This video explains, in a nutshell, one of the most important concepts in the Dressage Naturally program: The Basic Alignment Exercise. Karen uses a clear visual example to explain it. This exercise is key to breaking free of trying to ‘hold your horse straight’ or ‘hold the bend on’ with stronge...

In this video, you will watch a lesson I took with Luis Lucio on Solana. He had me do an exercise where I wore a metronome and had to keep exactly on the beat. The goal was to build engagement without adding more aids, and to increase her stamina to sustain it. It was a fun lesson, and deceptivel...

It's so important to give your horses breaks during their training sessions. There are different ways to give breaks! This video discusses some different ways you can give your horse a break and helps you figure out which one to give in different moments.

This video is from a clinic I co-taught with Sarah Martin and continues from the previous video: Importance Of Relaxation with Sarah Martin. In this video we look more at one of the introverted, 'behind the leg' horses in the clinic and play with concepts and strategies for building a more cooper...

This is a moment from a clinic I co-taught with dressage trainer, Sarah Martin. Sarah started the clinic by explaining the importance of allowing the horse to relax in a natural way, and how that effects the posture in a way that will benefit us in our dressage practice. We'll also start a discus...

Your Guest Presenter is Sylvia Vitazkova Ph.D, CYT. You can learn more about her at Inbodiedliving.org. This video shows Sylvia leading a session to a group of students at one of Karen’s clinics in The Temenos. This video is edited so you can follow along and participate in the experience.

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Taking your horse off the property (especially for a competition or clinic) can sometimes be more ‘exciting’ than you want it to be. In this video, Karen gives some advice for how to set yourself up for success. Many people want a ‘magic exercise’ to ask the horse to do when he is distracted, ina...

Certified Horse Behavior Consultant, Sharon Madere demonstrates some of the techniques she discussed in the video: Avoiding The Cookie Monster with Sharon Madere Part 1.
You will see her show you how to set the horse up to keep his head straight ahead when receiving treats (instead of mugging you...

Karen speaks with Certified Horse Behavior Consultant, Sharon Madere (who we met in the October 2016 videos). In this video, she discusses how to avoid creating a ‘Cookie Monster’ if you use treats for rewards. This is something many students ask me about. Sharon will give you many things to thin...

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 ...

Karen shares her thoughts, and expands on some things covered in her lesson on Ovation with Luis this month. She’ll talk about why she chose this movement to work on, the challenges she had riding it, how she dealt with moments of confusion, and what helped things improve. She’ll also expand on L...

Karen pulls out some of the techniques mentioned in other videos so she can discuss them further. She will talk about Moving Massage, Reflex To Relax, Permission, First Thoughts, and the importance of giving your horse a sense of Freedom and Choice during your training sessions.

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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...

Karen explains some of the problems she had to solve in keeping her horses. She will also explain her solutions! She'll talk about the changes she made in order to meet the needs of a horse who got laminitis, as well as how she helps her horses stay cool ... All while doing her best to give her h...

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!

David Lichman (5* Parelli Professional) shares this super quick video about how to teach the bridge (for example, where you connect the word 'good' with a reward) and then plays with 3 horses to demonstrate how he gets them to respond to their own name and not the other horses’ names! This quick...

This video is an excerpt from my Habits For Excellent Horsemanship course in the Virtual Arena. I show how to cause your horse to LOVE to be bridled. I will show you the steps for doing that, and also the principles behind it that can be used to improve everything with your horse! This video is g...

This is a video of one of Karen’s presentations at the 2017 seminar, A Paradigm Of Balance, organized by the Baroque Equestrian Games & Institute. In this video Karen talks about how Precision and Play fit together in a training plan. She talks about the importance of feeling free from the fear o...

This is a continuation of the video: Basics Presentation - Part 1. It was of one of Karen’s presentations at the 2017 seminar, A Paradigm Of Balance, organized by the Baroque Equestrian Games & Institute. Karen rides Natilla bridleless to demonstrate how she practices the most basic communication...

This is a video of one of Karen’s presentations at the 2017 seminar, A Paradigm Of Balance, organized by the Baroque Equestrian Games & Institute. Karen talks about the basics of riding and why it is important to be able to make the most fundamental communications with your horse as easy as possi...

Antonia Henderson, Ph.D, joins Karen to discuss how stress effects horses from a scientific point of view. She talks about Learned Helplessness, the importance of the Seeking Reflex, and how traditional ways of keeping horses is not so healthy to the horse! This originally was meant to be 2 video...