Karen coaches a student on a horse who wants to stop and get stuck. The rider is relatively new to natural horsemanship so Karen has the opportunity to explain some principles, as well as a strategy to start changing the horse's mind about going forward.

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In this video, you will see the transformation of a very tense horse over a 3-week period. Observe as Karen coaches a student on how to create relaxation of mind and body through the exercises for finding the sweet spot!

Karen will show you the system she uses for creating a calm, communicative, and respectful feeding time for horses out in the pasture. Developed out of necessity from an aggressive horse, she now does it for all her horses all the time because it is so effective and fun!

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Karen rides 3.5 year old Natilla. In this ride Karen explains how she has been focusing on Natilla understanding and following focus for direction. Keeping aware of certain issues will set her up for success now and in the future! This video is good for anyone with a young horse, or anyone who wa...

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

Karen shares a strategy for asking for a horse's attention in order to help keep him more calm. This has been one of Karen and Atomic's biggest challenges together, so you will see the real un-glamorous process! This video is good for anyone with a horse who gets tense when distracted.

Karen rides Atomic, who can be spooky and tense. The goal is to ask for Atomic's attention in a way that will lead to him feeling more calm and safe. It is a big challenge for this horse and you will see the real un-glamorous process! This video is great for anyone who has a horse that gets tense...

Karen Rohlf rides her almost 4 year old horse, Natilla. This ride is just an example of a typical nice ride for her at this stage. It gives a nice image of a happy, confident young horse. Sometimes the best training is just having a nice ride. This video is great for anyone, especially anyone wit...

Karen coaches a student on a 3-yr-old to set up good habits with HQ yields to avoid problems later. This video takes a look at the very basic HQ yields and gives the rider a tip for avoiding an over-bent neck that will create balance problems later. This video is great for everyone

Karen follows up on Atomic's progress since the other "Asking For Attention" videos. You will see how he much more readily gives her his attention. Because of this he is staying more relaxed and is able to handle more challenging exercises. This video is recommended for anyone with an inattentive...

Karen teaches a student with a lovely thoroughbred stallion to find greater clarity, harmony, and relaxation. You will see the simple, yet profound way Karen helped them achieve more by doing less. This video is excellent for anyone who feels like they have excess tension between themselves and t...

Karen discusses and demonstrates how she is different for her different horses depending on 'who they are'. She uses her horses, Atomic and Ovation to show how she behaves differently towards them in the barn and during training sessions. This video is excellent for anyone who wants more ideas ab...

Karen plays on line with her 2.5 yr old PRE filly, Natilla. You will see one way she begins to build in lightness on circles in a simple, fun way that engages Natilla's mind. Natilla is 16.2h at 2.5 yrs and so Karen is very conscious to find ways to prepare her without putting undo strain on her ...

Karen plays with Ovation at liberty with a focus of creating enthusiasm while using a jump gymnastic. Ovation is typically a low energy horse, so everything Karen does with him needs to inspire enthusiasm. He also does not have a naturally uphill canter, so she uses jumps to help develop those ab...

Karen plays on line with a horse who has had difficulty getting relaxed canter departs especially from the walk. In this video Karen shows one complete session, narrating what she is doing to achieve one-session's worth of progress. As always it is about conversations of relaxation, energy and ba...

Karen discusses some thoughts regarding effective communication. Hear Karen's description of 5 crucial ingredients necessary to effectively communicate a question or request. Dana joins Karen to illustrate some effective and ineffective communication styles! We also look at what our writing style...

Karen plays with Atomic to show how to use squares instead of just circles when playing on line. This will help allow your horse to keep flowing freely, yet stay more mentally and physically engaged. You will see how to be able to alternate between straight lines, circles and corners on line (and...

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 gai...

Karen rides Atomic. He is doing his best to be calm, but is very sensitive and easily startled by things in the environment. Karen shares her thoughts while riding him to help him be brave and follow her leadership, so he ends the ride feeling more confident and calm. This video is helpful for an...

Karen plays with a student's horse on line. This is a lovely horse, but his human was saying that his energy is 'stuck'. Power comes from having Energy with Relaxation, so Karen takes a good look at her ability to have those conversations with the horse, transitioning from one to the other, until...