Train Smarter, Connect Deeper.
One Ride at a Time.

We teach riders how to train their horses themselves. This is our mission. To help riders like YOU learn a kinder, smarter way of working with your horse. To give you the tools you need in order to develop your riding and your horse yourself. To help you learn how to learn, how to tap into your intuition, how to develop your feel, and how to discover the "rider wisdom" within yourself. Essentially, our aim is to empower riders like you to take control over their learning and their riding journey.

 To help YOU so that you can help YOURSELF... and help your horse. Because in the end, it’s all about the horse.

ANOTHER WAY IS POSSIBLE

A way of training horses which honors the horse’s mind, body, and spirit equally. A way of viewing our relationship with the horse which honors the horse as a partner in the process.

A way of learning which allows you, the student to be in charge of your own learning and the hands-on training of your own horse. A way that empowers YOU as the one who “holds the reins” (figuratively and literally!!). A way of learning to ride which empowers you, the rider, with the tools to understand the why, the what, and the how.

A way of approaching dressage training which honors your unique authentic vision and choice of expression. An approach that gives you the tools you need in a way that is straight-forward and reliable. So that you can build upon that framework of tools and express what it is that dressage means to you through your work with your horse.

Our approach towards dressage is an optimistic way of looking at the training of the horse. It chooses to focus on the positive rather than the negative, and cultivate that good, then develop it, so that it builds upon itself.

Building upon that essential goodness within the horse, we connect to the horse compassionately and approach everything we do with the horse with empathy for the horse as a living, sentient being whose soul and intentions are inherently good. As a being who plays a vital role in his training through his willingness, cooperation, and sincerity.

By viewing the horse and our relationship with the horse in this light, our interactions are completely transformed because they come from a completely and radically altered perspective. One which doesn’t treat the horse as an object to be manipulated but as a partner with whom to collaborate.

Our Featured Courses:

The What Why How Complete Program

BegAN February 6, 2026
(enrollment extended through Feb 20)

A complete Training Program for Horse and Rider

Helping you take a holistic, gymnastic, balanced approach that is aligned with what you really want for yourself and your horse.

This all in one 4-Level Program focusses on both horse and rider development. Each level is taught over an 8 month period and includes Live Q&As and Hot Seat video coaching

The course to take you from “banging your head against the wall” frustrated to confidently understanding how to use biomechanics-based exercises and the What, Why, How Method to train your horse. The perfect system for all DIY riders and aspiring dressage enthusiasts.

Next cohort begins in February 2026 for Levels 1, 2, and 3.

Fully supported with Hot Seats and Q&As!

€1497 (payment plans available)

Enroll in the What, Why, How Course

FeldenHorse Course

16 week course begins July 17th

FeldenHorse is a 16-week introductory course with Catherine McCrum, Charlotte Zetterberg, and Yvonne Lübcke, built around the 6 Essential Movements your horse needs in order to move well.

▸ Learn to listen, redirect, and improve the 6 Essential Movements from the ground, before you ever get in the saddle.

▸ Riding and in-hand demonstrations from Yvonne Lübcke show each of the 6 Dressage Essentials in practice.

▸ Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lessons help you organise your own movement alongside your horse's.

▸ Live Feedback Sessions with Catherine let you submit video of your own hands-on work for direct feedback.

Full access to all 8 modules, a private members community, and lifetime access to course materials.

FeldenHorse begins on July 17th.

€497

Enroll in feldenhorse

The Flying Changes Program

Begins February 27, 2026.

The Perfect Step-by-Step DIY Method for Riders who want to break through the confusion, overwhelm, and stress of navigating how to train the flying changes. With our logical, biomechanics-based system, you can gently and confidently lead your horse down the path to the flying changes. By following this system, you work with your horse to build the requisite gymnastic skills as well as the mental understanding and confidence so that the flying changes become simply easy and straight-forward for both you AND your horse. (Like the easiest thing in the world! Really!)

Fully supported with Q&As and feedback!

€597 (payment plans available)

Enroll in the Flying Changes Course

The Ritterize Membership

Monthly or Annual Subscription

July 2026 Topic: "What is Collection REALLY?”

+ an Exercise of the Month
+ a Feldenkrais Lesson
+ Hot Seat coaching session

Join anytime; cancel anytime.
You're never locked in!

€39/month (or €390/year)

Join Ritterize

Latest From the Blog:

Featured

Clarity in Training: The Key to Effective Riding

Clear and effective communication is the foundation of good riding and training. Without it, confusion sets in, making progress difficult for both horse and rider. This article explores the importance of clarity in intention and aids, emphasizing the need for consistency, proper timing, and a well-defined training approach. By understanding how to communicate precisely and predictably, riders can create a more responsive and confident horse, leading to a more harmonious partnership.

A Different Way of Looking at Gymnastic Exercises

Since exercises have several different properties at the same time, they can belong into several different categories at the same time. It always depends on which aspect you want to focus on at the moment.

And just because you think of an exercise as highlighting the use of the outside aids, for example, doesn’t mean that you don’t need to use the inside aids at certain moments.

It’s important to keep in mind that these categorizations are neither absolute nor are they mutually exclusive. An exercise can fulfill more than one gymnastic purpose. But categorizing the exercises according to their gymnastic effect can help us understand a problem or design a custom exercise to address an issue we have identified.