'the naked truth of riding', and other talks and lecture-demonstrations
allow large audiences to see the 'Ride With Your Mind' approach in action.Sometimes Mary works solo, and sometimes in conjunction with other world-class co-presenters. She frequently collaborates with US international dressage rider Heather Blitz, and equine biomechanics researcher Dr. Hilary Clayton, from Michigan State University.
If you/your club/school/BHS area etc. would like to host a talk or demonstration, please contact us on rwymadmin@hotmail.co.uk
there are accredited coaches of the 'ride with your mind' approach in the UK, usa, and other countries
You can find details of coaches and clinics on this site, or enquire about setting up a clinic in your area
if you think this is not for you...
you may not have realised how helpful it is to consciously understand the 'how' of riding, discovering how the biomechanics of your sitting influence your horse. Whatever horse you ride, whatever level you ride at, whatever your riding discipline and your ambitions, this approach benefits YOU.. If you are thinking 'yes but'....Read More →
- NEWS FLASH!
- WATCH ONLINE... lessons with Mary are now downloadable from dressagetrainingonline.com Also available from the 'Products' section here, new 5 DVD boxed set on stretching and core exercises. Features Mary Wanless and Heather Blitz, but predominately Cheryl Alker, who brilliantly helps you develop body awareness, flexibility and core strength. Educate your body OFF HORSE so it can do what's needed ON HORSE Read More →
- NEWS FLASH TWO!
- Congratulations to HEATHER BLITZ on winning INDIVIDUAL SILVER and TEAM GOLD at the PAN AM games in Mexico, riding her own horse Paragon. This championship is contested at Prix St`Georges and Intermediare 1, but Paragon has`already scored 74% in his first Grand Prix... so roll on the upcoming competition season in Wellington FL (where Heather lives) and preparations for London 2012! Read More →
- NEW FREE DOWNLOAD!
- Log your progress by turning our neat page of rider drawings into a mind map. Fill it in after lessons and/or everyday rides to keep track of your insights and your check-list. Keep a list of the 'trigger phrases' that work for you. Read More →
- INSIGHTS, NEW SKILLS, NEW HORIZONS...
- Would you like to learn with coaches who can tell you exactly how to sit and to influence the horse? Would you like more 'feel'? Would you like to know what talented riders actually do, and why they cannot convey that knowledge in words? The way you sit has a profound influence on your horse, and for each little change that you make, he changes too. Learn how this works, and you're a winner! Your riding becomes extremely ethical, and your horse miraculously 'gets it'. Read More →
- YOUR RIDING PROBLEMS SOLVED!
- With ways of seeing it and saying it that work, 'hitting the spot' for riders at all levels! Our answers are easier to understand and quicker to implement. They are do-able and reproducible on your own. They are delivered (according to your needs) in 'bite size chunks'. We expect what others call 'miracles', and we do them daily. Over time we really do 'make the impossible possible, the possible easy, and the easy elegant' (a quote from Moshe Feldenkrais)...Read More →
- OVERDALE EQUESTRIAN CENTRE IN THE COTSWOLD HILLS, OXON, UK IS OUR HOME BASE
- Overdale is set in a Cotswold village with beautiful views and great hacking, with a guest house, pub, and holiday cottages. We can provide your horse with a stable or paddock, or you can ride one of our school horses or ponies. We have a fabulous covered riding arena, and a workshop room... Read More →
- MARY COACHES RIDERS AT ALL LEVELS BOTH AT OVERDALE AND IN CLINICS IN THE USA......
- Few coaches have answers to problems spanning the massive spectrum from standing still to be mounted to uneven steps in passage! From getting you started, we help you get the horse 'on the bit'. From getting the horse 'on the bit' we help you get good transitions and collection. Our knowledge spans the learning path from basic steering issues to the intricacies of straightness and lateral work. For testimonials from both elite and club level riders Read More
- CONTACT US ON
- +44 (0)1993 831193 or rwymadmin@hotmail.co.uk. Find UK course dates at Overdale + booking form under CALENDAR.
RIDERS SO OFTEN TELL US THAT THEY HAVE 'LEARNT MORE IN THE LAST 4 DAYS THAN THEY HAVE IN THE LAST 4 YEARS'.... WHY NOT JOIN THEM AND BEGIN YOUR RIDING REVOLUTION!
RIDE WITH YOUR MIND NETWORK NEWS
Our quarterly magasine can be deivered to you on paper or as a PDF. It has news, articles on insights written both by Mary and other contributors, book reviews, clinic information, and some part of it is always hilariously funny....
View a past issue→MARY'S BLOG
Currently this shows a series of short articles with tips on riding lazy and whizzy horses. Keep in touch as this evolves..
VIDEOS ON UTUBE AND 'HORSE HERO'.com
show Mary in action coaching riders at various levels, including international dressage star Heather Blitz