Ride Better, Feel Better
(and your horse will thank you!)
⭐️This course is newly updated for 2024⭐️
Do you have any of these common riding issues?
- Slouched Shoulders: Drawing you forward?
- Inconsistent Posture: Can’t sit upright consistently, tip forward, sideways, or draw backwards?
- Leg Problems: Gripping with your knees, legs draw upwards, lose your stirrups, legs flap on and off the horse, can’t control your lower legs, they glide backwards, or forward, toes turn out?
- Balance Issues: Affecting your body control, rein contact, and weight distribution to the horse?
- Body asymmetries: Forcing you into certain positions?
- Unsteady Hands: Can’t keep them still, or carry them too high, low, wide, or one hand higher? Rounded wrists, open fingers, straight arms?
- Chair Seat or Seat Issues: Slouching into a chair seat position, seat control and movement problems?
- Looking Down: Constantly throwing you off balance?
- Tension: Can’t seem to relax and brace your body through certain movements?
- Struggle To Ride As One With Your Horse: And follow their movement. Your body won’t do what you want it to?
To get to the root cause of these problems
You need a good foundation. Restoring your alignment isn’t hard or time-consuming. You will wish you had done it sooner!
Wouldn’t you love to feel like this?
- Have more control of your riding position
- Increased body awareness
- Be more in sync with your horse
- Help your horse with your improved position and awareness
- Enjoy smoother progress in your riding
- Feel more in charge and confident in your riding, whether you’re learning solo or with a coach
- Feel better in your everyday life, not just when you’re riding
I've met many riders who feel this way and I’ve been there
It’s why I put together this course. It’s full of bite size, simple strategies that’ll make a big difference to your riding, and its progression. And it will help your body and your horse!
What exactly does alignment mean?
Everyone has a natural alignment, which is the position your parts need to be in to work together and correctly.
The way you do and don’t use your body daily can change this.
You know those stacked building blocks we aspire to have when riding?
Developing your alignment, your foundations gives you this: it becomes your norm in and out of the saddle.
And brings many benefits!
Why is alignment important for you and your horse?
The way you move every day shows up when you're in the saddle.
Restoring your alignment is like unlocking secrets about your body. It lets you feel what’s going on—how you stand, balance, and even those habits you don’t think about.
And guess what...
When you’re aligned, you’re not just easing the strain on your own body, you’re also helping your horse movement and posture!
Less pressure on your joints means fewer aches and pains, stiffness, and extra wear and tear. For you and your horse.
It also aids your overall health—the way your blood can flow, your bones strength, your breathing, digestion, and even your pelvic floor.
And as you tune into your own alignment, you’ll start noticing more about your horse’s needs and how they’re feeling.
Creating a clearer communication with your horse, so you’re not just working together; you’re moving as one.
Curriculum
What’s included in the course
Training Modules
Easy-to-digest videos and easy to implement strategies + pdfs
Quizzes
Keep track of your progress and findings, and deepen your understanding
Support
Join a welcoming community of like-minded equestrians where you can learn from others, share your stories, ask questions and get support from me.
Work at your own pace and revisit trainings again and again.
There is no deadline to complete as you have access to the course for its lifetime.
If you’re struggling to progress, this course is for you!
Feel you're in a riding rut? Like you're not sitting right, or have balance problems?
Can’t feel or maintain some corrections your trainer gives you. It just feels odd and you can't connect with it?
The bite size skills, strategies, and hacks in my course are easy to weave into even your most hectic days, and it doesn’t ask you to set time aside!
No matter your age or if you've been riding for ages or just starting, I've got your back.
I'll guide you clearly, boost your confidence, keep you motivated and give you ongoing support.
How Alignment will help you!
Meet your coach
Hi there, I'm Samantha and I’ve been where you are today. The fun times, the eureka moments, the falls, and those confused patches!
In this course, you’ll gain access to my work as a restorative exercise specialist, 25 years of equine and human therapy expertise. I’ve worked with and on thousands of horses and riders! And my BHS Level 3 coach experience.
I’ll guide you through skills, strategies, and lifestyle hacks that will help you get to know your body better and improve your riding position.
Whether you are:
- A novice rider at the beginning of your journey.
- A more experienced rider who isn’t progressing as you would like.
- An advanced rider looking for those subtle refinements.
- A mature rider feeling like it’s too late to make changes.
I look forward to meeting you in the course!
Samantha Hulme
RES-CPT, EMST, ITEC, OCEPT, BHSAI
Bernadette H.
Sam completely understands how the rider affect the horse. And the significant improvements that can be made not only in the improved way of going, but also the long-term health and happiness of your horse.
Frequently Asked Questions
If I purchase this course now, can I finish it in six months?
Absolutely, you have access for the lifetime of the course.
I onIy ride once a week. Will it help me?
Yes you can work to ready yourself for the saddle, helping your progression when you can't ride daily.
I don't have a horse and ride infrequently. Will I benefit from this course?
Yes, you can work on developing some of the riding skills in your everyday life, learning about your individual habits, and increasing your body awareness and balance.
I have an extremely busy life with very little time. How much time do I need to put aside for practice?
Practice can easily be done whilst you're going about your life, taking very little and even no extra time! There are many opportunities throughout the day in even the busiest of lives to grab a moment to practice.
How often do I have to practice?
Sprinkle practice little and often throughout the day at your own pace. The more practice you slide into your day, the faster changes will occur.
I am quite an advanced rider. Will I benefit from this course?
Yes, this can give you extra precision and those extra marks you're aiming for.
There are many online courses. Will this one keep me motivated to complete?
Yes, it is packed with easy to implement strategies. Ongoing support will keep you motivated. Engaging content keeps you committed.