Experience the difference
Do you recognize this?
You want to work together with your horse in a friendly, caring way. You keep developing yourself as a rider and horse person, and you constantly check if you've got everything right for your horse(s). Yet, sometimes it feels like you’re missing a piece of the puzzle.
Our sport is not the easiest one. Being a living animal, our horses are more complicated than – for example - a tennis racket. But at the same time, bonding with a big, powerfull animal is what’s giving us the magic.
Sitting on the back of a horse means influencing the horse in balance and movements. But in general, riding teachers often focus on ‘the pretty picture’ instead of aiming for quality of movement. Therefore they tell riders to sit in a restrictive way, instead of allowing freedom of movement. And when the rider is blocking somewhere in their body, so will the horse.
The "wow" feeling can be found when a rider stops fighting the biomechanics. That feeling that everything is right, that you and your horse move effortlessly as one, with mutual trust, lightness, and joy...
This feeling can be found when the vicious circles of horse and rider influencing each other are turning in the right directions.
The key to better riding is... you !
Probably you’ve already made adjustments in your tack, your management and the care for your horse. Maybe you thought you’ll get a better feeling when you train more often or harder.
But if you still haven’t found this WOW feeling by now, chances are big that your own body is the missing piece of the puzzle.
With (small) conscious adjustments to your posture, balance, movements—and (therefore) your influence on your horse—you can make the difference for yourself and your horse between:
• Real, individual solutions instead of treating symptoms
• Healthy movement versus harmful compensations
• Growth in (physical and mental) development versus injuries
• Effortless riding versus misunderstanding, miscommunication, and even misbehavior of your horse
• Enjoyment and "riding with a smile" versus uncertainty and frustration
"Rider Biomechanics by Roos Dyson": a life changing training!
This is what this training will bring to you: riding with awareness, a good feeling, more balance, mutual trust, and harmony. Both you and your horse(s) will move in a healthy way. In this way, riding, or ‘being ridden’ is not only fulfilling for you, but also a big value for your horse, both physically and mentally.
While puzzling towards unity in movement, think of the approach that it’s not only us educating our horses. It’s also the other way round. When you improve your seat, your horse will give you a better feeling immediately. That’s why your horse is your very best teacher!
Once you've experienced this while optimizing your seat and riding skills... And once you feel that you, in return, can help your horse improve its balance and movements with your seat...
Then you will notice that the training 'Rider Biomechanics by Roos Dyson' is life changing!
No one can ride perfectly, but everyone can ride better.
This training gives you visible and noticeable results, because it creates more unity in movement between rider and horse.
Not through the common instructions that only make you and your horse move even stiffer.
But by understanding the laws of biomechanics and performing them while riding or teaching.
By realising that your own balance and movement determines how your horse can move underneath your seat.
By consciously using your position and movements to help your horse improve, instead of being a restricting burden to your horse.
Horses have not studied biomechanics, read books or watched videos. But your horse will let you know when you improve, by moving better instantly. Your horse’s feedback will be quicker then any human instructor can ever be. This is often accompanied by a deep sigh of relief. And you don't just feel it in the movement, you’ll also see it when you look into their eyes. Because they will sparkle when the harmony is starting to appear.
'Riding' your horse – with your hands and legs – will change into ‘guiding’ your horse with your seat.
During this training, you will notice positive changes. A few examples:
- Your horse will move with better balance and (as a result) more freely. The healthier way of moving will prevent excessive strain and injuries. This also applies to you as a rider!
- You will ride more easily, more relaxed and with more confidence. As a result, you will be far less tired after riding, and every ride will give you a big mental boost.
- You will develop a better sense for your horse while riding. Yes, to feel your horse can be learned!
- Your horse will move more beautifully. A good seat gives more freedom of movement. You feel that freedom, and so does your horse.
- If you compete, you will see your results improve. Higher scores, faster jump-offs, lower heart rates, and... saluting the judge or passing the finish line with a big smile.
- You show up with your saddle, and your horse comes walking towards you, because riding is fun!
- You understand why riding problems arise. And you also know how to solve them. It happens often that riders have been struggling with a problem for months, and after finding the key in this training, the problem is solved in just one single training session.
