Hatha Equus
Co-Creational Horsemanship
online COURSE
The Rehab & Riding Prep Playground
Get Your Horse Fit
through Science-Backed Play!
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(🎥 might take a minute to load,
but it's worth the wait 😜🤷🏼♀️)
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I mean, look at this
transformation ⬇️😍
Hatha Equus
the Home of Co-Creational Horsemanship
online COURSE
The Rehab & Riding Prep Playground
Get Your Horse Fit
through Science-Backed Play!
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(might take a minute to load, 🎥
but it's worth the wait 😜🤷🏼♀️)
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Watch Marigold's Transformation after 8 Weeks of Playground Workouts with Hatha Equus's Students:
What if...
...you could learn about weight-lifting biomechanics without compromising on your horsemanship ethics?
...you could design riding-oriented workouts at liberty, on the ground, with no whip, bit, spur, nose band, and steering away from the 'make the right solution the least uncomfortable' approach?
...you could embrace a non-linear, creative process where your horse's (and your!) learning is maximized without having to read 146 tomes and attend 985 hours of online course to make sure you don't miss important details?
...the condition to riding-prepping your horse work was Fun, Play, Pleasant, Consensual, Long Term, Health & Soundness Focused for your horse?
...you could build your horse's strength back, despite the tissue damage they co-exist with, and without perpetuating the trauma that they've known in their previous life?
Yes, You Can!
Yes, you can prep your horse for riding joy without ethical compromises.
Yes, you can laugh hard...together! Skip the gym and engage in fun-for-both, transformative play-based workouts instead.
Yes, you can feel competent in assessing horse-fitness even if you don't have decades of experience or expensive degrees (but always consult a vet!!).
Yes, you can get rid of the guilt associated with 'making your horse do things through annoying-at-best methods, SO THAT they can be fit and strong & joyful weight-lifters.
Yes, your horse can get to enjoy weight-lifting to such extent that they are intrinsically motivated to give it their all!
IF YOU ARE A:
Caring Horse Owner
starting/restarting your horse under saddle
whose rescue 'doesn't quite look/feel right'
in the process of rehabbing your horse from an injury
whose new horse is nothing like they were advertised
And You Are Dealing With...
your horse running through the aids
mild-to-strong objections to being ridden
an un-postable, pogo-stick-like trot
a very complex rescue/rehab case
and/or your horse looks like this:
YOU MIGHT BE AWARE THAT:
and You are Probably Sick of...
vets writing everything off as 'behavioral'
trainers trying to get results (at all costs) without understanding the cause
spurs, whips, nosebands and bits
longeing and pole-work. Not only boring. THEY. DON'T. WORK!!!!!
...Especially Because You Dream Of...
harmonious, peaceful (badass!) trail rides
competing in dressage, jumping, eventing, or any other sport
sleeping at night, guilt-free
making your equestrian program fun, effective AND ethical
giving your horse a shot at strong, mobile, agile, balanced and pain free
...Knowing That...
your horse actually wants in as much as you do 😍
your training is actually adding to your horse's health (and longevity)
you are not compromising your ethics and values
THEN WE BET YOU'LL ABSOLUTELY LOVE:
ONLINE COURSE
The Rehab & Riding Prep Playground
Get Your Horse Fit through Science-Backed Play!
DISCOUNTED OFFER OF $499 $349
LIKE OUR STUDENT GEORGIA:
AND OUR STUDENT PAULA:
Goodbye Tedious Micro-Managing & Dogmatic Schooling.
Hello Rehab & Riding Prep Playground!
Join us for a 9-week program to become your horse's main Science-Backed-Play Coach and Partner,
towards an intrinsically motivated, joyful, guilt-free riding journey!
In this Course You Will:
learn to assess how fit your horse actually is (for riding/rehab purposes)
Dive into the most modern, revolutionary, peer-reviewed Exercise Physiology & New Motor Skills Acquisition science
Discover play-based workouts that will make your horse stronger, more agile, mobile and stable
Experience some serious fun, joy and depth...WITH your horse!
