Equi- Chair is a monthly online movement class that is streamed live and the recording is available later as well.
All classes are designed to enhance the elasticity of the body and focus on the special needs for the rider. Many exercises will make you more aware of your seat when back in the saddle and give you tools to find a better balance and harmony with the horse. There is no “fitness-level” required, all exercises can be modified to your individual needs. You can do these classes on any chair everywhere.
The classes are attended by riders of all ages – the level can be modified to the individual need. They provide important understanding and connect very clearly to specific riding situations and allow the rider and the trainer to analyse the riders position and improve it.
Comfortable clothes that allow you to move and breathe
A stool, chair (without armrests) that is not too low.
A Scarf, towel or a Yoga Strap
Enough space around you to move your arms free in all directions
Open and curious mind to experience this journey into your body
Participating is “at your own risk”. It is your body, only you know how intense you can follow the movement class. I will give advice and modifications but cannot be held responsible for your movement during the class. By paying and signing up for these meetings you are agreeing to these conditions.
Welcome to the January Equi-Chair class! Start the new year by giving your riding seat the foundation it needs for a harmonious year.
Equi-Chair is our monthly online movement class designed specifically to enhance your body elasticity and focus on the special physical needs of the rider. The exercises build awareness in your seat, giving you practical tools to find better balance and harmony with your horse.
For January, we are dedicating our sessions to exploring Spinal Motions. A supple, mobile, and correctly aligned spine is key to transmitting clear, effective aids and truly following your horse's movement.
The Value for Your Riding:
Improved Upper Body Balance: A stable spine is the foundation for a quiet upper body, allowing you to ride without throwing your horse off balance.
Stable Core & Elasticity: We will focus on improving core stability while maintaining the necessary elasticity to absorb movement and flow with the horse.
Effective Aids: By enhancing spinal awareness, you will learn to use your seat with greater precision, making your aids lighter and more impactful.
Welcome to the February Equi-Chair class! This month, we focus on the engine room of the rider's body: the pelvis and hips.
Equi-Chair is our monthly online movement class designed to enhance your body elasticity and address the specific physical needs of equestrians. The exercises will make you more aware of your seat, giving you practical tools to achieve greater balance and harmony with your horse.
A correctly mobilized and positioned pelvis is essential for communicating effectively with your horse and truly following their movement. We will work on exercises designed to bring awareness and suppleness to this critical area.
The Value for Your Riding:
Correct Pelvis Position: Learn how to find and maintain a neutral pelvis, which is the foundation for a stable and balanced seat in all gaits.
Supple Hips: Improve the mobility and independence of your hips, allowing you to absorb movement and apply precise, independent leg aids without destabilizing your core.
Enhanced Balance in Gaits: Direct work on the hips and pelvis will dramatically improve your balance in rising and sitting trot, and help you ride the wave of the canter with greater ease and connection.
Welcome to the March Equi-Chair class! This month, we focus on refining your upper body coordination and achieving the coveted independent hand.
Equi-Chair is our monthly online movement class designed to enhance your body elasticity and address the specific physical needs of equestrians. The exercises will make you more aware of your seat, giving you practical tools to achieve greater balance and harmony with your horse.
We will dedicate our sessions to the connection between your shoulders, arms, and core. Learning to stabilize your trunk while allowing your arms to move independently is the secret to a soft, following contact.
The Value for Your Riding:
Independent Hands: We target the muscular control needed to keep your hands steady and following the horse's mouth without bracing, ensuring your aids are precise and light.
Relaxed Shoulders and Neck: By improving shoulder mobility and core support, we reduce tension that often locks the neck and upper back. This allows the movement to flow through your body instead of getting stuck in your reins.
Improved Coordination: Exercises will enhance the neurological connection between your seat, core, and hands, enabling you to use your aids with better timing and separation.
Welcome to the April Equi-Chair class! This month, we're changing our pace to focus on Cardio-Vascular Warm-Up. We often spend so much time warming up our horses, but forget to adequately prepare ourselves!
Equi-Chair is our monthly online movement class designed to enhance your body elasticity and address the specific physical needs of equestrians. The exercises will make you more aware of your seat, giving you practical tools to achieve greater balance and harmony with your horse.
This series is dedicated to activating your cardiovascular and muscular systems before you even put a foot in the stirrup. By raising your heart rate and increasing blood flow, you ensure your body is ready to perform from the first minute of your ride.
The Value for Your Riding:
Warm-up Not Only for the Horse! Just like your horse needs to loosen up, a proper rider warm-up ensures your muscles are elastic and responsive, preventing stiffness and injury.