- You recognise what makes a good instructor – and why.
Warning: You may become addicted to optimising your seat. Once you have seen and felt the logic, you can no longer look around it. Significant changes in your horse are sometimes found in the smallest details of your own body. These explorations might cause addiction… :)
Whether you're hooked or not, there's no greater thrill for a rider than achieving ultimate harmony with your horse. It feels as if your horse’s body is connected to your brains. That's what gives you that big smile. And you will experience that feeling more and more often. This is where the name ‘Horsing with a smile’ comes from 😊.
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This training is really phenomenal. Never before I have experienced so many positive changes in such a short period of time. Every rider should do this training...
Roos is not an instructor, but a catalyst!
“The smile”... Today I got the promised big smile already, while practicing part 1. Your training is set up really well!
Are you an equestrian professional?
- Rider
- (Riding school) Instructor
- (Top-level) trainer
- Equestrian teacher
- Saddle fitter and/or bit fitter
- Osteopath, physiotherapist, massage therapist, etc.
- Veterinarian
- Farrier
- Coach
Then this training is a must-have for you, as it will provide a solid foundation for your work!
If you work on the well-being of riders and/or horses, then you want insight into biomechanics. Insight into how the rider's seat affects their horse. This training will teach you to see more, to get a better understanding of your clients' problems, and therefore to really help them in a valuable way.
Clients are becoming increasingly knowledgeable nowadays. More and more riders understand the importance of thorough knowledge of biomechanics. This training prevents customers leaving you or choosing another professional when they are looking for one, because they prefer a professional who has studied healthy biomechanics and is already profiting from the benefits. Dissatisfied customers not only affect your income, but also detract from the enjoyment of your work.
On the other hand... What is better than happy and grateful customers who keep returning to you, because you help them and their horses to enjoy riding?
This training makes this reality, because you know the real solutions where others only treat the symptoms.
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What makes this training so unique?
Because her unique method proved to be successful with beginners as well as top-level riders, “Gepaard met een lach” has become increasingly well known in the Netherlands and Belgium. Thousands of riders from different disciplines have already experienced that “Gepaard met een lach” (“Horsing with a smile”) is not just a name, but also the result. One smile fits all!
The perfect picture, a big smile, and the WOW factor will come naturally when the rider helps the horse with its seat to find a good balance and freedom of movement."
Roos also uses ‘groundwork’ in her lessons. However, not for the horses, but for the riders! This unique mix of ingredients, combined with a high dose of horse welfare and a touch of humour, make this training very valuable. Roos is very grateful to every person who follows this training, because it contributes to her mission: “Every ridden horse deserves awareness of the biomechanics”.
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This training consists of 5 parts.
In addition to texts and images, this training contains a total of 35 videos and 45 practical exercises.
The structure is as following:
1) INTRO
Preparatory information and checklists
2) Following the movements
*Theory
*Analysis
*Practical exercises
-> Side view: posture and alignment
-> Muscle use
-> Mobility of the joints
-> Stability versus mobility
-> Rider movement in walk, trot, canter, light seat
Extra: 4 extensive videos in which Roos teaches this lesson to four different riders
3) Feeling and guiding your horse
*Theory
*Analysing your horse's balance
*Getting to know your own body
*Learning to feel
*From skills to thrills: improving your horse
-> Hind view
-> Vertical balance
-> Weight distribution
-> Symmetry rider and horse
-> Longitudinal flexion
Extra: 4 extensive videos in which Roos teaches this lesson to four different riders
4) From skills to thrills:
‘Horsing’ with a smile...
* Advanced theory
* Leg aids
* Rein contact
* Learning principles of horses
* Consciously (not) giving aids
* Training scale; the connection with seat and biomechanics
* Mental skills
* Additional techniques
-> Developing a trainer's eye
-> Developing rider's feel
-> Improving communication
-> Developing riding skills
Extra: 4 extensive videos in which Roos teaches this lesson to four different riders
5) FOLLOW UP
Because the end of this training is only the beginning...
