New and Upcoming Courses

Intermediate Work in Hand CourseĀ 

(This is a brand new never offered before course)

Starts August 23, 2024

This is a 10-week online course for riders who want to develop their work-in-hand from beyond the basics into the lateral movements and half-steps as development towards the piaffe.

Perfect for riders who are passionate about exploring classical technique to train their horse yet donā€™t have a trainer to work with who can show them how to do this work or have tried to figure it out on their own but found it to be a mystery or encountered difficulties they didnā€™t know how to resolve.

This course includes:

ā­ Theory lessons with video demonstrations

ā­Ā Practical exercises for you and your horse so you can implement the new learning in your training

ā­Ā 5 live hot seat sessions - so you can get feedback on your training

ā­Ā 6 live Q&A Sessions where you can get your questions answered

ā­Ā Facebook Community for ongoing support and feedback. Check-in withĀ  videos and questions at anytimeĀ 

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Rising Trot Mastery

8-week Guided Program
CourseĀ Starts August 16 2024

A Powerful, 8-week Trifecta Experience toĀ FIXĀ all your Rising Trot woes and miraculously, almostĀ magically, transform your rising trot from embarrassing and clumsy toĀ elegant,Ā  refined, and EFFECTIVE.

6-module course taught by Dressage Trainer, Dr. Thomas Ritter, and Feldenkrais Practitioners, Catherine McCrum and Charlotte Zetterberg.Ā 

Weekly theory lessons covering the what, why, and how of each problem so that you understand the foundation of each issue.

Weekly imagery lessons you can put to use whether you are riding regularly or unable to ride at all.Ā 

Weekly Feldenkrais lessons you can do OFF the horse and reap the benefits while ON the horse.

šŸ“ 6 Rising Trot Theory Segments
šŸ“Ā 6 Seat Imagery lessons
šŸ“Ā 6 Feldenkrais lessons
šŸ“Ā 5 Live Q&A sessions
šŸ“Ā 9 weeks of continued support and feedback
šŸ“Ā Lifetime access to the Facebook Community
šŸ“Ā Lifetime access
*Hot Seat Video Coaching add-on is available in the checkout

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2024Ā Total Canter Transformation Course

August 2, 2024- January 23, 2025

A Step-by-Step process that takes you (with your horse)Ā  from ā€œOMG, no,Ā  please, NOT the canter!ā€ to ā€œYes, thank you, my horse does have an AMAZING canterā€

This 18-week Total Canter Transformation ProgramĀ Ā Ā Ā 
Includes:
Ā Ā  ā­ļø Pre-Canter Preparation
Ā Ā  ā­ļø Main Canter Development Program
Ā Ā  ā­ļø The Counter-Canter finishing course

šŸ“ Guided, Proven Process

šŸ“ Gymnastic Exercises for the Horse
šŸ“ Classical Training, Biomechanics-based principles
šŸ“ Canter Course Completion CertificateĀ Ā Ā Ā  (Value priceless!)
šŸ“ Lifetime access to the 2024 course material

šŸ“ "Mobility for All" Feldenkrais Lessons for your seat
šŸ“ Rider Imagery Lessons to help develop your seat further
šŸ“ Curated weekly yoga lessons to help your seat even more
šŸ“ Instructional and Demonstration VideosĀ 
šŸ“ Feedback on your videos all the way through
šŸ“ Support & Feedback from Thomas Ritter and the team of Ritter teachers
šŸ“ ALL your questions answered along the way (even questions not related to the canter) in ourĀ Office hours Q&A coaching program
šŸ“ The Amazing Canter Transformation Course community

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Young Horse Training Course (beta)

This is a brand new, never-before-offered course.

Course Begins July 15, 2024
This 4-month course with Thomas Ritter will guide you through the entire process of the Gymnastic Training of the Younger and Lower Level Horse.

This is an exercise-based course to develop the gymnastic development of the younger/lower-level horse.

With simpler arena patterns and without the advanced movementsĀ often featuredĀ in our other courses.

It is designed for any relatively green horse that has been ridden off the longe line on a 20m circle and around the whole school for a few weeks.

It goes without saying that working on the basics is always beneficial for horsesĀ who are further on in the training too.

Includes simple work-in-hand exercises to improve the horseā€™s understanding of rein aids, transitions, and sidestepping.

šŸ“Ā More than 50 exercises

šŸ“Ā Adaptable to any level of training

šŸ“Ā Most of the exercises can be ridden in all three gaits

This course will be complete with Q&As and all the bells and whistles you expect from a Ritter Course.

As a beta course member, your input and questions will be integrated into the creation of the course. This way we make sure we create the most complete course on the topic as is possible AND you can be confident that you will get what YOU need out of this course!

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The Ritterize Membership

The Ritterize Membership

(previouslyĀ EOTM)Ā 

Infuse your Training with Ritterize - your monthly infusion of Ritter Learning. Click on the button to learn more.

