In this video, Karen coaches a person new to Dressage Naturally and Natural Horsemanship to find a more harmonious balance with her horse. She had spent over 15 years doing dressage and not being able to solve the problem of her horse pulling down very heavily in the contact. She said that her ot...

Watch as Karen coaches a rider through an exercise to give her a feeling of her horse becoming more engaged. This horse and rider have an excellent foundation and connection already, but the horse is built downhill, so when the rider tries to bring the horse up, they get stuck with a heavier cont...

This video shows you a 4-Step exercise that will help you check how much your seat connection works inside the connection with the reins. Sometimes it's easier to have a seat connection when riding with no reins, but it can be a challenge to keep that seat connection when the reins are there! Thi...

Karen rides Natilla to demonstrate a way she plays with developing more engagement during transitions from the collected walk. This will be good for anyone with Working Gaits that is working on Collectibility.

Watch as Karen coaches a student who is having trouble with a horse that is very good at running out his shoulders. The rider has a habit of using the inside rein in turns, and this only compounds the problem. The rider learns to guide the horse from the outside of his body, and the horse finds a...

Karen rides a student's horse to help her become lighter on the forehand. You will hear Karen as she narrates what she is doing in the moment. This technique can be very valuable for horses that tend to carry their necks low, but without good technique it can make horses want to pull down even mo...

Karen rides a student's horse to help her become more consistent in the contact and more 'through' in her top line. You will hear Karen as she narrates what she is doing in the moment. You will hear some of Karen's favorite analogies: The Wind In the Sail analogy and The Screen Door analogy. This...

Karen revisits two videos in the Classroom (Rebalancing Through Raising The Neck, and Improving Throughness For A Steadier Connection from June 2018)) and takes a closer look at why she chose to ride each one differently, and shows how they arrived to a similar positive result. You will see side ...

In this video, Karen plays with a Grand Prix dressage horse to change his first thoughts about the contact. He is recovering from an injury and is only allowed to walk. He shows a lot of defensive bracing that has become a habit. He has a new owner with very good hands so there is a great chance ...

This video continues from the video: First Thoughts About Contact with Victor (July 2018). He is a Grand Prix horse that has a lot of defensiveness around the contact. Here you will see Karen ride him in a way to help him dissolve the brace and begin to trust the contact again. He is recovering f...

In this video, you will see the same view as Karen as she does Half Passes. This is a sequel to the July 2018 video: Rider's Eye View Of Lateral Positions. Karen will narrate as she demonstrates how to position the half pass in the arena, and will show the most common mistakes people make. If you...

Karen will share a way of improving your position, especially in order to increase stability and engagement. If you tend to be on the 'floppier' side of things, or if you are looking to develop your skills for riding in an engaged way, then you will love this simple-to-remember concept. Make sure...

In this video, you will see Karen describe how she holds the reins, including the Fillis style. She will describe what she is doing with her hands when she shortens and lengthens her reins. You will see this all from the same perspective you get when you are riding!

Karen answers a very common question: 'How do you transition to riding bitless?'. Karen explains why you may want to try it, and how to set yourself up for success doing it. This video is excellent for anyone who has wanted to explore bitless but wasn't sure how to begin.

Karen rides her horse, Hot Shot, to demonstrate stretching at the canter. She explains when it is a good or not good idea to do it, how to play with it in small degrees, and how to use it as a tool for getting more power and volume in the canter. This video is great for anyone playing with improv...

Watch as Karen coaches two students to find a better connection and throughness in their working gaits. Both students were working much harder than they needed to. When Karen reminds them to focus on finding the sweet spot of the horse's balance, and in being more neutral they find and can mainta...

You will probably remember this as the 'Oops I dropped the reins' video ... Karen demonstrates a quick and effective exercise to help a student and her horse find more harmony together while riding. Sometimes on our way to finding a soft connection, it can start to feel stuck or like you and your...

Karen talks while she rides Hot Shot to demonstrate how she combines stretchability and collectibility in order to increase the quality of gaits and gymnastic ability of her horse. So many riders struggle with trying to develop collection without getting tightness in the back, and stretchability ...

Karen rides a student’s horse. The student sometimes feels some brace and it was interfering with their canter work. Karen got on to have a feel during a clinic. This is a great video to just see and hear what Karen does to find the sweet spot on a horse she has not ridden before. There is nothin...

Karen gives you 3 Questions to ask yourself that will refine your circles. This short video will give you an easy-to-remember exercise that you can use to take your circles and bending lines from 'good' to 'great'. It will help you keep more consistency in the connection, more lightness and balan...

In this short video, Karen gives you 3 easy-to-remember and powerful questions to ask yourself when you are playing with increasing the level of engagement in your horse. These questions can be used to bring your horse up off the forehand, or to increase collectibility in a horse that is already ...

This is a follow up with the horse Karen rode in the video: Riding Through Brace. The owner and her horse made a lot of progress since June, but they still had some residual bracing in the contact. Since the balance and communication in general was good, Karen shows them a rein technique that spe...

Karen helps a student with her athletic, sensitive, and flexible horse. This type of horse can be challenging to organize, but Karen helps her through several different exercises to help them untangle themselves and find a sweet spot for the working gaits.

Karen plays with three horses to demonstrate ways to think about better posture and 'throughness' when playing on long lines.