Did you know, that…
- Practically every sceptical rider who has been introduced to Roos' videos has changed their opinion about learning about riding with the help of videos.
- People from the same family or stable can do this training together. This gives an extra educational value for both of them.
- The majority of people who start this training experience their first big smile already in part 1.
- Most riders stop using training ‘aids’ when their seat improves.
- Investing an hour or two a week in the course material is enough to get started with mastering your practical skills while riding or teaching.
- You can free up time for this training by riding one time less per week. It’s better to ride efficiently four times a week then to create problems with a bad seat five times a week!
- With the right mindset, you will never stop learning as a rider or teacher. But after three months of practicing this training, you will already experience a boost that will be of value for the rest of your life!
One horse, one rider, one movement, one training...
‘In two days, tomorrow will be yesterday!’
This training will give you and your horse(s) a huge transformation, without having to pay thousands of euro's for an expensive education, and without having to be away from home for days on end, taking your horse through miles of traveling.
And don't forget:
Today is the first day of the rest of your life! 😊
FAQ
I don't believe in online learning when it comes to horse riding. How can this work for me?
The mistake many people make is that they consider online training to be a replacement for face to face lessons from an instructor. Ideally, it is not a replacement for live lessons, but an addition to that. And it's a very valuable one in a lot of ways. Here are some quotes from riders who were initially sceptical, after getting to know Roos' videos. ~ Although I often look at students in my class with a raised eyebrow when they are “just watching videos”, I have to revise my opinion somewhat. Because after watching the videos, I realised that visual material can really add value. With one important note: that added value comes mainly from Roos herself. Her teaching style – even via a screen – is clear, light-hearted and surprisingly educational. She knows how to convey complex matters in a simple way. Of course, a video can never replace the real thing: getting in the saddle, finding your balance, feeling the timing or going with your horse's breathing. You learn to ride by doing it. Period. But videos can support you. They help you to observe better, recognise your own mistakes, read body language – both your own and your horse's. They offer insight and inspiration to train more consciously. Add to that the concrete instructions Roos gives, and you have a learning environment that works.~ Not everyone benefits from the same type of instructions. I must admit that this is what made me a little hesitant about the online course, but I am pleasantly surprised. The videos also show or explain things from different angles, so that at some point you always think, “Ah yes, of course, that makes sense”. And when you find something logical, it's so much easier to remember and apply. As far as I'm concerned, definitely recommended! ~ ~ I was a bit sceptical, because you can't learn horse riding from behind your keyboard. But the videos are really informative and clear. And for everyone, from beginners to Grand Prix riders, the videos are useful and can be applied in practice or broaden your understanding of riding. They make you think, and you take that with you when you're on your horse. So, apply the theory in practice! ~Can I do this training by myself? And how will I know if I'm doing it right if no one is there to correct me?
Yes you can! Learning online is not the same thing as face to face lessons. Ideally it is an addition. But you can be sure that you will feel the improvements in your horse. Horses change their movement IMMEDIATELY when you sit better. And if it feels better, then it IS better. So that instructor you so desperately want confirmation from is right under your saddle. That instructor's motto is: ‘Actions speak louder than words!’ 😊 Also the training contains a lot of exercises to find out what works best for you and your horse. By experimenting and feeling, you will get there even if you have no eyes on the ground. If you do have help from someone else, then it will be a nice journey for both of you.Is this training suitable for me?
This training is made for every rider, every instructor and every equestrian professional who wants to get a deeper understanding about how the rider influences the movement of it's horse. (Awareness about) a good seat is the basics of all basics. The way you sit is the way your horse moves, and conscious riders / skilled instructors make happy and healthy horses. As a rider, it doesn’t matter if you hack outside, ride once a week at a riding school, or if you are competing at top level in no matter which discipline. This training will give you new insights and make you a better rider or teacher for your horse(s). There is only one condition; you must not be afraid to take some time and effort to study, and to go out of your comfort zone now and then. This training is made for people who want to know it all, who want to go all the way. After this training you'll not only find the way to more harmony and a sound way of riding. You'll also have the knowledge and insight to solve riding problems in a fundamental way. I dare to say that for many equestrians, the insights that are given in this training have been life changing...How long do I have access to the content?
