What is Brain-Based Dressage?
What is Brain-Based Dressage?
What is Brain-Based Dressage?
So much new equestrian and dressage knowledge is being discovered each and every day. Stay on the cutting edge of health, mind and performance for both horse and rider.
You are a thinking rider if you seek knowledge to understand how to prepare your horse for the demands of performance while enhancing his or her physical and psychological health and welfare.
Learning Experience
What is Brain-Based Dressage?
What is Brain-Based Dressage?
Whether you choose an in-person dressage lessons, clinic setting, video session or phone consult, I will offer my support and knowledge in a positive, easy to understand and straightforward manner.
My Program
What is Brain-Based Dressage?
Is it too hard for me?
- Balance and straightness for all disciplines
- Classical dressage
- Incorporate bio-mechanics to improve your performance
- Structured exercises and lessons
- Progressive learning
- Rider fitness and position
- Creating healthy, strong equine athletes and calm, balanced riders.
Is it too hard for me?
Classical Dressage - Respect to Tradition
Is it too hard for me?
NO! But you do have to be willing to open your mind and think. My equestrian coaching is for riders and horses of all types, in all disciplines, not only dressage, who are looking for a more humane, science based training program to promote the health and longevity of their horses.
Classical Dressage - Respect to Tradition
Classical Dressage - Respect to Tradition
Classical Dressage - Respect to Tradition
I am knowledgeable about both the German and French dressage methods as well as others. The Masters used experience and intuition to explain and train. Now we have science to understand what they got right and wrong, and to go beyond the tradition.
Jane Savoie Certified Dressage Instructor
Classical Dressage - Respect to Tradition
Classical Dressage - Respect to Tradition
I am a Jane Savoie Certified Instructor, one of only 15 instructors worldwide personally certified by Jane. I am authorized to use and teach her training tips and methods in lessons.
More About Carole
More About Carole
More About Carole
As a Life Long Equestrian, Successful Engineer, Talented Coach and Author
I bring broad, high level experience in learning, coaching, and teaching to a new horizon of Dressage.
I fuse the emerging knowledge of equine performance and health with a focus on rider excellence and satisfaction to create the optimum Dressage experience.
For ne
As a Life Long Equestrian, Successful Engineer, Talented Coach and Author
I bring broad, high level experience in learning, coaching, and teaching to a new horizon of Dressage.
I fuse the emerging knowledge of equine performance and health with a focus on rider excellence and satisfaction to create the optimum Dressage experience.
For nearly 40 years I've had a passion for horses, with the last 20+ focused on dressage, classical dressage, and equine and rider bio-mechanics.
Your Life
More About Carole
More About Carole
A balanced life is key to successful equestrian pursuits.
Don't know who to talk to about what is affecting your riding?
As a professional coach for other professionals, I offer generalized coaching that addresses your personal situation.
My Books
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My Books
How to Buy a Horse Without Getting Taken for a Ride
Carole L. Curley
(available on Amazon click HERE)
If you are like most equestrians who love and care about horses, purchasing one can be the most sobering and exasperating experience of your equestrian life. It is easy to get in over your head, both financially and emotionally and r
How to Buy a Horse Without Getting Taken for a Ride
Carole L. Curley
(available on Amazon click HERE)
If you are like most equestrians who love and care about horses, purchasing one can be the most sobering and exasperating experience of your equestrian life. It is easy to get in over your head, both financially and emotionally and really get taken by unscrupulous sellers. How to Buy a Horse Without Getting Taken for a Ride goes far beyond the condensed blogposts and videos to dive into the nitty-gritty of how to confidently buy a horse. Armed with detailed checklists, budgets, and clearly defined terminology, you’ll be able to walk into any horse trial appointment feeling calm and confident about the process and your ability to make a wise choice on the horse that’s right for you or your child. After a lifetime of working with horses, Carole Curley gives the reader personal tips on how to read between the lines in the sale ads and stories horse sellers tell. This book educates you on the process from start to finish and what you need to know to make sure you are a knowledgeable buyer and don’t get ripped off. By the end of How to Buy a Horse Without Getting Taken for a Ride you will know:
•How to prioritize your search
•How to understand what a sale ad is really saying
•Know what to expect on a sale visit and demo ride
•How to recognize red flags and how to walk away if you need to
•Understand what a pre-purchase exam entails and why it is so important
•How to handle your first few weeks with your new horse.