/ Your trainer teaches technique.
I help your body receive it.
Feel your horse move. Feel yourself ride.
Somatic coaching for serious riders who want more freedom in their bodies, more feel in the saddle and a horse that can respond to softer, clearer aids.
The moment your horse softens through the back. The canter becomes easier to sit. Your leg rests quietly, your hands follow, and you can feel the movement underneath you without working so hard to make it happen.
This is the quality of riding I help you develop.
I’m Caroline Gaya. After seventeen years in Grand Prix stables, I understand what your trainer is asking for. My work is to help your body become available to it, so you can feel more, interfere less and discover what becomes possible between you and your horse.
My book on yoga for riders is being published by the German Equestrian Federation.
Not sure where to start? Start with the free kit.
Testimonials
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Hi Caro:) I just wanted to say thank you for all the amazing work you do, your video's and your inner precision kit have helped me so incredibly much, I went from having panic attacks inside the show arena, to now feeling connected to my horse and confidence in my riding. And today I qualified for the national championship in Norway! I strongly believe that I couldn't have done it without your guidance thank you.
Norwegian Young Rider
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I have had the pleasure of working with Caro for over a year, and what began as yoga and riding coaching has grown into a truly holistic coaching journey, touching my riding, my body, and how I show up in life. Caro supports me always with a depth of wisdom and care that is rare to find. Through her guidance, I have learned to regulate my nervous system, which has had a profound impact on my riding, allowing me to connect with my horses in ways I hadn’t thought possible. I am deeply grateful for our collaboration and for the wealth of knowledge Caro so generously shares. Her understanding of both horses and people is truly extraordinary
Nadine - Switzerland
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This changed things for me. I qualified for Nationals and moved up to PSG. Thank you.
Italian Young Rider
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My seat is just finding its full range and my articulation of different aids is starting to be clearer to my horse. He has always known, instinctively. It’s up to me to catch up.
TikTok
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You are so far out. You should know I listen to your meditation every day. It is helping me beyond belief. Thank you and I would love to meet you some day.”
Free Kit
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Caroline is a kind and attentive person with advanced technical knowledge. Absolutely fantastic in her approach to both human and horse
Céline - Spain
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Since I started listening to you two months ago, my horse has improved… I’ve improved. You’re an angel sent from heaven.
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The Inner Arena
Keep your feel when it counts.
You know the feeling when everything comes together at home. Your horse is with you, the movements flow and you can feel what is happening underneath you.
Then you arrive at a show, and you lose part of it.
Your breathing gets shallower. Your hands become fixed. Your seat grips when you want to follow.
The Inner Arena helps you work with those reactions throughout competition week, from the night before you leave to your last class on Sunday.
Six short audios and a competition week guide to help you arrive, prepare and ride with more of yourself available to your horse.
€108 | Yours to keep
The ScaleWithin
Give your body the freedom your horse needs.
A softer back. A seat that follows. A leg that can give an aid without gripping. Hands that can stay connected without holding.
These qualities matter in your horse’s training. They matter in your own body, too.
The Scale Within is an 11-week yoga course for riders, built around the six elements of the dressage training scale: rhythm, suppleness, contact, impulsion, straightness and collection.
Through practices of 15 to 35 minutes, you’ll develop your own mobility, coordination and awareness, and explore how those qualities translate into the saddle.
Solo: €247 | Self-paced
Guided: €532 | Includes three 60-minute coaching sessions
Private Coaching
Ready to change what keeps repeating?
You know there’s more available to you. More feel. More freedom. More trust in yourself and your horse.
Imagine riding without the familiar tension taking over. Staying open when the pressure rises. Feeling a movement unfold beneath you, responding with clarity, and discovering that the riding you’ve been working towards is becoming your way of riding.
Together, we work with your body, your nervous system and the patterns that shape how you experience yourself, your riding and your life.
So you can meet the moments that used to pull you back with more freedom, presence and choice.
€1,125 | Three months of private coaching
One path, different starting points
Ride the way you do at home, when it counts.
Your horse feels different at shows. You want to stay connected, trust your training and enjoy your riding when the pressure rises.
Start with The Inner Arena.
Find more feel in your riding.
More suppleness in your body. A quieter leg. A seat that follows. A connection that feels easier to maintain.
Start with The Scale Within.
Ready to change what keeps repeating?
You know what you’re capable of, but something keeps pulling you back into familiar reactions. Let’s work together on what happens in your body, your riding and beyond.
Explore Private Coaching.