Yes, Get STarted is a course for horse lovers of all levels: 

• whether you're a novice rider, starting from scratch,
• or an ambitious leisure rider, but not a dressage person,
• or a professional horse trainer,
• or riding instructor...

This course will help you to fast-track your growth, achieve extraordinary results with ordinary horses, and save you years of trial and error and unnecessary suffering!

Get STarted Course - 8 STage Success Pathway

You have lifetime access to Get STarted  and its STages, and you can train at your own pace, setting your own goal, suitable with your ambition and your situation. You can access the course materials at your convenience.

The core training consists of pre-recorded videos, manuals, resources, and worksheets and you can access the materials - which are presented in a wonderful, easy to use and user-friendly portal - anytime you want.

Bonuses 

Receive two months of EXTRA Coaching, FREE!

These additional live coaching benefits are just what you need to help fast-track your journey towards Groundwork Grade 1 certification by the end of your 8 STage Success Pathway.

For 2 months, you get exclusive access to the ST Evaluation Program as a supportive resource on achieving Groundwork Grade 1 Touchstone  certification in Straightness Training.

Remember, ST only works if you work, but if you show up for your horse and do the work, no doubt you'll get certified at the end of the 8 STages.

Groundwork is like the footings under a house.

Most of the time, we take footings for granted, but even 2mm of uneven setting is enough to cause cracks in masonry, tile, cement or plaster.

The same with horses:

Even 2mm off track in groundwork is enough
to cause cracks in longeing, work in hand, riding or liberty!

That’s why groundwork matters most!

And if you think there's a problem ahead in the other training pillars, just return to groundwork and kill the monster when it’s little ;-)

Because:

• Without a good lateral bending, forward down tendency and stepping under (LFS) close to you, you'll never get a proper LFS on the bigger circle in longeing.
• Without a nice yielding on the inside rein in groundwork, your horse won't give you the bend, then you'll never get your horse searching towards the outside rein in work in hand.
• Without a proper preparation in groundwork, longeing and work in hand, chances are, that you'll have to deal with too much imbalance whilst riding.
• Of course, liberty is a great place to start, but we're talking about ST at liberty here, so we want to do the lateral movements, piaffe and pirouette at liberty, therefore it might take a lot more development time if you don't shape the quality in groundwork first.

That’s why groundwork is the most fundamental and most crucial training component and I'd love to help you master it!

Don't worry, you don't have to stop riding your horse while you are learning Straightness Training (ST).

So you can use it alongside your usual riding and training activities.

Straightness Training - and especially groundwork - is really a wonderful ‘ADD-ON’ method and you definitely don't need to give up the other training pillars, and you don't need to give up what you love!

We say: ST is for the horse, the horse is not for ST.

That means ST is not a goal on itself, it's a mean to an end.

It means, that we use Straightness Training to help the horse to do his 'job' properly and in the most healthy way!

Because if you have a straightened and balanced horse, you can do whatever you like:

Longeing, liberty, hacking out, jumping, crossing, racing, dressage, it doesn't matter.

A horse that is in balance can do the job with ease, no matter what training pillar or equestrian discipline.

And after a while, you'll start to experience that all the other riding pillars go much better, smoother, easier thanks to your solid groundwork.

Good question, and just recently, I received this question:

“Does your course really does not help just people with years and years of horse training experience, but also a quite ordinary, horse in the garden type ladies and gents?

That we too actually can get this to work...if we put our minds to it?

There are many of us out there, you see, who watch things like this, even sign up, and by the end of the day...well, it is just another thing that will not really work, because one cannot get one’s head around it.

Full of good intentions... but it does not work, even when you try.

Been there, done that....”

The answer is...

The ST Academy and the Get STarted course will work GREAT for ANY kind of rider and I believe it can help you too...

But, as I already made clear in the little 'warning' on this page:

Even though this course has been wonderfully designed to help you master the groundwork principles in a structured way as easily as possible, it still requires some dedication and persistent effort on your part.

At the end of the day, YOU are the only person who can make a difference for your horse, not me, not a book, not a set of ‘how to’ videos, not a spot in the ST Academy, not a brand new course….

