Train in a Way That Feels Good—for You and Your Horse
Learn how to train with your horse’s body in mind—so riding stays fun, pain-free, and rewarding for you both.
Train in a Way That Feels Good—for You and Your Horse
Learn how to train with your horse’s body in mind—so riding stays fun, pain-free, and rewarding for you both.
Become the Trainer Your Horse Needs with Our Online Course: Prevent Injuries Through Sustainable Horse Training
Support their body. Understand their signals. Train for long-term health and happiness.
Learn how to recognise subtle signs of tension, improve your feel and timing, and apply the latest insights in biomechanics to prevent overload and injury. This course gives you the tools to train with confidence—so your horse can move better, feel better, and enjoy every ride.
What You’ll Gain from This Course
You’ll become the kind of trainer your horse truly needs—calm, clear, and confident.
You’ll reduce the risk of injury by learning how to train with your horse’s body in mind.
You’ll learn how to balance your horse on the lunge and ride effectively without auxiliary reins.
Your horse will move more freely, with balance, confidence, and ease.
You’ll know exactly what to look for in your horse’s posture and movement—and why it matters.
You’ll feel confident solving training issues on your own, without second-guessing.
You’ll develop an independent, balanced seat that positively influences your horse.
Happy horse = happy you
You can feel when something’s not right. By the way your horse moves. Or by the way their body is developing. But what is it? Train your observational skills and develop yourself to become the trainer your horse needs. Because when your horse feels good, you do too!
Prevent overloading and injuries
Most injuries don’t come from one big incident—they build up over time through chronic overload. The good news? You can help prevent it. In many cases, it’s even possible to reverse the damage. Learn how to restore your horse’s natural, resilient, and healthy movement.
Train your techniques
Changing movement patterns in both horse and rider is no small thing—it’s a two-way communication. You influence each other. This course helps you break the cycle, one step at a time, by improving your technique and building balance in both of you.
Riding should feel good—for both of you
That’s what it’s all about
Picture this: you and your horse, moving together in perfect flow—whether you’re in the arena, out in the woods, or galloping along the beach. Every ride brings progress. No discomfort. No tension. Just ease, connection, and trust.
You feel your horse growing stronger, moving more freely, and enjoying the work. You see them becoming a confident, proud partner—full of energy, fully alive.
How do you turn your horse into a strong, confident athlete?
If that sounds like music to your ears—you’re in the right place. And yes, it’s absolutely possible. The key? Healthy, biomechanically correct movement.
It might sound simple, but it’s where things often go wrong. True, sustainable strength starts with good posture, the right energy, and freedom of movement. When your horse moves well, their muscles, coordination, and even their mindset begin to grow. You’ll see their confidence blossom as they gain more control over their body.
But what is the right posture to carry a rider? How do you help your horse find and maintain it?
We’ll guide you step by step inside our online course, Prevent Injuries Through Sustainable Horse Training. Led by Karin Leibbrandt (veterinarian and experienced rehab trainer) and Tessa Roos (biomechanics-focused instructor), this course helps you sharpen observations skills, improve your technique, and build balance—from your horse’s body, to your own, to the harmony between you.
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The Experts Behind the Course
Karin Leibbrandt
“Twenty years ago I graduated as a horse veterinarian. I’ve always had a special interest for movement and training. At the end of my education I realised just how many horses get injured in their life and the great number of horses that become unfit for riding because of it. I also discovered that this often happens in a relatively young age. It triggered me to start searching for answers. I wanted to know why this happened and most of all: how can we prevent this? For twenty years I’ve searched for answers and I’ve been rehabbing horses from day one until the day they were fit to go home. To do this I selected and studied the most effective ways of treatment and training principles and developed them in a detailed way.
Now I’m an author of the book ‘Compassionate Training For the Sport Horse‘. With the help of a few great colleagues, I also started the courses ‘Rehabilitation and Sports Trainer’ and the ‘Myofascial Release Therapy’ with Equicare-Plus. Now I teach lectures, webinars, clinics and workshops worldwide.”
Tessa Roos
“I had an education as biologist and I studied the behavior of domesticated and wild horses. My equestrian career started out by teaching riders about seat and posture. Soon I saw that both riders and horses had difficulties keeping themselves balanced. Because of that they were often struggling more with each other and their own bodies, rather than having fun together. I wanted to help riders solve this! Driven by this wish I persued education in basics of dressage, Feldenkrais practitioner for humans and rehabilitation trainer for horses.
