TAO OF HORSEMANSHIP ACADEMY · SHORT INTRO COURSES
​Holistic Horsemanship.
Moving Beyond Mechanics
and Into Meaningful Horsemanship.
Begin your journey toward compassionate, connected, and confident horsemanship — grounded in the Four C's and backed by 25 years of nervous system science, classical training, and Taoist wisdom.
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CONSCIOUS
COMPASSIONATE
CONNECTED
CO-CREATIVE
Fully present and intentional in every moment with your horse.
For your horse's history, your own patterns, and the time transformation requires.
Real connection — not manufactured. Both beings genuinely open and attuned.
Your horse is a partner and soul guide — not a student to be trained.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
Does This Sound Like You?
You've taken clinics. Watched hundreds of videos. And yet something is missing — you can feel it, but you can't quite achieve it...It's called a real connection. Not a manufactured one that's forced
— one that is made from mutual trust, respect, and relationship.
Real connection begins on the inside and with heart coherence and nervous system regulation. That's where 95% of training fails. It teaches you how to address the behavior rather than its cause.
With Your Horse
With Your Horsemanship
Complies, but you feel the tension
Techniques work briefly - then stop
Won't comply to you willingly
You sense there's more but can't reach it
Anxious, Spooky, Can't focus
Your feel is inconsistent - some day nothing clicks
Connection feels conditional or earned
You want connection, but keep getting compliance
Resistance, tension, brace
The deeper principles feel out of reach
Shutdown, dull and disconnected
You Know there's another way - you just haven't been shown it
"Training horses isn't about what you can make them do. It's about them wanting to do the things you ask. When you put the relationship first, your horse will want to be and work with you."
- CAROLINE BESTE, FOUNDER . TAO OF HORSEMANSHIP ACADEMY
MOST POPULAR . BEST VALUE
The Holistic Horsemanship
Starter Bundle
Three foundational short courses plus the 28-Day Connection Challenge — everything you need to begin the journey the right way.
What's Included in the Bundle
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4 Secrets to Unlocking the Power of Connection 2.0
Caroline's 4-principle formula for connection, 2-way communication, and true partnership. Transforms every interaction before you touch a rope.
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Holistic Horsemanship Mastery Miniseries
19 video + 13 written lessons + a 13-page workbook. The complete philosophy for moving beyond mechanics into meaningful horsemanship.
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Art of Lunging Intro Course — Pilates for You & Your Horse
Nervous system regulation, healthy biomechanics, and connection — all through the lunge line. Revolutionary, step-by-step, and immediately applicable.
BONUS: The 28-Day Connection Challenge
Your guided, community-supported practice path — putting every principle from the 3 courses into daily, progressive action. 4 weekly Zoom calls with Caroline, video review, and live coaching included.
Individual value: $395 + Challenge
ONE TIME . LIFETIME ACCESS ON COURSES
You save $200 + · Challenge included FREE
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3 short courses - Lifetime access
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28-day challenge guide & curriculum
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4 Live weekly zoom calls with Caroline
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Weekly video review & personal feedback
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Private community access
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All sessions recordings included
Courses also sold separately.
$197
Lead without force. Teach without control. Connect without coercion. — The Tao of Horsemanship Path
THE THREE FOUNDATION COURSES
Your Step-by-Step Pathway
​Each course builds directly on the next — designed to be taken in sequence, or as your starting place, wherever you are in your journey. All include lifetime access.
Each course is also sold separately*.
*Individual purchases do not include the 28-Day Connection Challenge.
COURSE #1 ·BEGIN HERE
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BUNDLE PURCHASE
Lifetime Access
THE PRINCIPLES · CONNECTION FORMULA
4 Secrets to Unlocking the Power of Connection 2.0
Where to Begin — with the 4-step Formula
Do you dream of a deeper connection with your horse — one built on trust, mutual understanding, and heart-centered communication? Caroline's 4-Step Formula unlocks the secret to developing the kind of relationship most horse owners only dream of. Whether you're a beginner or an advanced rider, these principles will transform your horsemanship and give you the skills to create a safe, connected partnership in everything you do together.
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Attunement - Tuning in before you enter
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Energy connection - presence before pressure
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Grounding - regulating your nervous system
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Dwell time - where learning takes root
COURSE #2 ·NEXT STEP
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BUNDLE PURCHASE
Lifetime Access
PHILOSOPHY · METHOD . PRACTICE
Holistic Horsemanship Mastery Miniseries
Moving Beyond Mechanics and Into Meaningful Horsemanship
The Holistic Horsemanship Mastery Miniseries is your gateway to a whole new way of being and doing with horses. Rooted in love, feel, and true partnership — this is more than horse training. It's a way of being that puts the horse-human connection at the heart of everything you do. 19 video lessons, 13 written lessons, and a 13-page workbook designed to show you how to take your horsemanship to a whole new level.