Join a horse-welfare-oriented worldwide community, where science meets soul
👆 a screenshot from an in-course assignment video submitted by Beth, after 5 weeks of learning and implementing The Rehab and Riding Prep Playground curriculum with her rescue horse Pie 😍
Beth H.
-- Equine Body Worker
'The fact that this horse trotted and cantered so willingly on his own is huge'
"I am so excited to see how 'target bonding' is going to help open up new movement possibilities in this horse. This is only our third session using a target. The fact that this horse trotted and cantered so willingly on his own is huge. Thank you Giorgia and Elizabeth for all the helpful tidbits that apply to helping my future sessions. We are going to have so much fun going forward!"
and if you're thinking...
What Can YOU Possibly Teach Me About Rehab/Riding Prep?!?!
...I'm a vet!!
...I'm a body worker!!
...I'm an FEI Dressage Judge/Instructor/Competitor!!
...I've taken like ALL of the online courses and clinics out there already!!
...WELL...RESPECTFULLY, WE HAVE TO BE HONEST:
Most of the Equestrian World Is Still Missing a Few Pieces 😬
Watch this video to discover how most approaches - even the kindest ones! - to training your horse towards carrying human weights are each missing one or more key elements from the list (i.e. AUTONOMY, SELF-ORGANIZATION, INTRINSIC MOTIVATION, NO THREAT)
Watch Marigold's Transformation
after 8 Weeks of Rehab & Riding Prep Playground
(still a work in progress of course but significant improvement has been made 🤗)
ONLINE COURSE
The Rehab & Riding Prep Playground
Get Your Horse Fit through Science-Backed Play!
DISCOUNTED OFFER OF $499 $349
The Rehab & Riding Prep Playground
Quick Facts:
9 Weeks Course
This is a 9 week course, delivered over 10 weeks (the week in the middle is for assimilation)
starting the moment you enroll. During that time you'll have access to 9 Zoom Calls with Hatha Equus 🐴
Investment
$499 $349
Online Materials
The curriculum unfolds through pre-recorded videos (lectures, 'how-to's, demos, case studies).
Participants will have forever access to the online materials.
Weekly Zoom Calls
You are going to have access to 9 weekly 90 min calls with Hatha Equus. You can start the clock on those any time in the 3 months following your enrollment.
This is where you ask your unique questions and show your own training videos for analysis and feedback.
Calls are on Wednesdays at 12:30pm (Mountain Time).
Even if you can't attend, you can still submit your questions and access the recording as soon as we upload it 🤗
...Plus these Exclusive Bonuses...
Bonus ONE
Access to the Co-Creational Horsemanship Foundational Library
Parallel to The Rehab & Riding Prep Playground, Hatha Equus is slowly recording foundational Co-Creational Horsemanship videos to support the first groups in their learning of this new paradigm.
This library is later going to evolve into its own course.
This foundational library is going to be available to you for 6 months, as included in the discounted price.
Bonus TWO
Community
Fb Group - granting easy access to Hatha Equus for urgent questions which can't wait for the next class - with limits dictated by their working hours - and to share successes, struggles, fun and depth with the rest of participants.
Bonus TWO
Community
Fb Group - granting easy access to Hatha Equus for urgent questions which can't wait for the next class - with limits dictated by their working hours - and to share successes, struggles, fun and depth with the rest of participants.
Bonus THREE
Recording
The zoom sessions will be recorded and made available to participants.
The Riding Prep Playground...Unveiled!
Week 0
Movement and Conformation Assessment
Own the necessary skills to assess your horse's level of healthy movement, and their muscular development as necessary for human-weight-carrying.
Week 1
The Science
Embrace the movement science revolution that's swept the entire human sports industry away in the last 15 years, and learn to think like an informed, creative and effective cutting edge personal trainer (for your horse).
Week 2
Balance, Stability & Proprioception
The first two science-backed play-based workouts to practice in the arena with your horse, focusing on balance, stability and proprioception!
Week 3
Cardio & Agility
Pre-Flight Check Safety Behaviors, plus two fun games to play with your horse in order to activate their cardio, agility...and likely, some amazing elements of collection!
Spoiler alert: this module is going to get you in shape, too 😂
Week 4
Mobility
Prepare for some fun, passionate, committed range-of-motion-expanding games that will turn your horse into a mobile weight-carrying, engaged and motivated athlete.