Lifelong! You will have a guaranteed access to this training for the period of two years. After this period, you will have free access to the training as long as the training exists. So you have lifelong access for the length of the life of this training! My mission is to improve the quality of equestrian sports and horse welfare, so my intention is to keep this training online for as long as I live, and beyond...Do I get enough value for my money?
We give you the guarantee of two years access plus the lifetime of this training. When you buy this training, you can use the link as much as you want and from anywhere in the world where you have internet access. Even when you count from the minimum of two years, it means you paid a monthly cost of less then € 18,75 per month. (€ 447,- : 24 months). And the most important, priceless things: This training contains life changing knowledge and skills! After completing the content, riding and teaching will give you so much more fulfillment and joy, I promise you that! And even in the unlikely event of quitting your equestrian activities, this training will leave you with more body awareness and healthier movement patterns for the rest of your life!Can I afford the costs of this training?
Please keep in mind that this training is an investment that will save you a lot of costs! The price is comparable with 1 month of maintaining 1 horse. Think of the improvements it will give you to be able to move up to the next (competition) level faster. And the awareness and skills to get more profit out of all your riding lessons. Or the absence of discomfort in your own body like back pain or riding related injuries, because you learn how to use your body in a healthy way. Think of the frustration because of miscommunication with your horse. Bad behavior of your horse might disappear after solving the problems that block him. Think of one single vet bill that might be saved on, because you learn how to train in a way that your horse profits from training in stead of overasking him. And maybe the most important one of all: think of the joy that you will get from the harmony with your horse(s) that you will find in this training. This one is priceless! PS: Payment can optionally be done in 3 monthly terms. After the first payment, you get full access to all the content.Do I have a satisfaction guarantee?
Because online products can not be 'returned', we don't do refunds. But because I only want to have satisfied users (or users that are 'over the moon'), I have a solution for this. If you are in doubt if the online training will suit you, please contact me (info@gepaardmeteenlach.nl). I am happy to make a phone call appointment and have a talk about what you are looking for and if the online training is giving you the answers. These calls have brought wonderful conversations which are also very valuable and inspiring for me, so please don't hesitate to use this option, without any obligations of buying! If you prefer contact by email, this is possible to.How much time does this training take?
We recommend to take enough time to practice all the exercises on your horse, before you move up to the next part. You will probably need 2-6 weeks (depending on how often you ride) to master your new skills in a way that they become part of your riding in a automatic way. When you notice this, then it’s time to move on to the next part. Roughly you could say you have the experience of a transformation in 3 months, when you spend plm 2 hours a week online and practise the exercises while you are riding or teaching. To be sure that you don’t need to rush and you can take as much time as you need or like, you will have lifetime access.What if I have questions about the content of this training?
If you have a question, you can send an email to info@gepaardmeteenlach.nl. We will try to answer your question within 1 week.I would like to follow live lessons on the subjects of this training. Is this possible?
Roos Dyson gives clinics all over the world. You can send an email to info@gepaardmeteenlach.nl if you want to receive more information about organizing a clinic with Roos. Also we offer the option of additional private (online) support for riding and teaching. Please send an e-mail to info@gepaardmeteenlach.nl if you are interested in this!Will the content of this training match with the lessons I’m taking from my own instructor?
If you have a skilled, well educated instructor I dare to say yes. The things you learn in this training are the basics of all basics which you need for everything you do in riding. Sometimes it happens that instructions are contradictionary when teachers are only focused on sitting ‘picture perfect’, without taking functionality and biomechanics into account. (For example teachers who tell you to sit with your shoulders back and your hands low and close together.) In this training, you will learn to judge if your teacher is teaching you the right things for healthy biomechanics and happy horses and riders….I would like to practise the exercises in this training with my own trainer. Can I do that?
Yes, we highly encourage this! You can tell or show the exercises and the analysis forms (on your phone or printed) to your trainer and ask him or her to help you. Please don’t share the link of this training to your trainer or to anyone else. If your trainer is interested in a cooperation to become an affiliate partner of 'Rider Biomechanics by Roos Dyson', they can contact us by sending an email to info@gepaardmeteenlach.nl.I’m a professional (competition) rider or trainer, is this training suitable for me?