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Why the Four C's change everything
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Leadership vs. dominance
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Heart coherence in practice
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The nervous system framework
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Language of Equus — reading behavior
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The holistic assessment model
COURSE #3 ·DIVE DEEPER
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BUNDLE PURCHASE
Lifetime Access
NERVOUS SYSTEM · BIOMECHANICS . HEALTHY MOVEMENT
Art of Lunging Intro Course
Pilates for You & Your Horse — Nervous System Regulation & Healthy Biomechanics
Maybe you struggle with a disconnected, reactive horse, or a horse that is tense and pushes past your riding aids — the solution does not lie in traditional training. The Art of Lunging Intro Course offers a revolutionary approach that prioritizes connection, nervous system regulation, and healthy biomechanics. Through a step-by-step process, you'll learn how to develop your horse's movement from the inside out — and align your energies in the process.
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Emotional, mental & physical connection
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Nervous system regulation & self-carriage
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Backing, the send, and drive line
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Strength, flexibility, and balance
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The 4-step foundation within the lunge
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Correct for all horses & disciplines
INCLUDED THE BUNDLE · $197
The 28-Day Connection Challenge
The courses give you the knowledge. The 28-Day Challenge is where you live it. Over four weeks, you and a community of riders move through the curriculum in sequence — with daily practice plans, weekly live coaching calls with Caroline, and video review that meets you where you are. This is not a solo download. It is a supported, structured, community-held beginning.
WEEK 1:
The 4-Step Formula for Connection
Attunement · Grounding · Energy Connection · Dwell Time — learning to be with your horse before you ask anything of them.
WEEK 2:
The 4 Steps in Motion — Leadership Leading
Backing, the Pause, the Send, Walking Out — bringing connection from stillness into movement. How you lead your horse is how you lead yourself.
WEEK 3:
Introduction to the Art of Lunging
Building blocks: backing, the send, the drive line — your first full circle at the walk. Nervous system first, always.
WEEK 4:
Deepening the Art of Lunging
Rhythm, embodiment, biomechanics, transitions — developing a horse and a partnership that move as one. Your graduation session.
What You Receive in the Challenge
Day by- day parctice plans - exactly what to do and why
4 weekly live zoom calls with Caroline ( all recorded )
Weekly video submission for Caroline's personal review
Specific clips reviewed with specific feedback
Daily journal prompts for self reflection and growth
Private community of riders in the same season of learning
Raw,honest real time practice welcomed - not perfection
Access to recordings for students in different time zone
Why the Challenge Belongs with the Courses
The three short courses teach you the principles, the philosophy, and the method. The 28-Day Challenge is your daily application — the place where understanding becomes feel, and feel becomes partnership. The courses are the map. The Challenge is the journey. Together, they are the most complete beginning you can give yourself and your horse.
WANT MORE VARIETY?
Everything Horses & More — The Video Library
Access hundreds of real-time, unedited, holistic training videos on horse care, handling, connection, liberty, lunging, rehabilitation, young horse training, and riding bitless and balanced.
BONUS Short Courses! Re-training the Traumatized Riding Horse.
Video Library with Free Group Coaching
$29 /
Month . Cancel Anytime
Hundreds of videos covering horse care, connection, relationship, liberty, lunging, young horse training, starts and restarts, rehabilitation (PTSD), problem solving, and riding bitless and balanced. Plus free group coaching sessions.
500+
VIDEOS
$29
PER MONTH
CANCEL ANYTIME
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YOUR COMPLETE PATHWAY
From Here to the Dream Riding Partnership
These three short courses and the 28-Day Challenge are designed as the gateway into the full Dream Riding Partnership Program — the world's only certification integrating nervous system science, classical horsemanship, and spiritual wisdom.
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Start Here
The Starter Bundle gives you the foundational philosophy, method, and daily practice to begin building real connection with your horse —
in 28 days.
Go Deeper
Continue with the full Dream Riding Partnership Program — from relationship, groundwork, and liberty through lunging, advanced riding,
problem-solving, and second-level dressage - bitless and balanced.
Become the Partner
Optional certification pathway. Become the horseperson your horse has always needed — and the trainer other horses and riders are waiting for.
REAL TRANSFORMATIONS
From Students Just Like You
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I spent eight years on clinics and video programs. Two months with Caroline and my horse willingly walked across a 10-acre field to meet me — every single day. I wept. Nothing else has come close to this.
SARAH M.
Level 2 Graduate · Warmblood Owner
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​I didn't expect to do nervous system work when I enrolled in a horsemanship program. But Caroline was right — my horse couldn't relax until I did. This framework changed everything. I wish I'd found it 15 years ago.
JENNA R.
Level 1 Graduate · OTTB Partner
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I've trained with major natural horsemanship names. Caroline's approach goes so much deeper. This is what those programs were always pointing toward but never fully delivered. This isn't just horsemanship. It's a way of being.
KATHERINE L.
Level 3 Student · 20+ Years Experience
Your Horse Has Always Been
Waiting for You to Arrive.
Not to manage them. Not to control them. To truly meet them — fully present, regulated, heart open, and ready for the most profound partnership of your life.