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Basic Leading Skills for Safety
An unruly horse on the ground can be intimidating, frustrating, and potentially indicative of more problems in the saddle. Whether …
Riding Bareback – The Pros and Cons
I have many childhood memories of galloping around without a saddle. It was fun to test my balance, to feel …
How to Change Directions While Lunging
Lunging is an exercise done with various intent. Sometimes the goal is to tire the horse out a bit… to …
Helping a Barn or Buddy Sour Horse Become Calm
Horses are social animals. They thrive in groups and with companionship. A horse’s instincts tell him that leaving the others …
Want a Great Riding Seat? This is What Matters Most
A “good seat”, that ability to follow the movement of the horse, remaining in balance, centered, directing the horse with …
How to Make Smooth Transitions – Even on a Forward Horse
Learning to ride is a lifetime journey. There is always more to be discovered and mastered. As with any learning …
best from Better riding
How to Handle Spooking on the Trail
Riding down a wooded trail, across an open field, along a country lane, or across a rocky ridge – these …
What Does it Mean to “Open Your Hip”?
Have you ever received the riding instruction of “open your hip” and not sure what it meant? Or have you …
Why Do I Lose My Stirrups?
When your feet feel stable and “connected” to the stirrups, the rest of your riding can also improve. The stirrups …
How to Stop Bouncing When You Ride
Do you ever feel as though you just cant get with the movement of your horse? Like you are just …
How to Ride Posting Trot… the Skeletal View
Posting trot is a gait many riders struggle to learn and struggle to do well. It may feel difficult to …
How to Ride a Lazy Horse
We all know the frustration of riding the so called “lazy” horse. No matter how hard we kick or cluck, …
best from Training Ideas
Why Smart Horses Get a Bad Rap
I love working with the so-called “problem horses”. They are the ones that have always made me better as a …
5 Reasons Why Horses Behave Differently for Different People
Ever wondered why horses can behave so differently for different people? Perhaps you’ve been having a problem with your horse, …
Solving Jumping Problems with Angelo Telatin
What causes the big 3 jumping problems? Refusals, run-outs, and rushing? Watch any lower level jumping class and you are …
Helping the “Spooky” Horse – Four Factors to Consider
Many horses can be called “spooky”, they over-react to harmless things in their environment – a blowing leaf, a flapping …
How to Stop Bad Behavior
Horses can do many things that are annoying, frustrating, or downright dangerous. Take Finn, the young horse who likes to …
Are Dominance and Leadership Important in Horse Training?
When we are riding or working with horses, is it important to “be the boss?” Do we need to establish …
best from Confidence Building
Get Back on the Horse? 3 times NOT to do this
“Get back on the horse” isn’t just advice for riders, it’s become a saying for not giving up, being brave, …
Falls Can Happen. Here’s How to Prepare
When we climb onto the back of a horse with a mind and behaviors all it’s own, we are always …
Why Fear is Meant to Help You, But How to Tell if it’s Holding You Back
You’re out on a trail ride, walking through the grass along the fence line when your horse spots it – …
“Stop overthinking and just ride!” – Tips to Get Out of Your Head
You’re about to go into the canter. Your instructor has asked you to trot to the far side of the …
Finding “Flow” In Your Riding – Creating Peak Performance
Think of a time when you were completely immersed in what you were doing. You lost track of time and …
What Keeps You Safe Around Horses
Safety is important for every rider. Even the most experienced among us can still have accidents. But there is one …
best from Horse Care
Why Do Horses Roll?
Have you ever finished grooming or bathing your horse, then turned them back out in their field only to watch …
What Does That Mean? Subtle Signs of Stress in Your Horse
What do you do when you are stressed? Scratch your head, crack your knuckles, fidget with a pen, rub your …
Going Through a Gate Safely
Accidents do not only happen while riding. They can happen at anytime, sometimes while doing the most mundane of tasks. …
Giving an Eye Medication with Positive Reinforcement
It’s an unfortunate part of horse care and ownership, but horses do get sick and injured. When they do, the …
When to Blanket Your Horse
Blanketing is a tricky topic in horse care. As owners, we want to provide our horses with the best care …
Tips for Administering Dewormer or Other Oral Medications
We’ve all had the pleasure of needing to give a dewormer or other type of oral medication to our horse …
best from Horse & Life
Connection – The Intersection of Awareness and Caring
What is connection? A word that is so commonly used, yet so widely interpreted. It is essential but can be …
These Yoga Poses Will Make You a Better Rider
I’ll admit it, I love fitness. I believe that being in shape makes us better riders and I’ve been an …
When it’s just not working out – Selling a Horse
The first time you find these thoughts in your mind can be gut-wrenching. “Is this ever going to work?” Maybe …
The Horse is a Mirror of Our Emotions. Is This True?
The role of the horse in human life is changing. Horses are no longer needed for transportation, or for military. …
Horse People Have Strong Opinions – why we all want to be right
The equestrian community is one of strong opinions. What is right, and what is not. What is cruel, and what …
What Have You Learned from Horses & Riding
Horses have a lot to teach us. They teach us how to be good observers and listeners, they teach us …
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I signed up for the Balanced Riding course after watching Callie on YouTube. I’ve learned so much from this course. As you start riding when you’re young, you learn the fundamentals, but then you drift so far away from them in different skills that you’re learning that you sometimes kind of forget or don’t appropriately utilize those fundamentals anymore. And she’s really brought me back to that level of understanding specifically how to ride with the seat. And I think that’s kind of the most powerful thing you can learn to do as a rider, is to sit your horse appropriately, not have to rely so much on your reins. So that’s been huge, just completely changed the way I ride. 
I just want to say thank you to everyone for all the comments and positive comments I have read while on this site. I have taken many of the free courses offered by CRK training over the past few months and it has help with my confidence. I actually rode my daughter’s horse for the first time outside in the ring since she came home from a free lease September. I have practiced many of the lessons and watched many videos. It was just at a walk but I felt confident with every thing I have learnt so far, plus I have learnt that I am not the only one who gets nervous and that it is okay to be nervous and thanks to Callie’s lessons I have learnt to take one day at a time and work though the times I feel nervous. 
As a new horse owner and rider I wanted a training series that would walk me through each step of equitation for a beginner. That is exactly what I got with the CRK Balanced Rider Series. Callie King is a talented horse trainer and accomplished rider and it shows through each of her videos. She is clear and concise when discussing her insider knowledge of horse care, training, and riding. 
As with all of the work Callie does, this program is informative, thoughtful, evidence based. The course provides good resources on horsemanship, managing fear, developing confidence. The videos of “how to” help your horse manage his fear were particularly good (in that) helping my horse manage moments of fear, helps me to manage mine. 
This is why I so enjoy your videos and webinars. Your approach is so positively based and therefore so kind and gentle while still being very effective. You work with the horse and not against him. THANK YOU! 