National School of Academic Equitation

Craig Stevens och Mary Anne Campbell
www.classical-equitation.com

To whom it concerns:
Lena Danius has completed extensive training with me at the National School of Academic Equitation in Snohomish, Washington state. She worked with me here for one full year previously, and returned this fall for an additional three months of advanced study. I also have the pleasure of instructing Ms. Danius when she studies with me in clinics in Sweden.
During her time here this fall she furthered her scholarly work studying Classical Equitation. She also practiced training techniques with both horses in training and school horses needing “tuning up”, and taught equitation to riding students at all level. She also completed a comprehensive course in creativity and attended a clinic in the work in hand. She acted as my assistant, keeping up with my horses in training when I was traveling.
Lena’s work here has been exemplary. She is a brilliant student with a conscientious and focused approach to learning equitation. She is a fine teacher whose students made real and lasting progress in the few months that she was here teaching. The horses she worked with were improving through her training. I am proud to count Lena as on of my students. She is a pleasure to work with and I would not hesitate to recommend Ms. Danius for any position working with horses or with students of the horse.
Sincerely yours,
Craig Stevens, Director
November 30, 2006


To whom it concerns:
Lena Danius has been here working with Craig Stevens for the last three months studying classical equitation, and during that time she has been helping out as his assistant trainer and our lead instructor.
I can not express clearly enough how graciously and effectively she stepped into the roll as lead instructor, very quickly winning both the hearts and the respect of our student riders – both the beginners and the very advanced riders alike. Her work with the horses in training was very effective, and our training clients quickly, and with good reason, felt comfortable and confident in her abilities as assistant trainer in Craig’s absence.
Lena will be a profound asset to any training or instruction barn that hires her, and I ca not recommend her highly enough to any prospective riding student. She is extremely knowledgeable about Classical Equitation, and well able to communicate the theory and understanding that she’s developed to her students. She also has a great sense of humor and a profound patience, which combined with a firm guiding intellect make the lessons fun, productive and interesting.
I would welcome her as a staff member at our farm any time she’s ready to return to the states.
Sincerely yours,
Mary Anne Campbell, Head of Administration
November 30, 2006