Instant Mobility: Starting your ride with an active warm-up improves blood flow to your core and extremities, allowing you to find a balanced, supple seat immediately.
Better Focus and Timing: Getting the blood flowing increases your mental alertness and coordination, leading to sharper timing and clearer aids right from the start of your session.
Welcome to the May Equi-Chair class! As we move into the lighter months, we focus on creating an open, tall, and supple posture.
Equi-Chair is our monthly online movement class designed to enhance your body elasticity and address the specific physical needs of equestrians. The exercises will make you more aware of your seat, giving you practical tools to achieve greater balance and harmony with your horse.
This series is dedicated to releasing tension and improving mobility through the chest, shoulders, and upper back. This is key to preventing the common "rider slouch" and ensuring your upper body supports, rather than hinders, your aids.
The Value for Your Riding:
Upright Position Without Negative Tension: Learn how to maintain an effortlessly upright posture. We focus on engaging the supportive muscles (like the deep core) so you can ride tall without gripping or tensing your shoulders and neck.
Open Chest, Lighter Hands: By opening the chest and relaxing the shoulder girdle, you gain more freedom and independence in your arms, leading to a softer, more following contact with the horse's mouth.
Improved Energy Flow: A non-restricted upper body allows the horse's movement to flow smoothly through your spine, enhancing your ability to communicate clearly and sit comfortably in all gaits.
Welcome to the June Equi-Chair class! This month, we focus on refining the crucial connection between your pelvis and legs to achieve truly independent lower aids.
Equi-Chair is our monthly online movement class designed to enhance your body elasticity and address the specific physical needs of equestrians. The exercises will make you more aware of your seat, giving you practical tools to achieve greater balance and harmony with your horse.
This series is dedicated to building the separation and stability required to use your seat as a base while moving your legs independently. This improves the clarity and timing of every leg aid you give.
The Value for Your Riding:
Improve Leg Position and Stirrup Control: We target the subtle muscles that allow your legs to drape correctly and maintain consistent contact, preventing the lower leg from swinging or migrating. This is key to maintaining light, consistent stirrup control.
Precise Aid Application: By isolating the movement in your hips and knees, you ensure your leg aids are precise and targeted, removing unnecessary "noise" that can confuse the horse.
Stable Core, Supple Legs: We focus on stabilizing the core while mobilizing the hips, which creates a secure base for the rider and allows the legs to lengthen and follow the horse's barrel effectively.
Welcome to the July Equi-Chair class! This month, we focus on the fundamental, yet often overlooked, key to a quiet seat: Breathing.
Equi-Chair is our monthly online movement class designed to enhance your body elasticity and address the specific physical needs of equestrians. The exercises will make you more aware of your seat, giving you practical tools to achieve greater balance and harmony with your horse.
This series is dedicated to understanding how conscious, deep breathing impacts your core stability and releases tension in your upper body. Learning to use your breath correctly allows your body to soften and genuinely follow the horse's movement, especially through challenging moments.
The Value for Your Riding:
Improve Harmony with the Horse’s Movement: When you restrict your breath, your body tenses, blocking the flow of movement. We will practice techniques to use the breath as a softening aid, enabling you to relax and effortlessly flow with the horse's rhythm in every gait.
Core Stability and Relaxation: Learn how diaphragmatic breathing supports your deep core muscles, giving you stability without having to grip or brace in the saddle.
Managing Tension: Develop breathing strategies to release tension in your shoulders, back, and hips, making your communication clearer and your ride more comfortable for both you and your horse.
Welcome to the August Equi-Chair class! This month, we focus on the foundational skill required for all bending lines and transitions: Figure-of-Eight exercises to improve lateral balance.
Equi-Chair is our monthly online movement class designed to enhance your body elasticity and address the specific physical needs of equestrians. The exercises will make you more aware of your seat, giving you practical tools to achieve greater balance and harmony with your horse.
This series uses exercises that mimic the body mechanics needed for riding accurate circles, corners, and figure eights. This focus on lateral mobility and stability is crucial for ensuring your horse bends easily and remains straight on the line of travel.
The Value for Your Riding:
Balancing Over the Seat Bones and Stirrups: We will practice isolating the movement of your hips and core to correctly place your weight over the inner seat bone and distribute your weight evenly into both stirrups through the bend. This prevents you from collapsing to the inside.
Correct Shift of Weight: Learn to consciously and effectively shift your weight to prepare for and execute turns. This gives your horse a clear signal and keeps them balanced, making your steering aids lighter and more precise.
Core Stability in Bending: By improving the coordination between your upper and lower body, you will achieve lateral stability, ensuring that when you ask for a bend, your core doesn't inadvertently interfere with the horse's ability to move.
