Karen demonstrates how the basics of foundation are carried forward as you begin DN posture exercises. She shows how 'Freestyle' can fit inside the 'finesse'. This video is excellent for any rider who is playing with the exercises of D,N and is wondering how it fits with their foundation

In this discussion, Karen describes 4 of the basic postures you and your horse can be in. The more you understand the difference, the clearer your intention and your horse's success will be. You will also learn how to combine 2 of the postures to create the Working Gaits!

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In this powerful video Karen explores the Big Picture of communication with your horse, from the first goal of creating 'comfortable transportation' and how to take it forward into more complex, refined communication. The emphasis is on clarity and being able to be quiet and neutral. First she wi...

In this video, Karen teaches a dressage student with a beautiful warmblood how to create a more balanced posture and positive connection by focusing on Poll High and Self Carriage. This video will show the power of these priorities, and will give you a very beautiful horse to watch

In this video Karen plays with a student's horse, Walter, on line to effect his State Of Mind. She effects his state of mind by being particular about simple responses and expecting full mental engagement. You will see that by focusing on this, the horse changes his posture!
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In this video Karen describes what she does with Ovation in a typical week in order to keep him happy, fit, and healthy. As horses get older it can be confusing about what or how much to do with them. Of course every horse is different, but Karen thought it would be helpful to see what she does w...

This is a video of a clinic Karen taught at the Western States Horse Expo. The goal of the session is to give riders more confidence as they seek to make improvements in how their horses move. This video has an in-depth discussion (you might want to take notes) followed by the first rider. You ca...

Karen explains how they are trying to improve a horse's throughness and the swinging of his back by improving his energy. The plan is to highlight his commitment to effort through simple patterns and transition. These are simple exercises for a common issue!
This video is excellent for anyone who...

This is a video of the second half of a clinic Karen taught at the Western States Horse Expo. One rider focused on alignment at the canter, and the other helped to improve sticky-down transitions.

Karen describes and demonstrates a technique she uses to develop greater self-carriage and to dissolve tension. She rides two horses to show different versions and different degrees of refinement of this same concept. This video is excellent for riders of all levels.

Karen teaches a student who has a lovely connection with her horse, but she loves the stretch and gets a bit low in her working gaits. In this video you will get some great theory, and will see the student quickly put it into practice!
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This is a video of a demonstration Karen did for the Artistic Dressage Symposium hosted by the Baroque Equestrian Games & Institute. Karen rides Natilla bridleless to show how much one can improve the posture and balance of the horse without using reins. Even if you never ride without something o...

In this video, Karen will show how to improve your horse’s posture in the stretched and working gaits without relying on the reins. Karen will show how to create the stretch, and then bring it up into the working gaits. This is a great exercise for anyone who wants to improve their connection wit...

In this video Karen coaches a professional (and DN student) with a young horse who shows some anxiety about the contact with the reins. He tends to curl up and lower his neck, while getting ‘balled up’ in his body. She says relaxing and letting the reins go longer hasn’t helped him. He seems to g...

In this video, Karen coaches a student and her new horse to find more alignment on the circle as a way to improve his general thoroughness. The student reports that he can be quite heavy in the contact on one rein. You will see how to apply spiraling in and out in a way that will help the horse b...

In this video, Karen coaches a student and her new horse to find a better connection from the inside hind to the outside shoulder by using the hindquarter yield in motion. Karen does this exercise with this horse because he is very different one side to the other. This exercise will be the "medic...

In this video Karen gives you three key questions to ask yourself when riding shoulder-in. These questions will help you achieve a higher quality shoulder in, instead of just ‘getting it done’. This is for riders and horses who are already confident doing a recognizable shoulder in. It will make ...

In this video, Karen coaches a student through exercises to improve her medium canter. This horse needs more power and scope in the medium, yet at the same time, he can overreact to the aids. Karen shows them a way to develop the medium canter so he becomes both more bold and smoother.

This video shows a Masterclass Karen taught at the 2024 Iberian Horse Showcase at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala. The topic was An Introduction to Bridleless Riding. Karen talks about why you want to do it, and how you can start to ride bridleless even with a bridle on. She also shows a fav...

In this video, we take a close up look at throughness and what it looks like in motion. You’ll see clips from a lesson I took on Ovation with Luis Lucio where he had me do a technique of his. I am experimenting with a different bit on Ovation and I am quite happy with how he likes it. Typically h...

In this short video, we will look at a way to ride corners so it builds higher degrees of collectibility. You will also see how you can take that feeling and begin to ask for that higher engagement without the corner. This is a great video if you are ready to either start collection or to take it...

In this exercise, you will see Karen ride a shoulder- in to canter exercise from the Baroque Equestrian Games & Institute (BEGI). You will see her ride it once, with quite nice results, and then she will repeat it with some coaching from Bruno Gonzales (co-createor of BEGI). You will see how, in ...

This video pulls out some of the concepts behind many of Karen’s exercises, particularly from the video: Empower Your Rider Position. These concepts apply to how to train your horse. Once you know these concepts, you will start to notice them being used in many of Karen’s videos, even if she does...

In this video, I show three variations of an exercise to help build the ingredients you and your horse need to ride excellent turns. In a nice turn, your horse will carve the turn with their outside shoulder and will stand up away from the inside. They will 'fill up' the outside rein without bulg...