Week 5
Coordination
Add to your horse's repertoire a series of highly coordinated movements that will enable full body stretches, hind-end engagement and necessary bends for weight-lifting and weight-carrying!
Week 6
Strength
Discover and practice more fun, play-based activities to increase your horse's dynamic strength, alongside their sense of self-efficacy and capability of carrying weights in a way that adds to their health and soundness!
Week 7
Nature Fitness
Learn to get your horse fit for riding...with Nature's collaboration! Nature is the best trainer in the world...IF we know how to embrace her power WITH our horse!
Week 8
'Graduation' Assessment
Our series of workouts has come to an end. This is the Module in which we make sure that YOU have gathered the knowledge, the mindset, the skills and the soul to keep fitness-journeying with your horse in a fun, unintrusive, kind and long-lasting way...until they are officially fit for guilt-free riding (which you will have learned to establish!)
ONLINE COURSE
The Rehab & Riding Prep Playground
Get Your Horse Fit through Science-Backed Play!
DISCOUNTED OFFER OF $499 $349
"THIS is emotional rehabilitation.
THIS is physical rehabilitation.
THIS is whole horse wellness.
"I’m on cloud nine over here! 😍
After weeks of rest and recovery from significant injury and blowing an abscess, I started introducing the Rehab & Riding Prep Playground curriculum a few days ago.
Today, she is initiating the trot and keeping it up halfway around the arena, transitioning to walk, and back to trot again!! 🤯😍
Previously, even a bucket full of treats only inspired 2-3 strides of trot before she would revert back to the walk.
Also...SHE invited ME to play!! We played with varying speeds and making smooth transitions. Today, by her own initiative, she even went through the obstacle courses WITH the kids in my Horse Powered Reading program! Previously she has lacked motivation to engage with them.
THIS is emotional rehabilitation.
THIS is physical rehabilitation.
THIS is whole horse wellness.
Thank you, Hatha Equus"
Beth
Watch our students Kari & Arwen's success story here ⬇️
(you might need tissues 🧺 at hand 🥹)
MEET THE INSTRUCTORS
Elizabeth Riecks
Dressage for Strength & Rehab Specialist
↑↑↑ Click on the image to hear about Elizabeth's Journey
Giorgia Ghizzoni
Equine Fitness &
Rehab Specialist
↑↑↑ Click on the image to hear about Giorgia's Journey
Hatha Equus
The Home of Co-Creational Horsemanship
A LETTER FROM THE HATHA EQUUS TEAM
Attainable by Every Horse
My journey began with a realization: despite their incredible athleticism, the top dressage horses I worked with seemed distant, their eyes expressing "having given up". This spurred me on a quest to bridge the worlds of competitive dressage and ethical horsemanship, ensuring that horses could be both athletic AND happy alongside their humans. I'm here to share this approach with you, demonstrating that natural dressage isn't just for the elite; it's a joyful, healthful practice attainable by every horse, promising a future where every ride is a shared adventure in happiness and health.
Elizabeth Riecks, Hatha Equus Founder
Giorgia Ghizzoni,
Equine Consent Specialist and
Super-Athlete Coach
She Challenged Every Standard Approach I Knew
Facing my mustang's downhill build and deep-seated insecurity forced me to question and move beyond standard training approaches. Her imbalance and tension threatened to dismantle my vision of riding as a peaceful, meditative practice. Each session was a test of wills against her jitteriness and attempts to flee. I had to think outside the box at every turn. From this journey, I've honed playful and joyful strategies that have not only transformed my experiences in the saddle, but can also revolutionize yours. Let's embark on a path that turns riding challenges into opportunities for connection and joy!
"Thanks to Hatha Equus,
he's not just prepared for these challenges
— he relishes them!"
Bianca Z.
-- Equestrian & Instructor
"Thanks to Hatha Equus, Seven's movements now gain an entirely new dimension as soon as the challenge of carrying weight is introduced.
