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Goodnight's Principles of Riding Vol. 5: Refinement and Collection

In volumes 1-4 of Goodnight's Principles of Riding you developed your feel, cues, rhythm and balance—and helped to teach your horse how to respond. Now it's time to refine your position and cues and to become an elite, refined rider. Julie clearly demonstrates how to ride while conducting your...

Trainer: Julie Goodnight

Exercises for Equestrians Part One: Basics… Balance and Relaxation

Presented by Lynn Palm

Palm Partnership Training is proud to present this video series, Exercises for Equestrians! These videos will help you become a stronger, more supple, and flexible rider. Confidence in your riding will increase as you become more balanced on your horse. The...

Trainer: Lynn Palm

Goodnight's Principles of Riding Vol. 1: Balance and Rythm

Balance is the number one skill - Learn how you and hour horse can be a balance in motion. Julie Goodnight gives you the elements of good balance and how to use them to attain balance between you and your horse.

During Julie's 20 years as an equine professional, she has focused on...

Trainer: Julie Goodnight

Goodnight's Principles of Riding Vol. 4: Canter with Confidence

Most every rider dreams of cantering (or loping) with ease and collection—the grace of a refined horse and rider team taking off with control and changing leads on command. Join Julie Goodnight in Volume 4 of Goodnight's Principles of Riding. Here, she'll explain the gait's footfalls and how...

Trainer: Julie Goodnight

Preparing the Rider with Jimmy Williams

PREPARING THE RIDER: Instruction includes gymnastics for developing rider’s strength and a secure seat. Learn to use your legs simultaneously and separately. Find out how to find the right “spot”, how to use the seat as a mediator between legs and hands, how to read the...


Goodnight's Principles of Riding Vol. 2: Communication & Control

Julie teaches that when you and your horse are centered and in balance you will be synchronized and move in rhythm. With her upbeat and personable teaching style she puts riders on the road to success of achieving balance, rhythm, communication, control and a harmonious relationship with their...

Trainer: Julie Goodnight

The Saddle Up Training Ball Workout

Do you want to improve your riding, get more out of your lessons, and have less chance of the unthinkable…. falling off and being injured?

If you do this fun workout one or more times a week you will have amazing results.

Lynne Undaritis, a certified horseback riding...

Trainer: Lynne Undaritis

The Rider’s Workout with Cheryl Schuhmann

RIDER’S WORKOUT: Cheryl and her assistants lead you through a 45 minute workout developed to improve strength, endurance and flexibility well in the saddle. Information as to which group of muscles is being worked and how they relate to your riding skills is presented. The last 15...


Movement Awareness for Riders

In this film you will discover that it is amazingly simple to improve your riding skills. In his role as a sports scientist, Eckhart Meyners has developed an exercise programme beginning where most riders experience difficulties, i.e. they are tense and transfer this negative tension to their...

Trainer: Eckart Meyners

Yoga and Riding Volume I

Through a series of lessons, on the ground and in the saddle, equestrians are introduced to Linda Benedik's method of integrating hatha yoga with riding in order to improve their balance, breathing, and ultimately, their performance.

In the DVD Volume I: Balance & Symmetry, Riders are...

Trainer: Linda Benedik

Self Help Series for Riders New & Returning to Horses Vol. 1

Join nationally acclaimed teachers and clinicians, Bob Jeffreys and Suzanne Sheppard, for the Self-Help Series for Riders New & Returning to Horses. This practical, empowering multi-volume series is loaded with horsemanship and equitation philosophies and techniques, including many specific...


Self Help for Riders New & Returning to Horses Vol. 2

Are you a "do-it-yourselfer" when it comes to horses? Need a convenient resource for practical horsemanship and equitation exercises and answers? Want to stop stressing, and have fun with your horse again? Join nationally acclaimed teachers and clinicians, Bob Jeffreys and...


Self Help Series for Riders New & Returning to Horses Vol. 3

Are you a "do-it-yourselfer" when it comes to horses? Need a convenient resource for practical horsemanship and equitation exercises and answers? Want to stop stressing, and have fun with your horse again? Join nationally acclaimed teachers and clinicians, Bob Jeffreys and...


Goodnight's Principles of Riding Vol. 3: Perfect Practice

Exercises to Improve Your Riding at the Walk, Trot, & Canter. In the third installment of her Goodnight's Principles of Riding series, Julie Goodnight leads riders through fun exercises taught on the ground, while mounted standing still, then gradually perfected at the walk, trot and later,...

Trainer: Julie Goodnight

Ride Like a Natural – Part One: Sitting Right On Your Horse

Part One: Sitting Right On Your Horse

Wendy Murdock has spent her life perfecting a system of teaching riders to do what great riders do naturally. Now you, too, can develop impeccable balance, flawless timing and an inherent sense of feel. Join...

Trainer: Wendy Murdock

Exercises for Equestrians Part Three: Accelerated Flexibility

Presented by Lynn Palm

Palm Partnership Training congratulates you on advancing to this step! The advanced exercises in this video will help you specifically improve weak areas of your body and achieve joint flexibility needed to supple and strengthen muscles in these areas.

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Trainer: Lynn Palm

Exercises for Equestrians Part Two: Stretching Ahead

Palm Partnership Training is excited to keep you Stretching Ahead with exercises that will build a correct rider’s position.

Stretching Ahead builds on the goals in Part One and introduces new exercises. It will improve balance and body coordination. In this video I will emphasize...

Trainer: Lynn Palm

Ride Like a Natural - Part Two: Time It Right on Your Horse

Wendy Murdoch has spent her life perfecting a system of teaching riders to do what great riders do naturally. Now you, too, can develop impeccable balance, flawless timing, and an inherent sense of feel. Join Wendy as she leads you through a series of exercises that...

Trainer: Wendy Murdock

Ride Like a Natural - Part Three: Get on the Equiball

Wendy Murdoch has spent her life perfecting a system of teaching riders to do what great riders do naturally. Now you, too, can develop impeccable balance, flawless timing, and an inherent sense of feel. Join Wendy as she leads you through a series of exercises that...

Trainer: Wendy Murdock

Anatomy in Motion 2: The Visible Rider

Susan Harris and Peggy Brown demonstrate how the human skeleton is put together and how it performs in harmony with the horse. Wearing a special "bone suit," Peggy shows how a rider's anatomy works in both English and Western riding. Because the rider is “transparent" you can...

Trainer: Susan Harris, Peggy Brown

Pilates for The Dressage Rider

A proven to work program designed especially for the dressage rider! Here's the eagerly awaited companion DVD to the best-selling book! Here's the eagerly awaited companion DVD to the best-selling book Pilates for the dressage rider. as did the book, this DVD helps dressage riders to...

Trainer: Janice Dulak

Yoga and Riding Volume II

In this DVD riders build from the lessons they learned in Volume I, with the focus on learning to relax in mind and body. Riders are taught the yoga techniques to effectively manage, and eventually overcome, the fear and anxiety often associated with riding, be it competitive or recreational....

Trainer: Linda Benedik

James Shaw Tai Chi for Equestrians: Cross Training For Riders

James’ unique program Tai Chi for Equestrians gives riders specific hands-on tools to improve their riding. James shows riders how to focus on and connect their physical and mental energies with their intent to reach their riding goals. Beginning to world class riders from all...

Trainer: James Shaw
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