Welcome to
“Bringing out the best in you and your horse”
Whatever your age, experience and discipline, your horse’s age, breed and size, we can help you develop your groundwork and riding to bring out the best in you and your horse.
We are the online source for the Ride With Your Mind approach to Groundwork and Rider Biomechanics. This approach is based on over 50 years of empirical research backed by training in sports psychology, functional anatomy, the science of expertise, and so much more!
The way you sit has a profound influence on your horse, and for each little change that you make, your horse changes too. Enter the world of Rider Biomechanics, learn how this works, and you’re both winners!
We help our subscribers through:
- Groundwork Certification, to establish shared understanding and communication with your horse
- Rider Biomechanics Certification so that you can embody the skills that matter
- Themed courses featuring key subjects
- Coaching in our forums, based on your video clips
- Regular new material
- Webinars on topics that matter!
- Online community group
You choose your path through these elements, supported by our coaches in our forums.
Oh, by the way, we’re a not-for-profit organisation so all of our resources are invested in education, for the good of the horse.
Why Rider Biomechanics?
Making the world a better place for horses and their humans, one partnership at a time
How you sit on your horse matters.
Are you easy to carry? In sync with his every move? Can he distinguish your aids from the noise of your sitting?
As riders become more skilful they feel safer, progress faster, improve competition scores, have more fun and, most importantly, become more ethical in their groundwork and riding. They start to lead the dance with their horse!
Many riders work against the laws of physics, leaving them victim to their horse’s next move. We help you work with nature, make things easier for your equine friend, and harness the joy of partnership.
Rider Biomechanics is the science that underlies the art of riding. It enables you to ride so skilfully that you become ‘one-with’ your horse – the leading partner (and choreographer) of the dance that you do together.
Mary Wanless
Your Coaches
Here to help you succeed
Mary Wanless, BHSI, Founder of the Rider Biomechanics Movement and the developer of Ride With Your Mind.
Mary was a pony-mad child who went on to achieve her BHSI qualification. She worked hard and dreamed of being a talented rider. Her frustration led her to give up riding and then return, with a “beginners mind” to devote herself to uncovering what makes good riders so good – and she can teach it to you!
Ali Wakelin, BHSAI and Senior Ride With Your Mind coach.
Ali has now been training with Mary for over 20 years and assists Mary in the training of coaches including introducing them to her groundwork system, which is available exclusively to Dressage Training TV subscribers.
Ali’s sharp eye for asymmetry and clear, positive coaching helps riders from all over the world.