss how to combine using your intuition balanced with your intellect in your riding. Where these two aspects of approach can seem at first like they are in opposition, the truth is: you need both. Inherently, to be a really effective, good rider, you need to gain the ability to use both your intuition AND your intellect in a way where they support each other. We will discuss how you can strike a balance between these two aspects and make it work for you in a way that helps you acknowledge your innate gift (whether you tend to be a more intuitive rider or a more intellectual rider) while still staying open to developing the other attribute.

In addition, this month, we have selected a Feldenkrais Lesson focused on Breathing called “Moving from the small Pelvis.” If you want more Feldenkrais-inspired Breathing Lessons, you may wish to also join the FeldenBreathe workshop available this separately this month.

As always, we will wrap up the month with a Members-only Hot Seat session for the Exercise of the Month. This is a live session where Thomas will choose several member-submitted videos to provide feedback, tips, and suggestions for improvement. Even if your video is not selected to be featured or you choose not to submit footage, you are sure to come away with tips and pointers from this session which you can put to use in your own riding right away.

Join us for November in Ritterize to explore these concepts with us in a way that opens you and your horse up to new possibilities!

November 2025 Schedule:

🐴 EOTM: “Shifty“ - released November 3, 2025

🐴 Feldenkrais Lesson - “Moving from the small Pelvis” - released November 3, 2025

🐴 Masterclass: Shifting Weight to Shift Bend - Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 7:00pm GMT

🐴 Wine with Friends: “Using your Intuition balanced with Intellect in Riding” - Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 7:00pm GMT

🐴 Hot Seats Meeting “Shifty” - Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 7:00pm GMT