Now I have over twenty years of experience as a riding instructor, I’m a teacher at the Rehabilitation and Sports Trainers course and I teach clinics and lessons in both the Netherlands as worldwide. My lessons are about body awareness and training for riders, groundwork for horses and balance training for rider and horse together, in order to create healthy, sustainable movement and fun for both!”
Real Riders. Real Horses. Real Results.
The riders you see here are students of Karin Leibbrandt and Tessa Roos, or they are taught by an instructor trained by them. We love to show real examples, each at their own level. With real riders, real horses, and real training sessions!
Alexandra Nederlof and Ivar
“Ivar is now eleven years old. We have been training according to this method since 2020. Ivar was still quite green. He could walk, trot, and canter, but circles were already challenging. The photo on the left is from one of my first lessons with Karin. Before that, I had a few lessons with Tessa. Thanks to this way of training, Ivar has really started to enjoy dressage! It also provides a great foundation for jumping and Working Equitation, as well as for groundwork and trail riding. It’s so nice to be out with a horse that moves in balance on its own. The changes seem quite subtle, but you can clearly see that he is getting stronger!”
– Alexandra Nederlof
Instructor Wietske van der Heide – Allure Equus
Karin and her horse Daan
“Previously, my knowledge of dressage was limited to: the head shouldn’t be up, and being behind the vertical is also bad. Beyond that, I had little understanding of vertical balance.
My seat was also really wobbly due to my hollow back! Because Amilah has a lot of spring in her body, I was being pushed to a different side with every step. I thought, “this is never going to work! How can I ever ride this horse?” Since I started training this way, I have finally experienced what real core stability is. Trotting has become so much easier!“
– Danitsja Hus
Danitsja Hus, caretaker of horse Amilah
What’s inside the course?
The online course ‘Prevent Injuries Through Sustainable Horse Training’ is made up of 7 modules and 27 lessons—containing both theory and hands-on examples to help you apply what you learn right away.
You’ll get easy-to-follow video lessons, real-life training footage, and helpful photos that bring the concepts to life.
At the end of the course, you can take a short quiz to test your knowledge—and receive a certificate to celebrate your progress.
Watch the video below for a sneak peek inside the course!
Module 1 - Introduction to 'Prevent Injuries Through Sustainable Horse Training'
In this introductieon, existing of three lessons, we tell you what the goal is with horse training the way we see it, and why this is sustainable and comfortable for the horse. We’ll also tell you what you’re supposed to see when you train correctly, and what not.
Module 2 - A correct body posture
In five lessons you learn which posture is healthy and comfortable for your horse. Among other things, you discover what a correct forward-downward-out posture looks like, how the fascial system plays a big role in that and what signals to expect from your horse as an indication it’s going well.
Module 3 - Correct forward-downward-out posture: simple, but not easy
After this extensive module with seven lessons, you know about the five key ingredients that are neccesary for a biomechanically healthy forward-downward-out posture. Vertical and horizontal balance, energy, rider balance and the allowing hand. Also very handy: one lesson is completely devoted to troubleshooting, just in case it doesn’t entirely go like you expected it to.
Module 4 - Correct lungeing
Groundwork, like lungeing, is a great preparation for riding, but only if you do it correctly! Train your eye, so you know what to look at and pay attention to. After that you’ll practise lungeing techniques to help your horse get balanced without sidereins. This module exists of three lessons.
Module 5 - Rider balance
Your horse will only be able to move in balance when you are too! That’s why we spend an entire module, with two lessons, on exercises both with and without the horse, to improve your rider seat and posture. Your horse will thank you for it!
Module 6 - Training the horse under the saddle
Module 6 will be even more practical: you’ll be practising balance under the saddle. In the first lesson we explain how to gather information while riding, about the balance, energy and posture of your horse, so you know what steps you need to take next. In the two following lessons we explain two techniques to restore and improve the vertical balance of your horse.
Module 7 - Let's get started!
In this last module with three lessons we wrap up the online course. You can test your knowledge and observational skills one more time in assignments with videos and then… let’s get started!
