Three Years of PIB

Today marks three years of the PIB Membership.

Three years ago, this space started quietly — with a small group of people, a shared curiosity, and the wish to look a little closer at what really helps horses move, carry themselves, and stay well over time.

Since then, PIB has evolved step by step. What began mainly on Facebook has grown into a structured members area on the website, with a dedicated video library, clearer organization, and formats that allow for depth and continuity. Along the way, a lot of behind-the-scenes work happened — not to grow faster, but to support the learning process more cleanly and sustainably.

What has stayed remarkably constant, though, is the community itself. The number of members has remained largely stable over the years. And when someone needed to leave, it was almost always for life reasons: a horse growing old, a horse passing away, priorities shifting, or financial situations changing. That, to me, feels like a healthy sign — of a space that serves people while they are in it, and lets them go with respect when life changes.

I’m deeply grateful to those of you who have been here from the very beginning — which is, in fact, the majority of the group. Your horses, your questions, your videos, your struggles and breakthroughs have shaped this space just as much as my ideas have. PIB has never been a one-way street.

Over the past three years, this shared work has taken many forms:

• around 36 monthly challenges,

• 36 theory lectures,

• close to 200 review classes, including voice-overs as an alternative format,

• ongoing training inspiration drawn from my own horses,

• and, alongside all of that, 89 blog posts where I tried to process, reflect on, and put words to what I was seeing again and again.

  
  

These numbers aren’t milestones to me.

They simply reflect how much observing, questioning, refining, and learning has happened — across many different horses, people, and situations.

At the same time, it’s important to say that it has never been about quantity.

Especially when it comes to practical training spots, the focus has always been on quality — on really seeing the individual horse, working with detail, responsibility, and continuity, rather than rotating through as many combinations as possible. Fewer spots, more depth. Less rush, more clarity.

A large part of my own development over these three years happened through writing and structuring what emerged from practice. Many insights first found their way into blog posts — as thoughts in motion, not final answers. And over time, a pattern became clear: certain questions, themes, and gaps kept returning, regardless of discipline, level, or horse type.

This is where the new eBook comes in.

The upcoming eBook is not a classical theory book — and it’s not meant to replace good basics.

It’s a collection of challenges, carefully embedded in the theory that’s needed to understand why they work and what they reveal. The intention is to offer something practical to hold in your hands: a way to bring more curiosity, variety, and fresh thinking into everyday training routines — while gently pointing the nose back to missing basics when something doesn’t quite add up.

It’s meant as an invitation:

to look again,

to play with structure,

to notice patterns,

and to keep the horse thinking, searching, and staying engaged.

As PIB turns three, it feels right to try and bring this project to completion during the birthday month — not as a celebration of output, but as a reflection of what this space has grown into.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey so far — whether for a short while or from the very beginning.PIB continues to be shaped by the horses, the questions, and the quiet work in between.

And I’m very much looking forward to what continues to unfold. 🌿