Yes! This training will uplift your skills and insights as a rider or trainer. This training contains information and exercises that will not be found in ‘normal’ equestrian literature, educations and lessons. If you have many students and if you are interested in a cooperation to become an affiliate partner of 'Rider Biomechanics by Roos Dyson', you can contact us by sending an email to info@gepaardmeteenlach.nl.I am a riding school teacher, is this training suitable for me?
Yes! This training will give you loads of inspiration to upgrade your lessons in a way that gives more fun and healthier movement patterns for both your school horses and your clients, no matter their level or age. This training contains information and exercises that will not be found in ‘normal’ equestrian literature, educations and lessons. If you have many riding school clients and if you are interested in a cooperation to become an affiliate partner of 'Rider Biomechanics by Roos Dyson', you can contact us by sending an email to info@gepaardmeteenlach.nl.I have problems with my back, is this training suitable for me?
Many riders suffer from back pain due to a wrong posture and therefore blocking themselves in the movements they need in order to follow the movements of their horse. This is not only uncomfortable or even harmful for the horse, but also in long term very damaging for the rider. In this training, you will learn how to use your body in a sound way. If you are having problems like chronic back pain, hernia’s, scoliose, etc. then it is extra important to use your body in the right way. When you're in doubt of your personal situation regarding this training, please feel free to contact us, and we can schedule a phone call to find out if this training is possible for you, or maybe even be of a great help. Please send an email to info@gepaardmeteenlach.nl if you like to schedule a phone call or ask your questions by email.I'm having some (chronic) physical problems. Is this training suitable for me?
Please read the answer above about back problems. The same answer counts for other physical problems.I am a para rider, is this training suitable for me?
In this training you will learn how to communicate with your seat, your pelvis being the first and most important physical contact with your horse. If you have (some) control over the area around your pelvis, this training is suitable for you. In this training you will learn to ride with the smallest possible – or even completely without - leg and rein aids.I have a young horse just started under saddle, is this training suitable?
The exercises in this training exist of ground exercises and ridden exercises. It is preferable to have a horse that knows the basics and is relaxed, so you can focus on yourself. The ideal situation would be if you can also ride an older horse that knows the basics, apart from your youngster. If you don't have this opportunity, I would still say: Go for it! You want to give your young horse the best possible start in using it’s body in a sound way, and find the best possible communication with it’s rider to gain trust and confidence. Therefore we recommend this training not only for a good start of a novice rider, but this training has also indispensable knowledge to start your young horse(s) in the best possible way.When is this training NOT suitable for me?
Please do NOT buy this training (yet) if you relate to the following: * You don't have a desire to know why you have to do something, and would rather just blindly follow your instructor's instructions without thinking about it. * You are not open to change. * Your days/weeks are already so full that you don't have time to spend (on average) about one or two hour per week reading text and watching videos. *You find it too scary to go (a little bit) out of your comfort zone. *You'd rather spend your free time watching television or scrolling on social media, in stead of using your brains to learn new insights and skills. *You'd rather just blame your horse when something doesn't work out.What is the minimum or maximum age for this training?
If you do this training on your own, we recommend a minimum age of 14 years. If you are a parent and want to support your kids, you can start with most of the exercises at the age of plm 8 years old. The maximum age…. Anyone who can ride a horse can do this training, no matter the age. Age is just a number you know. And in Holland we say: “You are never to old to learn.” Another quote I like is this one: “Live every day as if it is your last, but educate yourself as if you live forever”. PS: The record of oldest customers for this training is 71. One is a male amateur rider in Portugal, the other one is a female Grand Prix dressage rider who has been competing in the Dutch national team! If you are older then 71, you are more then welcome to brake the record! :)What if I still have questions after reading all the information about this training?
We're happy to help if you have any questions. Feel free to email us at info@gepaardmeteenlach.nl. Elise Claes will answer your emails, and if necessary, Roos will contact you directly.