When riding is consensual, your horse wants you, respects you and
keeps you safe.
The only Horse-Human Training System Based on Spirituality, Relationship, and Choice.
A groundbreaking approach to developing horses and humans together from the inside out, ground to riding, start to finish, rehab to recovery, novice to pro.
This is no ordinary program. It is an extraordinary process, producing extraordinary results.
My MasteryMembership Riding Foundation Program offers it all. It is the only comprehensive, inclusive, and versatile horse-human developmental system designed to teach horse owners how to develop themselves and their horsemanship together – as one – in relationship, thought and movement.
It is a roadmap specifically designed to guide you and your horse as you develop the relationship and ride of your dreams together.
With a focus on developing relationships, trust, and choice with horses, you learn how to develop and train horses through a heart-mind-body centered training called Tao of Horsemanship – a training system I pioneered in 2008.
This is a magical experience, creating a way of Being and doing together for both that is easy, stress-free, and harmonious. This is also what makes my program work for all horses and riders.
The success of my program also lies in the level of education and design of the curriculum. The education is comprehensive, and deeply layered, offering a training curriculum that is well-rounded, holistic, classically principled, evidence based and progressive.
When woven together they create the elements necessary to developing horses and people to their fullest potential, easily, naturally, and harmoniously from the inside out, ground to riding, start to finish, rehab to recovery, novice to pro.
Reimagine horse training…
Create the relationship and ride of your dreams with your horse today!
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Upon payment you receive immediate access to everything, and a personal email from Caroline inviting you to schedule an introduction and walk-through.
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This mindful and heart-based approach is the holy grail to achieving
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What's Included:
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Immediate, 24/7, LIFETIME Access
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Welcome and Intro Section
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13-page table of contents
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30-minute, 1-on-1 Intro call with Caroline
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Over 500 instructional videos
- Study Guides/Tutorial/Workbook
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Practice Worksheets
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Private Facebook group and weekly Q&A
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Online Community & Support
Core Curriculum (12 courses)
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Course 1: Spirituality of Horsemanship
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Chakra Conscious & Energy Work
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Course 2: Tao Method
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Art of Lunging Explained
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Course 3: Problem Solving Strategies
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Course 4: Holistic Horse Care & Wellness Guide
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Course 5: Connection & Communication 3-Day Workshop
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Course 6: Art of Connected Riding 2-Day Clinic
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Course 7: Contact & Suppling Course
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Course 8: Topline & Saddle Fitting Course
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Course 9: Re-starting the Traumatized Horse Short Course
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Course 10: Starting the Young Horse Short Course
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Course 11: Supplemental Reading
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Course 12: Recorded Q&A webinars – over 100 hours
I’m Caroline Beste of the Tao of Horsemanship. I help students worldwide develop the relationship and ride of their dreams with their horse. This is achieved through a holistic, methodical, and evidence-based approach to horse development, training and problem-solving.
My method fuses together the principles and teachings, of classical horsemanship, working equitation, evidence-based horsemanship, Tai Chi and Taoism. When woven together with a holistic approach to development and problem solving, you have the elements needed to develop horses and people to their fullest potential easily, naturally, and in true harmony.
From a lifetime of study, I have developed a complete training system that works for all horses and riders. I call it the MasteryMembership Riding Foundation Program. It’s an online apprenticeship program designed to teach you everything I know about developing horses from the inside out, ground to riding, start to finish, rehab to recovery and novice to performance.
The key to my world-class success is my emphasis on relationships before training, connection before mechanics and foundation. When you nurture relationships and connection, you not only develop a happy, loving, consensual partnership with horse, you make training easy, enjoyable, and lasting.
This is why it works for all horses and riders. It doesn’t matter where you are in your horsemanship journey and education... My program is the foundation for all disciplines and equestrian activities.
In the end, foundation means forever and when it’s solid, you have a partnership for life and a horse that can do anything and is happy to do what you ask. Start your foundation training today!
May you always be one with your horse,
Caroline Beste
No more wasting your time, your money, and your relationship on training
that isn’t good for you and isn’t going to work.
Invest in my program and you will be making the Beste investment in you,
your horsemanship, and your future together.
