The Cohesive Foundations Course
The Most Important Training You'll ever do Starts here.
Build an Extraordinary Partnership With Your Horse or Mule
Are you struggling with a horse that:
- Spooks at shadows when they're supposed to be "bombproof"?
- Panics about leaving the herd for trail rides?
- Lacks confidence in new situations?
- Seems to misunderstand what you're asking?
Or maybe you are starting with a new equine partner and want to build an awesome partnership from the start..
What if you could develop a shared language that eliminates confusion, builds confidence, and creates the foundation for everything else you'll ever do together?
For an Extraordinary partnership
Build Trust, Confidence, and Respect
"The foundations aren't just basics—they're the critical building blocks that support all advanced work with your equine. They create the supple, mobile, and powerful athlete that can respond to your aids with understanding and confidence."
Hi, I'm Tessa
Without solid foundations, even the most talented horse will struggle when it matters most.
After years of being unseated by "bombproof" horses, clinging to runaways, and wondering why my training wasn't transferring to real-world situations, I discovered a crucial truth:
Without solid foundations, even the most talented horse will struggle when it matters most.
My journey through English riding, Pony Club, classical French dressage, reining, and ranch work taught me that regardless of discipline, these foundation principles remain the same.
I've started countless horses under saddle, competed in Cowboy Dressage, Western Dressage, and Working Equitation—and the horses that excel all share one thing: rock-solid foundation training.
What You'll Learn
Through 10 carefully sequenced exercises, you'll develop:
- Intention & Energy Control: The invisible communication that precedes all physical cues
- Shoulder control: Develop relaxation in forward movement while controlling shoulders for balance and precision.
- Switching eyes: Learn to switch eyes and direction with confidence while building respect and focus
- Promote Curiosity: Build curiosity and confidence through exploration
- Develop balance and speed control: Introduce balance and bend for athletic development
- Transitions in direction and gait: Refine balance and coordination
- Flexibility in motion: Enhance rhythmic balance through direction changes
- Steady: Create a thinking horse with clear understanding of aids
- Flexion: Build an understand of Poll control for flexibility and Collection.
- Introduction to lateral work: Combine all previous learning into lateral movements
Each exercise builds progressively on the previous ones, creating a logical pathway to success that works with your horse's natural learning process.
Each exercise is taugh on the ground, and while mounted at 3 levels - Beginning, Advancing, and Refining.
This Is More Than Training—It's Transformation
Imagine having a horse that:
- Remains calm and focused even in chaotic environments
- Responds to your subtlest cues because they understand your intention
- Approaches new challenges with curiosity instead of fear
- Moves with balance and willingness under any circumstances
These aren't just training goals—they're the foundation of an extraordinary partnership that will enhance everything else you do together.
