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Meadowlark is currently home to two quality riding lesson programs, Kay Schlemmer's JKS Equine and Emily Jenkins' The Mindful Rider, under which Andrea Roraback is assistant instructor.
Friends since childhood, Kay and Emily have owned and run Meadowlark Equine LLC together since 2014. Prior to starting the boarding business, however, each had taught riding lessons for many years. Their lesson programs are run separately, but they often collaborate to improve educational experiences for their students. Each trainer has their own personally owned string of well-trained school horses.
In 2021, Emily was happy to introduce long-time student Andrea Roraback into her program as her official assistant instructor!
For more information on individual programs, please see below. For lesson inquiries, school horses, pricing, and scheduling, contact Kay, Emily, or Andrea directly for information on their individual programs.
***Please note that all instructors are most easily reached via email, and may take some time to respond. They each have long and often challenging schedules, so please be respectful of their time. Drop-in visits are NOT permitted, as they can present a safety hazard for those riding. ***
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Kay Schlemmer, of JKS Equine, teaches horseback riding lessons to ages ten and up. She specializes in dressage-based english lessons, but also includes horsemanship, obstacle courses, games, and cavaletti in lessons to keep them fun and fresh. Her lessons are designed to teach confidence, balance, and partnership to both children and adults.
Kay strives to give students a well rounded horseback education that involves learning both on and off the horse. Ridden lessons will be based in classical dressage techniques. Lessons on the ground will focus on brush, tacking, handling, and caring for horses. Students will also have the opportunity to learn horse medical triage, longeing, natural horsemanship, and other horse maintenance that is often not covered in tradition lessons. Kay believes that all forms of horseback riding are based on a solid foundation of time honored techniques and a passion for horses.
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Emily Jenkins, of The Mindful Rider, has been training and teaching for over 25 years. Her background and passion is French classical dressage, with focus on the horse and rider relationship. Emily's primary focus in lessons with her students is the biomechanics of horse and rider, and she works carefully with students to find and correct areas of tension and resistance in their relationship with their horses, whether physical, mental or emotional.
She works primarily with adults, and a unique facet of her program focuses on adults who are returning to riding after some time away (life, kids, family, illness, work, etc.) Rekindling a passion such as riding should be rewarding for all involved!
**Please note that Emily has made the decision to downsize her lesson program, and is not currently accepting new students. If you would like to be added to her wait list, you may email Emily about lessons at: EMJequine@gmail.com
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