• 25 years training horses
• 15 years running my own business
• 15 years teaching people to ride
• 10 years of energy work
• 5 years teaching yoga
• Early foundation and training from 10-18 with Mary Rose Maxwell, a fellow of the British Horse Society
• 10 years working for a large corporation
• 15 years of instruction and training with Cindy Spalding
• 6 years of instruction and training with Gerhard Politz
• 6 years of instruction and training with Jean-Francois Favier
• 2 years of instruction and training with Sharon Schneidman
• Attended many clinics and USDF Training and Instructor Symposiums throughout the region. Clinicians include:
  • Steffen Peters
  • Guenter Seidel
  • Christine Stuckelberger
  • Ulla Salzgeber
  • Lilo Fore
  • Conrad Schumacher
  • Hilda Gurney
  • Paul Belasik

My goal in teaching and training is to develop a harmonious partnership between the horse and rider. With the rider, basic position is the most important focus. I am a Certified Hatha Yoga instructor, and my yoga has both helped me heal from injuries and improve my riding ability through increased strength and balance in my body, as well my riding awareness. I continuously use yoga stretching, centering and breathing exercises to help my students achieve a more effective position. I believe that every body type brings its own set of strengths and weakenesses to riding, and my job is to find the program that brings out the best in each of my students.

I try to create patient, thinking riders who understand what they are doing and why they are doing it. I encourage discussion and open dialog in all of my lesson and think that ALL questions are welcome ones.

I believe that all horses benefit from dressage training, and that those with limitations in natural ability can still be correct and enjoyable dressage horses. Any horse's gaits will be improved through the methodical application of dressage principles.

The most important thing to me when training the horse is to proceed slowly and patiently, so that the horse understands the training and becomes comfortable with it. I don’t believe in the quick fix. I start young horses using a balance of ground work, lunging, long lining and riding.

I am accomplished at retraining and reschooling horses that have been trained to perform some of the "tricks" without the correct basics of Relaxation, Rhythm, Suppleness, Straightness, and attention to the aids. The most important details when training any horse, from very green to very experienced, are the basics.

I am happy to provide names and phone numbers of current and former students and peers that can attest to my skills, abilities and character.