Transform Your Riding with Positively Dressage
Certified Rider Biomechanics Instructor, Suzanne Galdun
Suzanne is one of only thirteen rider biomechanics coaches in the US currently accredited by Mary Wanless in her Ride With Your Mind method, and has been studying under Mary for over 12 years. Based in the suburbs of Chicago, IL, Suzanne has become a highly sought after clinician herself, teaching all levels of riders and horses, helping riders make small changes in their body to facilitate positive change in the horse.
While staying accessible to the local grass roots dressage community, Suzanne also coaches international FEI riders such as Lauren Sprieser and Jessica Jo Tate, as well as many of their students in clinics. Lauren notes that Suzanne’s teaching is “exceptional, accessible to all levels of rider, and intensely valuable to riders and auditors alike.” JJ has had Suzanne as a guest on her podcast and Facebook live discussions, connecting Suzanne’s style of teaching with her own classical training background. In 2024 and 2025, Suzanne and JJ co-taught symposiums together in west Michigan, combining their wisdom for effective rider coaching and horse training, to rave reviews from both riders and auditors.
Suzanne has a keen eye, and can quickly discern what challenges are most important for a rider to address so that training goals for the horse can be more easily achieved. With exercises, images, and hands-on resistances, Suzanne is truly able to teach riders sensory specific feelings that they can then apply in motion in the saddle. Her clinics are fun and engaging for all levels of participants, whether riding or auditing. In 2023, Suzanne was a featured presenter at Equine Affaire Ohio, presenting both riding clinics and unmounted interactive lectures which were very well received.
Suzanne is passionate about sharing her knowledge and experience with other riders and coaches, and often partners with other professionals, coming in as a second set of eyes to approach rider issues from a different perspective. A former NARHA certified therapeutic riding instructor, she also has presented multiple clinics at PATH therapeutic centers, including a regional conference in 2025. These clinics have been crafted to help therapeutic riding instructors incorporate rider biomechanics and equine posture analysis into their everyday work. She continues to study with Mary Wanless as well as pursuing further education in related fields such as hoof care and human and equine anatomy and physiology, in order to continue adding more tools to the tool box she has developed.