OctoberĀ 2024:


Flexion

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Flexion

October is a month which, wherever you are in the world, you are no doubt experiencing the shifting of the weather. It is either turning warmer and heading into Spring and Summer if you are in the Southern Hemisphere, or it is cooling off and you are heading into Autumn and Winter if you are in the Northern Hemisphere.Ā  The beauty of this is that, regardless of where you are, this is the PERFECT riding weather and most likely, it has you thinking ahead to what you will be working on with your horse in the next months.Ā 

With this in mind, we have an amazing month in store for you in Ritterize.

Just like the seasons are cyclical, so is the nature of learning and training and this was never more true than with Dressage. For years we have mentioned this aspect in various trainings and articles, but we have never explicitly talked about this topic on its own and we think it is about time.

We wanted to talk about how you can best strategize your own approach to learning by understanding the learning is not linear. It has its ups and downs, but it also progresses like a spiral meaning that as you learn more, you will find that when you revisit earlier concepts, you see it all in a new light. In fact, it is extremely beneficial to revisit the core concepts periodically, because each time you do so, you will find you get more out of it. It deepens your understanding of the principles and entire training process.Ā 

This also applies to the training of the horse. Just as you are the student of Dressage, so is your horse and your horseā€™s progress follows this same sort of cyclical pattern. We are going to talk about how you can use this to benefit and enrich your training experience with your horse, and how this is actually in absolute accordance with the teachings of the old masters of classical dressage.Ā 

Additionally this month, we will be holding a deep dive Masterclass Training on Flexion. What is it? What is it not? What does it mean for the training of your horse? And even more importantly, what does it mean for the training of your horse right now, where your horse is right NOW in his/her training? This should be a really great training that helps to round out your understanding of bend and engagement, which when combined with flexion, lead to collection.Ā 

The featured riding exercise this month is called, ā€œTime Warp.ā€ Whether youā€™re a fan of The Rocky Horror Picture Show or not (no worries if you are not, itā€™s not necessary!), you will find that this exercise that is ā€œjust a jump to the left and then a step to the rightā€ will be JUST the bit of fun that you are looking for to enliven your training this month - and also develop the skills your horse needs to improve flexion!Ā 

Catherine has selected a Feldenkrais lesson this month called, ā€œTilting the Head to Mobilise the Pelvisā€ which has the uncanny power to reveal the correlation between the lateral flexion of your head and neck and the way that this awakens the lateral flexion in all of your vertebrae. In the end, you realize how this enables you to sit more evenly on your seat bones and lighten either seat bones deliberately, with ease. What a powerful lesson to complement this monthā€™s themes!

As always, we will wrap up the month with a Members-only Hot Seat session for the ā€œTime Warpā€ riding exercise. This is a live session where Thomas will choose several member-submitted videos to 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.Ā 

Self-Study Courses

A Course About Straightness with Ritter Dressage

Achieve Straightness as a horse-rider unit and see the benefits in everything you do in your riding! 

The Straightness Course is THE course to answer all your crookedness woes!

This is a course about achieving Straightness as a horse-rider unit. This is THE course to learn the fundamental biomechanics of straightness (and its opposite, crookedness) and how it impacts everything else you do in your riding.

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The Introduction to Work in Hand Course

āœ” Improve your relationship with your horse

āœ” Easily teach new movements to your horse

āœ” Improve your horse's balance, suppleness, coordination and body-awareness

 "Hands-down” the very best way to introduce your horse to the work in hand.

Learn how to do simple transitions and exercises with your horse with coordination, communication, and confidence.

Get lifetime, fully downloadable access to the training,

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The Better Dressage Through Straightness Challenge Recordings

You will get...

āœ”ļø RecordingsĀ of allĀ theĀ Challenge trainings and Q&AsĀ 
āœ”ļøĀ PDF copies of the slides and horse exercises
āœ”ļø All recordingsĀ downloadable
āœ”ļøĀ Lifetime access

So that you can...

āœ…Ā UNDERSTAND the problem with crookedness, and the attributes of straightness and balance
āœ…Ā learn an exercise you can use with your horse to identify your horse's stiff and hollow side
āœ…Ā UNDERSTAND how the rider can contribute to the horse's crookedness
āœ…Ā learn an exercise you can use to diagnose your own crookedness
āœ…Ā UNDERSTAND how dressage training can be used to straighten the horse
āœ…Ā learn an exercise you can use to help straighten your horse
āœ…Ā UNDERSTAND the basis of a Straightness based method of training.Ā TrainingĀ that is better for your horse's health and better for your dressage.

All of this for only ā‚¬27.

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The Canter Blueprint Training Recordings

Learn more about the biomechanics of the canter and create a targeted training plan for your horse.Ā 

This training is all about the canter and the pre-requisites for a quality canter.

