/ Your trainer teaches technique.
I help your body receive it.
More feel. Less interference.
More freedom in the saddle
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.
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.
The Inner Arena
Keep your riding 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
Train yourself for the feel you want.
Your physical preparation, mental focus and feel for your horse are all connected. So why train them separately?
The Scale Within brings them together in one 11-week yoga course designed around the training scale. Develop your body, sharpen your awareness and refine the subtlety of your aids, so you can ask for more while keeping the feel you work for.
Just 15–35 minutes per practice, at home, without your horse.
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 and your riding.
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