Energy On Line - Sept 2011
Basic Ground Work
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23m
Karen plays with a student's horse to demonstrate how to improve the conversations about Energy and Relaxation. These ingredients are necessary in order to begin to find the Sweet Spot. You will see how by just changing the horse's state of readiness and relaxation also changed his quality of gait. Karen believes that the concepts in this video address on of the most common issues she sees with horses of all levels: Horses that are either not fully committed to applying effort, OR are not fully relaxed, OR both
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