Welcome to the September Equi-Chair class! This month, we focus on the fluid movement of the spine and core necessary to follow the rhythm of the gaits—we call this the "Waves" of motion.
Equi-Chair is our monthly online movement class designed to enhance your body elasticity and address the specific physical needs of equestrians. The exercises will make you more aware of your seat, giving you practical tools to achieve greater balance and harmony with your horse.
This series is dedicated to teaching you how to allow your upper body to follow the horse's motion without collapsing or becoming rigid. We focus on the subtle, coordinated movements through the rib cage, core, and shoulders that create true softness and connection.
The Value for Your Riding:
Awareness and Tools to Correct Upper Body Position: Learn to feel the moment your balance shifts or your position restricts the horse. We provide practical tools to immediately correct your upper body alignment while remaining in motion.
Effortless Following: By harnessing the "wave" of movement, you stop fighting the horse's back and start flowing with it, leading to a much quieter, deeper seat.
Precise Coordination: We improve the subtle coordination between your seat (the engine) and your shoulders/hands (the steering wheel), ensuring your aids are not distorted by stiffness in your trunk.
Welcome to the October Equi-Chair class! This month, we focus on Connection—the subtle, elastic link between the rider and the horse that starts not in the hands, but in the seat.
Equi-Chair is our monthly online movement class designed to enhance your body elasticity and address the specific physical needs of equestrians. The exercises will make you more aware of your seat, giving you practical tools to achieve greater balance and harmony with your horse.
This series is dedicated to building a seat that is both deep and secure, yet light enough to follow the horse's movement without bracing. We explore the internal engagement required to create true stability.
The Value for Your Riding:
How to Achieve a Deep but Light Seat: We focus on engaging the supportive deep core and pelvic floor muscles. This technique allows your weight to settle without adding tension, ensuring your seat remains fully connected to the horse's back while your upper body remains supple.
Enhanced Feel and Timing: By reducing muscular gripping, you enhance your sensory awareness, allowing you to feel the horse's back and anticipate movement, leading to better timing of your aids.
True Core Stability: Learn how to stabilize your trunk through conscious connection, which is the foundation of a seat that can communicate clearly without relying on strength or constant effort.
Welcome to the November Equi-Chair class! As we move into the end of the year, we focus on synthesizing all our work into precise action: Coordination and the seamless Interplay of Aids.
Equi-Chair is our monthly online movement class designed to enhance your body elasticity and address the specific physical needs of equestrians. The exercises will make you more aware of your seat, giving you practical tools to achieve greater balance and harmony with your horse.
This series is dedicated to mastering the art of timing and sequencing your aids—seat, leg, and hand—so they communicate one clear message to your horse. We move past isolating body parts and focus on integrating them for fluid communication.
The Value for Your Riding:
Mastering the Interplay of Aids: Learn the precise sequence and timing required to ask for a movement (like a transition, bend, or lateral aid) using the coordinated effort of your seat, leg, and hand. This makes your requests far lighter and more effective.
Reducing Confusion: We eliminate the "noise" that comes from using aids independently or out of sequence. This results in a horse that is more responsive, willing, and less resistant.
Refined Motor Skills: The exercises enhance the fine motor control needed to keep one aid active (e.g., inside leg) while another remains neutral (e.g., outside leg), improving the overall sophistication of your riding.
Welcome to the December Equi-Chair class! As we wrap up the year, we focus on Balance in Movement—the synthesis of all the skills we’ve learned to achieve true harmony in the saddle.
Equi-Chair is our monthly online movement class designed to enhance your body elasticity and address the specific physical needs of equestrians. The exercises will make you more aware of your seat, giving you practical tools to achieve greater balance and harmony with your horse.
This final series of the year is dedicated to linking the isolated skills (core, hips, breath, and coordination) into one fluid, dynamic system. We practice allowing movement to flow through the entire body—from the stirrups through the spine—to establish a deep, responsive connection.
The Value for Your Riding:
Connecting It All: We practice coordinating your seat, legs, and upper body so they function seamlessly. This means reducing unconscious tension and eliminating bracing, allowing the horse's movement to pass through your body unobstructed.
Ultimate Balance and Harmony with the Horse: By integrating all the components of the rider’s body, you achieve a state of perfect balance where your weight is centered, your aids are precise, and you can follow the horse’s every stride effortlessly. This is the foundation of beautiful, harmonious riding.
Fluidity in Transitions: A well-connected body allows you to prepare for and execute transitions and movements with quiet intention, making your horse more willing and responsive.