It's nothing short of incredible, considering there was a time when:
getting Seven to accept any kind of tack seemed impossible
his movements were mostly lackluster and uninspired
Now, he's practically begging for the chance to prove his mettle, eager to demonstrate not just to others, but primarily to himself, the remarkable feats he's capable of.
Seven, once labeled as 'lazy, overweight, and gluttonous,' is now the driving force behind our adventures into new, uncharted, and more demanding territories.
He's not just prepared for these challenges—he relishes them".
👆🏼 Allison (Asheville clinic participant)
Amazing-Horses-Rescuer, Animal Communicator and Equestrian
ONLINE COURSE
The Rehab & Riding Prep Playground
Get Your Horse Fit through Science-Backed Play!
DISCOUNTED OFFER OF $499 $349
Frequently asked questions
WHAT IF I CAN'T ATTEND ALL 9 WEEKS ON ZOOM?
We totally understand that you'd like to make the absolute most out of your attendance, and gosh, we'd certainly like to see your face week in and week out!
But we also understand that you're a busy human and life gets in the way, so here's a few things to consider, so that you don't feel turned down in case you have to miss a couple sessions:
Please know that you can still send in your videos and your questions, and we will review them in the call for you to watch later
Know that the calls are recorded and you'll have access to them as soon as they are uploaded on the portal (we'll be as quick as we can!)
9 weeks is simply the time-frame we chose to roll the contents out and to offer our initial support to you through the curriculum. It does NOT have to be the timeframe in which you implement it with your horse. Horsemanship is non-linear, and life has the tendency to get in the way
We ARE going to be available for support AFTER the 9 weeks. In fact, you'll get the chance to purchase a package (which we're keeping affordable) that grants you access to the same weekly zoom calls that you've been attending during the course 🙏🏻
WILL I BE FORCED TO USE TREATS?
Absolutely NOT.
We are here to support YOU and YOUR HORSE in your unique journey, not to force our methods or choices onto your relationship.
With our own horses, there are certain exercises in which we've found over time that low value food rewards make the training quicker and more effective , but we'll be glad to present alternative reinforcers if you feel strongly against food rewards.
IF you do wish to try and use low value food rewards in some parts of your training - we do NOT suggest high value food rewards almost ever - then we'll be glad to introduce you to our 'Civilized Food Receiving Manners' techniques to make sure that it's a positive experience for both human and horse.
IS THIS COURSE PRESSURE AND RELEASE FRIENDLY?
Indeed it is! We use pressure and release in our training as well, especially in the context of boundaries setting and emergency communication with our horses. Our pressure and release approach has grown to include many interesting principles borrowed from other contexts, and the Hatha Equus approach to pressure and release has proven eye opening for many students.
This said, you must know that this is not a pressure and release course. The tides of change that we bring to the equestrian world include much more than the pressure&release, and we hope that you'll fall in love with all the other framework as well 🤗
I AM ACTUALLY NOT SURE WHETHER MY HORSE WILL EVER BE MEDICALLY CLEARED TO RIDE, BUT THEY COULD USE SOME FUN FITNESS. IS THIS COURSE FOR US?
YES! At our home-ranch in Colorado we have a weekly class that we call 'The Riding Prep, Conditioning and Rehab Playground', whose syllabus is exactly the one that you're going to learn in this course. It is attended by humans whose horses are being started under saddle, re-started under saddle, and/or rehabbed from injuries or trauma. While some are later going to move on to conditioning for riding cues, tack and more, the others will hopefully meet their rehab goals and maintain the fitness through our curriculum!
We just shortened the title for the online course, that's all 🤷🏼♀️
Think about it this way: this course is going to give you the tools to get your horse more mobile, stable, agile and strong (...and to have serious fun TOGETHER while journeying along).
Aren't those all rehab goals, regardless whether you'll end up riding your horse or not? 💡🤗
SO WHEN DOES THE NEXT ROUND START?
There's no 'next round' - as in, during the holidays we are going to let folks enroll whenever they wish, and the 9-weeks-zoom-support clock will start the week after enrollment 🙏🏻
COULD I SPLIT UP THE PAYMENTS IN A FEW INSTALLMENTS?
Absolutely yes! Just click here: https://hathaequusinternational.com/riding-prep-installments-checkout
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