In Harmony With Horses

Maple Ridge Stable is an instructional, training and boarding facility located in Guilford, Vermont.

Heidi J. Potter
is a Level III Centered Riding Instructor and a
CHA Certified Master Level Riding Instructor, Clinician and Natural Horsemanship Trainer.

In Harmony With Horses
is an equine educational program created by Heidi Potter. The program is designed to help equestrians of
all levels improve relationships with their horses.

Heidi Potter is an experienced instructor, trainer and clinician. Her training as a Level III Centered Riding Instructor/Clinician enables her to help students of any discipline find improved balance, comfort and confidence in the saddle. Mindfulness is the key element of her program, "In Harmony With Horses". Students working with Heidi quickly learn how strongly their minds, bodies and emotions influence their horses. She is known and appreciated for her clear, kind and consistent training and teaching style.
Heidi Potter
Heidi Potter

Heidi truly helps improve her students' overall relationship with their horses by helping them understand things from the horse’s perspective. She gains many skills and insights from her experience as a Martial Artist and a Yoga practioner. Heidi is thankful to have studied under several wonderful teachers, including Sally Swift, the founder of Centered Riding©. As a CHA (Certified Horsemanship Association) Clinic Instructor who is certified at the Master Level, Heidi always puts an emphasis on safety whether working on the ground or in the saddle. She teaches, trains and conducts clinics throughout the country, as well as at her family's southern Vermont farm, Maple Ridge Stable.


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Look for Heidi's "Quiet Harmony" articles in the June and July/August editions of John Lyon's Perfect Horse Magazine. Visit Perfect Horse

Presenting at these 2008-2009 Events

Everything Equine Expo, April 26-27
Champlain Valley Fairgrounds, Essex Junction, Vermont

CHA International Conference, October 30-November 2
Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Kentucky

Centered Riding International Symposium, November 7-9 Red Roof Inn/Southmowing Stables, Brattleboro, Vermont

Rutgers University Educational Conference "Horses 2009"
March 28-29, 2009, Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ

Heidi will be presenting at each of these events. Come and learn from her mounted sessions and join in the fun of her unmounted workshops. Heidi's presentations have proven to be insightful, educational and fun. Her main focus is helping horse enthusiast use mindfulness as a means to improve their overall understanding of equine behavior. This gives them a clearer understanding of how much their mental, physical & emotional state effects the overall relationship they share with their horses, under saddle and on the ground.

Centered Riding Clinics with Heidi Potter
  • Centered Riding Open Jumping Clinic
    March 29-30, Fall Brook Stable, Taberg, NY more info
  • Centered Riding Multi-Discipline Open Clinic at Maple Ridge Stable
    August 9-10, Maple Ridge Stable, Guilford, VT more info
  • Centered Riding Multi-Discipline Open Clinic
    October 11-12, 4 Aces Farm, Fredericton, New Brunswick more info
  • Centered Riding Open Clinic
    November 22-23, Grahman Equestrian Center, Glen Arm, Maryland, more info

2008 Jon Ensign Clinics With Maple Ridge Stable

May 17 -19: Colt Starting & Restarting Clinic with Jon Ensign,
mornings 9:00-12:30 and
Horsemanship II Under Saddle with Jon Ensign, afternoons 1:30-5:00
Held at Maple Ridge Stable, Guilford, VT more info

June 23 -27: The Montana Ranch Experience
Held near Bozeman MT, more info

September 14. morning: Horsemanship Clinic with Jon Ensign
Groundwork for respect and communication. Held at the Putney Schoool more info

September 14-18 Private Sessions with Jon Ensign
more info

September 19-21: Trail Clinics with Jon Ensign
Held at Maple Ridge Stable, Guilford, VT
more info

 
Heidi and horse in training
A quiet exchange during training.
Heidi at CHA, Sept 06
Heidi at CHA International Conference
Above: Presentation at the CHA International Conference in Colorado
Jump Seat Position
Hands
Above: Jumping the Centered Riding way in Louisiana.

Keeping "centers' aligned through the turn.
Photo courtesy of Betsy Lynch / Perfect Horse Magazine
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Maple Ridge Stable
113 Stable Drive,
Guilford, VT 05301
802-380-3268; email potter5@sover.net