So I’m not about to insult your intelligence by telling you that this course will do the magic for you.

However…

If you’re seriously interested in helping your horse and willing to take some action and put some effort in, then this course will work!

Also for novice and one-horse riders...

Whether they are in their 20', 30's, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s or even 70’s or 80’s (our oldest ST student is 83 years old!).

It works for riders who are still struggling, at some level…

It's for people with 'ordinary' horses would need something like this course...

But are a bit fed up with online promises.

We DO know riders need help with what they are struggling with or what their horses are struggling with.

So that's why we created this course!

And how are you going to know if this course will work... until you try?

That’s why you should come on board today – risk FREE!

Since I am so positive that you’ll benefit from taking this course, I will give you a...

100% Money Back Guarantee!

So here’s what I want you to do:

• Go ahead, get access to this course.

• Then test it out for a solid week, just take the lessons, watch the videos, download everything you can.

• And look, if it’s not for you, pay nothing, I give you an immediate refund.

• No questions asked.

• So you can cancel within 7 days and get a full refund.

This extreme and 100% satisfaction guarantee is my way of making safe that you won’t be disappointed, and that there is ABSOLUTELY NO risk involved on your side.

Yes, you'll meet me in real time in the Live Classes and in Office Hours.

During the Live Classes you'll meet me on Zoom or I personally review groundwork training sess ons and give tips on what you and other STudents and Scholars do well and what can be improved, why and how. 

During Office Hours, I will answer questions from you and other STudents and Scholars and give tailored advice on your personal situation, plus I will share the latest news and insights concerning Straightness Training.

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I always love the live sessions, because it's great to experience the vibrancy of the live chat where we'll not meet only other STudents and Scholars, but also many ST Instructors from all over the globe.

So if there would be a feeling of 'being the only one' doing Straightness Training, that will completely go away when joining the live Classes and Office Hours, because you'll meet fellow students from all over the world, from the US to the UK, from Indonesia to South Africa, it's so cool too connect globally!

So make sure to join Get STarted, because the live events will give you an invaluable blast of energy and motivation, and your growth will be even more effective.

Can't make it live? No worries - you can catch up with the recordings. 

After completing this course you'll be able to continue with our monthly membership - the Scholars program - and continue with longeing, work in hand, riding, and ST at liberty. 

This means, you can join our community of dedicated Scholars and become an example of what's possible with your horse!

In Scholars, you can seize the opportunity to receive dedicated personalized guidance and support on your Straightness Training Journey through our monthly coaching opportunities:

• Immerse yourself in our monthly Mastermind, to brainstorm and troubleshoot with me and fellow Scholars.
• Experience a transformative Hot Seat, where you'll receive individualized attention.
• Engage in the corresponding Breakthrough session designed to help you get to the next level.
• Submit your monthly Touchstone to be evaluated and track your progress.
• Take advantage of our monthly Office Hours to have your questions answered and gain valuable insights and clarity.

If you join the Scholars membership after Get STarted, you'll gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence to unlock your horse's full potential in not only groundwork, but also longeing, work in hand, riding and ST at liberty.

You'll have a clear sense of direction and purpose in all five training pillars.

In Scholars, our goal is to work towards certification in Grade 1 across all five training pillars (and then Grade 2, 3, 4 and 5).

But for now, let's Get STarted to get ready for certification in Groundwork Grade 1!

That's not a problem at all! 

I'm not a native speaker myself when it comes to English. Therefore, I use only simple words, short sentences and I speak slowly.

That means that also for students from for example Italy, Spain, France, Brazil, Russia or whatever non-native-English speaking country you live in, the program is easy to follow.

And people laugh about my 'Dunglish' expressions (Dutch + English).

And we always enjoy the Sweglish, Danglish, and Genglish way of writing from our Swedish, Danish and German students.

We can understand each other perfectly and feel the message and good intentions no matter what.

We are not limited by perfection!

So if you speak a little Franglais, Spanglish, Russlish, or another exotic English variant, you're very welcome to join the club!