What’s Included
There are over 500 lessons with 300 video lessons within the first four courses that make up the core curriculum. These lessons provide you with the key building blocks needed to develop the safest and most solid relationship, liberty, ground, lunging and riding foundation.
Each lesson has been designed as a building block for the next to follow,
creating both a progressive training system and personally transformational journey – all wrapped up into one educational program!
In addition to the hundreds of step-by-step video lessons, you receive the following:
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Welcome Section
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Table of Contents, 13-pages - it’s that huge!
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Written Tutorial/Workbook
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Practice/Work Sheets
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Supplemental Reading Material/Articles by Leading professionals
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2-years of Weekly Recorded Q&A Webinars & Table of Contents
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Short Courses
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Unedited Clinics
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Problem Solving Courses
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Private Facebook Group – join students of like-mind from around the World!
1st Course: Discovering the Spirituality of Horsemanship - the foundation for everything possible!
The Spirituality of Horsemanship is the foundation of Caroline’s work and is designed to teach you how to work in harmony with your horse using the power of intention, energy, and synchronized movement.
This is how you develop a confident, connected, and balanced horse through relationship, energy awareness, and synchronized movement exercises.
The skills you develop in this course will become the relationship that binds you and your horse in everything you do, most importantly as you learn to work together and as one.
It is also about emotional agility and self-regulation and teaches you how to create ease, flow and calm within you and your horse.
Whether you are starting a weanling, developing a young horse, re-training an older horse or rehabilitating, this course will show you how to develop them, or rebuild them, and most of all create the most amazing relationship and consensual partnership.
So, no more fighting, forcing, coercion or excessive pressure to make your horse do what you want!
2nd Course: Tao Training Method - developing you and your horse from ground to riding as one.
This course is the most comprehensive and expands on the first course, diving deeper, offering a plethora of knowledge, principles, science, skills, and building blocks.
Here is where you learn how to maintain and nurture the relationship, mindfulness and connection developed in course one, applying it to the technical and mechanical aspects of training. These lessons create the level of ground and riding foundation we need to feel safe and solid.
There are 12 modules, and 7 core areas of study within each offering over 200 step-by-step video lessons total. This course is where you will learn how to train your horse, teaching you the “how to” of developing any horse – from young horses to starting and re-starting, rehabilitation to second level dressage.
Caroline has developed thousands of horses using this program and has carefully and strategically designed this course to include the areas needed to develop together, as one, from ground to riding – bitless and balanced.
3rd Course: Problem Solving Strategies - strategies designed to help you better understand and work together.
The Problem-solving Strategy course not only provides you with more insight and education, but it also shows you how to resolve some of the most difficult challenges that arise when learning and training.
This course is broken down into 6 areas and follows my curriculum so that you have both support and strategies to resolve some of the most challenging situations.
There are multiple training videos within each area, providing you with more understanding, an intelligent perspective into the mind and behaviors of the horses as well as innovative tactics to solving some of the most common and difficult training problems.
In addition to the amount of information presented within each, you will learn the necessary skill sets and strategies to unlock old, negative behaviors while creating new and positive change within you and your horse.
4th Course: Holistic Horse Care & Wellness Guide - a holistic approach to your horse’s health, care & well-being.
This guide offers a holistic perspective and approach to horse’s care, health, wellness, and well-being. Caroline provides you with personal experience and time-tested results ranging from all-natural nutrition, saddle fitting, farrier to chiropractic, lameness, nutrition, equine emotions, transportation and trailering and so much more!
Oh, There's Even More!
These courses dive in deep also! Teaching you how to apply what you are learning in the program.
Connection & Communication
3-day Workshop
Art of Connected Riding Clinic, 2 day Course
Art of Lunging Explained
Restarting the Traumatized Horse Course
Chakra System & Meditation Course
And there are Bonuses!
That's right, we're not done yet! The following bonuses are included:
24/7 Lifetime Access - Immediate Access to Everything! Download the app to have it with you all of the time!
1-on-1 Introductory Call with Caroline
Learn how to use the program so that you can get the most out of it right away!
Weekly Q&A Webinars
(Over 100 hours of in-depth discussion, answers, wisdom and inspiration)
Caroline Beste
Founder, Teacher & Experiential Guide
Caroline Beste is an International Clinician, Equine Relationship Specialist, Intuitive Horsewoman, Working Equitation Instructor, and Rehab and Riding
Foundation Master.
