Join the Swelling Ranks of Centered Riding® Instructors

The demand for Centered Riding® Instructors is growing steadily with requests for instructors coming into the website from around the world. Become a Centered Riding Instructor and learn how to use Centered Riding® techniques to help your students become effective riders more quickly – and the horses really love it!

Pre-requisites:

• Minimum of 18 years of age is required
• Have taught riding for a minimum of one year (for pay or not)
• Have ridden in a minimum of one Centered Riding Open Clinic (recommended) or as a student rider in a Centered Riding Instructors’ Course (or Update Clinic) provided endorsement is obtained from the Level IV Instructor of that Course or have a recommendation from a Level III or IV Centered Riding® Instructor after taking a minimum of six lessons .
• Use our Clinic Search Form to find a suitable clinic
• Must be able to ride effectively in good balance at the walk, trot, canter or lope (including basic lateral work) with contact/connection to the bit as appropriate for the discipline
• Accommodations for disabled instructors will be made on a case by case basis but candidate must be able to show that they have riding experience at the level required for Level I Instructors
• Must have read the Policies and Procedures (they are on our website and available from our office office@centeredriding.org)
• Must be able to demonstrate safe teaching practices
• Must have a current First Aid + CPR Certificate

Centered Riding® Instructors’ Course

Only Level IV Centered Riding® Instructors teach the Instructors’ program. The course size is limited to a maximum of 12 student instructors. The Level IV Clinician is required to have an assistant if there are more than six student instructors taking the course. The course is taught worldwide.

The course format is two clinics with Part 1 being 3 days and Part 2 is 4 days with 4-8 weeks between the two parts. To complete the program, Candidates may only miss one-half day of the 7 days. For successful completion of the course, Candidates must demonstrate that they both understand and can apply the principles of Centered Riding® to both their riding and teaching.

• Part 1 (3 days) covers Centered Riding® Inc.’s Policies and Procedures, how to teach Centered Riding techniques, un-mounted and mounted awareness exercises, mounted lessons and discussion time.
• Part 2 (4 days) includes a review of Part 1, practice teaching, new un-mounted and mounted awareness exercises, mounted lessons and discussion time.

On successful completion of the Course

• You will receive a certificate stating that you have qualified as a Centered Riding Level I Instructor (mailed from the office)
• You will receive your orange Centered Riding Instructor’s Record Book from the course Clinician
• You are entitled to advertise yourself as a Level I Centered Riding® Instructor and that you teach using Centered Riding® techniques
• You will be listed in both our Annual Directory and on our Website
• To remain current you must pay your dues annually and participate in a Centered Riding® Instructor Update Clinic within two years of the Course and then in accordance with our updating policy