Welcome to "*Dressage in Lightness Online",
where we are dedicated to providing riders and horses with a comprehensive and progressive approach to equestrian training.

Our 5-Step Training System serves as the foundation for our educational platform, designed to guide both horse and rider through a holistic journey of learning, development, and partnership.

Each of the five steps is carefully crafted to build upon the last, ensuring that both the horse’s physical and mental development progresses in harmony with the rider’s goals.

Our system emphasizes the importance of communication, trust, and lightness, all while developing essential skills that set the groundwork for a successful and lasting dressage partnership.

**The 5-Step Training System:**
1. **Cavesson Training** Laying the foundation with groundwork that introduces proper communication through the cavesson, allowing the horse to understand the rider’s cues.

2. **Lunge Training incorporating Cavalletti Work** Building strength, flexibility, and balance while using lunging and cavalletti exercises to enhance the horse’s rhythm and coordination.

3. **Mouthing Education** Introducing the horse to bit and bridle work with a focus on softening the jaw, developing acceptance, and encouraging the horse’s responsiveness to the rider’s aids.

4. **In-Hand Training** Offering a unique approach to refining the horse’s suppleness and posture through in-hand work, strengthening the connection between horse and handler.

5. **Riding with Lightness** Applying the skills developed through the previous steps to the saddle, encouraging harmony between horse and rider while focusing on lightness, relaxation, and balance.

Our approach integrates these critical stages to ensure that your horse becomes not only physically capable but mentally and emotionally connected with you as a rider.

Join us at *Dressage in Lightness Online* and experience how this method can transform your partnership with your horse, creating a path of clear communication, mutual respect and equestrian excellence.