You’ll Also Get These Bonuses—For Free!
Bonus 1: Personal feedback in live Q&A sessions!
We know how tricky it can be to apply new training methods without support. That’s why you’ll be invited to join live online Q&A sessions with Karin Leibbrandt and her recommended trainers. You can submit your questions—or even a video of your training—and get personal feedback you can put into action straight away.
Bonus 2: Q&A Pack access
All Q&A sessions are recorded and added to your exclusive Q&A Pack. You’ll be able to watch them anytime, at your own pace—including sessions from the past year, packed with extra tips, insights, and real-life examples to help you get even more out of the course.
What our students say
“This course offered me a great starting point to start learning how to judge the proper body posture. The text and accompanying videos have a clear structure. I really liked that videos were being repeated both with and without the explanation. You get a good image of the exercises, how to execute them and what you can expect, to get to the right frame for your horse. What I also liked was the fact they don’t forget you as a rider in this process. Now I often check my own posture regularly.”
– Mandy – student
“This training gives you the insights needed to reach this ultimate goal. It’s practical, with exercises and videos to train your observational skills. And theoretical, with information about the anatomy and biomechanics of the horse. Another great thing is that they don’t forget the rider! Great tips have you work on a stable and independent seat. It’s essential if you want to guide your horse in finding his vertical balance.
Long story short, it’s a very complete course and I recommend it to every rider who’s looking for harmony in their training and wants to give their horse a solid foundation.“
– Natalie – student
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About the follow-up course ‘Training For Stability And Bounce’
In this follow-up to ‘Prevent Injuries Through Sustainable Horse Training’ you’re going to refine and improve what’s already there, and start working on lateral flexion and collection as the next step in your training.
Why focus on stability and bounce? Well, in the first part of the course the main focus is on vertical balance and energy, two important prerequisites for a good forward-downward-outward posture. Now, when you have that, it’s time to build the real magic: stability, horizontal balance and bouncy, effortless movement for both you and your horse.
This follow-up course comes with extra live Q&A’s, exclusively for the students of this course.
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Full access to ‘Prevent Injuries Through Sustainable Horse Training’ — 7 in-depth modules packed with video lessons and practical tools – valued at € 175,–
Optional: Full access to ‘Training For Stability And Bounce’ — 9 in-depth modules packed with video lessons, practical tools and trouble shooting – valued at € 175,–
One year of access – revisit lessons anytime as you put them into practice
Certificate of completion – earn yours by passing the final quiz
BONUS: Live Q&A sessions – ask your questions or submit a video for personal feedback – valued at € 75 per session
BONUS with the follow-up course: Extra live Q&A sessions throughout the year for personal feedback exclusively for the advanced students – valued at € 75 per session
BONUS: Access to the Q&A Pack – a library of recorded sessions, packed with expert tips and extra guidance – currently valued at € 500 and keeps growing
Total value: € 1000
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“After reading Karin’s book I already was very excited about everything I’ve learned. When I saw that Karin and Tessa had an online course available, I didn’t hesitate for a second to sign up for it.
I benefited a lot from the part about posture and seat. The videos about this topic have opened my eyes. I realised that I often rode with a hollow back and I had nowhere near an independent seat. Through the exercises I became aware of this and I was able to adjust. Much better for my horses, but also for myself! I can definitely recommend this course.”
– Daniëlle – student
Any questions?
We have conveniently compile a list of the most frequently asked questions. If you can’t find your question below, please email your question to info@horseinmind.eu and we’ll help you as soon as possible.
When does the course start?
After signing up, you’ll receive your login details immediately. Make sure to check your spam folder if you can’t find them right away. You can go through the course in your own pace.
For how long do I have access to this course?
For one year. Perfect if you want to refresh your memory after a few months and rewatch some or all of the video’s or Q&A recordings.
I have a young horse, is this course suitable for me?
Definitely! The sooner you start with correct training for optimal balance, the more benefits you’ll both reap in the future. Young horses can benefit tremendously from doing a lot of groundwork first, making sure they move in balance before you add the weight of the rider. And module 4 is all about lungeing with balance, so that’s perfect for young horses too!
Will I receive a certificate after completing the course?
Yes, at the end of this course, you’ll take an online quiz. If you pass with good results, you’ll receive your certificate!