It will help you understand:-
āœ” the training principles on which the canter is built

āœ” identify the KEY areas your horse needs to improveĀ 

So you can prioritize your training work and plan HOW you will approach your training from here on out so that you can HELP your horse to canter at his best.

GetĀ lifetime, fully downloadable access toĀ theĀ training, plus the recordings from the Q&As we held each day for VIP members.

All of this for only ā‚¬37.

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The Path to Simple and Flying Changes Challenge Recordings

Learn how to train and develop your horse so that the changes become the most logical, easy thing to do.
You will get...

āœ”ļøAll the recordings to theĀ Challenge trainings and Q&AsĀ 
āœ”ļøĀ PDF copies of the slides and horse exercises
āœ”ļø All recordingsĀ downloadable
āœ”ļøĀ Lifetime access

The Challenge Proposition...
Anyone can train their horse to do simple and flying changes.Ā Anyone.

āŒ That means you donā€™t have to be a professional trainer.

āŒĀ You donā€™t have to have a degree in changes (Tip: there isnā€™t one).
āŒ You donā€™t have to have special talent.
āŒ You donā€™t have to have magic.

āœ… You just need to know the pathway.
āœ… You need to know how to develop the horse so that the changes become the most logical, easy thing for your horse to do.

Ā šŸ‘‰ We show you how to do that.
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Feldenkrais Courses for Riders

FeldenFit 4-Pack (BEST DEAL!):

***Scroll down the page to purchase FeldenFit 1-4 individually***

Purchase all 4 FeldenFit Programmes and get a discount!

4 x ā‚¬97 = ā‚¬388Ā 

Today's Price = ā‚¬297 (other currencies available)

FeldenFit 1Ā is the original FeldenFit program with Catherine McCrum with 30 days of daily 7-15 minute lessons. Catherine uses her knowledge as a Feldenkrais teacher and blends this with her background in sport and fitness to make a flowing sequence of exercises that enhance co-ordination, agility, suppleness and effortless power.

FeldenFit2Ā is the follow-up program to the original FeldenFit program. Join us and Catherine McCrum for 30 more days of daily 7-15 minute lessons. Catherine uses her knowledge as a Feldenkrais teacher and blends this with her background in sport and fitness to make a flowing sequence of exercises that enhance co-ordination, agility, suppleness and effortless power.

FeldenFit 3Ā is a series of 30 lessons that specifically address how to take your riding to the next level. Lessons and imagery that improve your foundation and support from the ground up, movements that free your head, neck and eyes from long-held patterns of muscular contractions, experiencing how ribs that are springy and supple impact the independence of your legs and hip joints. Clarifying the wave like oscillations of the pelvis, spine and head that make riding the more dynamic gaits smooth beyond imagination. And finally 4 specific lessons to do in the saddle, or in the barn before you get on. This is truly the rider's series!

FeldenFit 4Ā - The Freedom Series!Ā This fourth set of 30 days of daily 5-15 minute FeldenFit lessons.Ā Designed specifically for riders the lessons in this programme are focussed on creating freedom in the saddle.Ā In freeing our bodies from the constraints of poor posture, unconscious muscular tension, disturbances in breathing and poor co-ordinationĀ we as riders, achieve the ultimate freedomĀ to feel and be truly capableĀ 

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FeldenFit 1

The original FeldenFit program with Catherine McCrum with 30 days of daily 7-15 minute lessons. Catherine has created a flowing sequence of exercises that enhance co-ordination, agility, suppleness and effortless power.

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FeldenFit 2

FeldenFit2 is the follow-up program to the original FeldenFit program. We take a deep dive into the key concepts that we introduced in our first programme and we added the requests of the course members. 

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FeldenFit 3

Riders will love these sessions that clarify support from the ground up. When your feet, ankles and lower legs are well-organised, you can access the potential for both mobility and stability in your centre.

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FeldenFit 4

The lessons in this programme are focussed on creating freedom in the saddle.

In freeing our bodies from the constraints of poor posture, unconscious muscular tension, disturbances in breathing and poor co-ordinationĀ we as riders, achieve the ultimate freedom to feel and be truly capableĀ 

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"How Can Feldenkrais Help Riders?"

A 7 day Free Challenge.
Together with Feldenkrais Practitioner, Catherine McCrum, we have put together a set of off-the-horse lessons that you can use to improve your coordination, balance, suppleness, and feel. In this challenge, you will do one Feldenkrais lesson per day. These lessons are pre-recorded so regardless of timezone or location in the world, you can do it on YOUR schedule and terms. Then, once you have completed the lesson, meet us in the Facebook group for a discussion about the lesson.

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The Aware Rider Program

Parts 1 and 2. Feldenkrais with Catherine McCrum, fused with Dressage with Shana and Thomas Ritter.

What is the Aware Rider Exploration About?
How can we improve how we move ultimately with the aim of having a better relationship with our horses: One in which we can listen to ourselves as well as listen to them in such a way that they hear what we're saying. This is a conversation about the conversation we have with our horses.

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