She is globally recognized for her intuitive and holistic approach to teaching horse owners how to develop themselves while developing the relationship and ride of their dreams with horses.
For almost two decades, Caroline has brought her highly successful methods to thousands of horses and people from varying disciplines and backgrounds, helping them develop liberty, ground, lunging, Riding as One, and rehabilitation with horses through relationship, understanding, mutual respect and consensual partnership.
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Will more lessons or courses be added in the future?New lessons are added to the program each year, and in the form of a closer perspective, or break down, of the lessons already provided. The weekly, and monthly, private webinars also offer a plethora of new information, insight and problem solving.
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How long will it take me to develop my horse’s ground and riding skills using your program?For the average horse owner, who owns 1-3 horses, you can satisfactorily complete the entire program in 2 years. This means you would need to work 3-5 sessions a week and with the easiest horse first. The more challenging the horse, the more you will need to learn and know. The program offers it all and in stages. First, you must learn the basics, which the program teaches you. Once you develop the first level of foundation, you can dive deeper into the lessons and method, learning what you need to specialize in rehabbing and retraining the challenged and challenging horse.
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Does this program work with traditional training and disciplines?Not really. The program offers a completely new and different methodology to developing horses with a focus on ethical, pain-free training, building blocks, compassion, patience, and consensual partnership.
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Does this program work for older horses?Yes. While some older horses are jaded and can take longer to learn new ways of being, doing and perceiving, some learn faster, it just depends on the horse’s nature and nurture, experience, temperament and learned behaviors. The program teaches you how to figure all of this out.
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What is the difference between your program and a course about horsemanship?My program is so comprehensive, thorough, and progressive, it is like going to college or a university. While it focuses on horsemanship, it includes all aspects of horse-human personal, mental, and physical well-being and development. The program is also Caroline’s apprenticeship program and designed to teach students everything she knows about horses including the care of, handling, maintenance, psychology, behavior, relationship, liberty training, lunging, biomechanics, and riding. Whereas a course is an 8–12-week intensive study. You can’t cover everything needed in that amount of time. To begin with, the program combines the teachings of the masters in Classical Horsemanship, Taoism and Tai Chi, developing horse and human from the inside out, ground to riding, start to finish, rehab to recovery. It’s core values and teachings focus on relationship, communication, and consensual partnership. There’s nothing more magical than to develop together with your horse, in true unity, all the way from beginning to Grand Prix. If you’ve been searching for a proven, holistic, and science-based training system that will develop you and your horse’s potential, this program is for you.
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Does this program offer certification?The MasteryMembership Riding Foundation Program is an apprenticeship program for students wanting to become certified. Passing the program with excellence is the first step to achieving certification at the foundation level. Should you be interested in more information, please contact caroline@taoofhorsemanship.com.
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Does this program work for all horses and riders?Yes. The program is about foundation and finesse. When you have a solid and correct educational foundation, you and your horse can maintain and progress easily. Without a solid foundation you will have gaps, holes, stagnation, and continued challenges. The program accomplishes this by combining the core teachings of Classical Horsemanship, Taoism and Tai Chi. When combined the following philosophies and practices create what we all seek in ourselves and in our equine partners: a well-adjusted, well-balanced, confident, and agile learner and athlete.
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Can I use this course to re-train or rehabilitate a horse?Yes. The program focuses on teaching you how to assess, learn and rebuild your horse while developing a safe and solid ground and riding foundation.
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Do you have certified instructors?No, not currently. The program is still relatively new. Caroline Beste is the only person certified to teach in her method.
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Can I start a young horse or weanling with this program?Yes. The program begins with bonding rituals, relationship building, developing authentic connection and conversation. These areas create the foundation of trust and confidence needed in our young horses to be confident and open learners moving forward.
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What type of access do I have?You have lifetime access which means you have access 365 days a year, 24/7. You also can access the program from any device, anytime and anywhere there is reliable internet.
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How does this program work for show horses?While the program can enhance any performance horse and rider, it’s core beliefs and practices are not aligned with traditional training methods. It is an ethical and compassionate training program and does not endorse pain, pressure and release tactics, excessive aids, bits, spurs, or force when training or developing horses as professional athletes and performers.
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