FIND BALANCE WITH HORSE & RIDER BIOMECHANICS

Helping horses and riders use their bodies better through effective biomechanics.

THOUGHT-BASED APPROACH

RIDER BIOMECHANICS

Learn to influence your horse through the power of your body. Become stable, effective, and subtle.

Rider biomechanics training opens the door to the unconscious skills of elite riders and makes them accessible to the rest of us. It trains the rider to be aware of the inherent patterns of their body and provides the tools to change them to make profoundly influential connections with their horse. Rider biomechanics training improves communication between human and horse regardless of discipline.

HORSE BIOMECHANICS

Horses are subject to the laws of physics just like their human counterparts.

Straigtness training in hand, in long lines, and under saddle can correct the naturally occuring asymmetries of your horse to improve:

balance
relaxation
rythm
suppleness
collection
quality and symmetry of gaits

It can also help prevent:

soft tissue damage
arthritic changes
excessive wear and tear

HORSE TRAINING

In hand training for young horses
Development of green horses
Trailer loading
Behavior Issues

Rider Coach & Horse Trainer

ABOUT CERICE

Cerice Berndsen is second generation professional horsewoman, passionate about expanding and sharing both knowledge and skill. She is dedicated to horsemanship as a sport, art form, and way of life. Committed to understanding and supporting the ways both human and horse can truly work together, she helps her students to achieve partnership with their horses through focused, clear communication.

Cerice is a professional trainer and riding coach, versed in many disciplines, but focusing on human/horse dynamics and biomechanics. She is a student of rider biomechanics under Mary Wanless, the founder of the Ride With Your Mind approach, but is not yet accredited (working towards accreditation in 2018).

Studied under:

Klaus Schoenich, Straightness/Equine biomechanics

Stephanie Mosely, Dressage/Rider biomechanics, USDF Bronze medalist, L Judge with destinction

Mary Wanless, Dressage/Rider biomechanics

Julio Mendoza, Dressage, FEI Gold Medalist

Experience:

Western riding, youth-2007

Competitive Draft Horse Driving, singles and pairs; non-competitive 4 &6 horse hitch, 4 abreast. 1991-2001

Jumping 1994-2001

Volunteer, Special Olympics World Games, Old Lyme, CT 1995

Carriage horses/curator of historic carriage museum 2005-2012

Icelandic Horses 2008-2015