In this video Karen shows how she teaches horses to yawn.
This is more than a 'silly trick', it is a way to invite horses to release held tension. You'll see horses that do it easily, and you'll see Karen begin the process with a horse who does not yet have a cue for yawning.

In this video you will see how Karen plays with Teo in order for him to feel comfortable in the grooming stall and on the cross ties. You will see subtle (and not-so-subtle) changes in his mental-emotional state and Karen will narrate her intention in each moment. He tends to go introverted when ...

This video will show you an entire session Karen has with Teo. She works to build his confidence in an area of the property where he is often tense and fearful. In a world of 'quick fixes', it is important to see the reality of how an exercise like this can go in real time. Students of the Habits...

Karen coaches a student with her horse on line to find more cadence, power, and elasticity of his stride. He has a rather short, tight stride and you will see how Karen suggests they play with finding a new balance at a higher energy - in order to tempt him to use his body better! This videos is ...

In this video Karen explains a favorite on-line exercise for getting an impulsive, emotional horse to start thinking and get calmer. This exercise is great when you have a situation where you are with a horse who has at least some basic foundation, but you feel like you are not able to communicat...

Your energy is more powerful than technique. In this video, Karen captures a moment during a liberty session right after Quora got afraid of some noises in the woods. She was afraid to come back to that end of the arena. Karen decides not to DO any particular ’technique’ or exercise, but rather f...

Watch Karen do Moving Massage on 2 horses. The first horse is a more externally focused horse, and is experiencing some separation anxiety and obsession with another horse in the clinic. Karen uses Moving Massage not only to calm him but as a way to help him bring his attention back to himself an...

In this video you’ll see Quora do the most basic ground work pattern from the Baroque Equestrian Games & Institute (BEGI). It is Quora’s first ‘event’ off the property and she was a total star. My goal was to do a super easy pattern so she went home feeling like this was super easy-peasy. This is...

Karen meets on the ground with Duncan, a 15 yr old upper level dressage horse in for development and some re-training. Listen and watch as they have their first session together. Karen describes the main intention of what she wants Duncan to understand before digging into the bigger issues

Karen addresses a horse during the first session of a clinic. The student has no previous natural horsemanship experience, so it was a great opportunity to discuss how to use boundaries as a way to become the leader, and cause the horse to be more relaxed.

In this video you’ll see Quora drop into a deep internal state. What should we think or feel about this? We can only guess what she is thinking and feeling. You’ll see the entire moment and will hopefully be left wondering if you are missing any of these moments with your horse.

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In this video Karen coaches a trainer with a beautiful young horse who has anxiety about lunging. When out on a circle he would go faster and faster with increasing tension to the point that she avoided doing circling on line. She came to me to help problem-solve. My goal was to find a way to app...

In this video, Karen demonstrates a technique she uses to help with a horse who doesn’t like to be touched or groomed. You can also use it for things like blanketing. Keep in mind that if a horse shows they dislike something, your first thought should be to investigate and see if there is a reaso...

This is a video of Karen playing at liberty with Atomic. Atomic is highly sensitive and challenging. Karen will narrate what was going on during this session that ranges from deep relaxation, to subtle communication, to tension, then back to communication and relaxation... It's never boring with ...

In this video Karen gives you a very simple transition exercise of doing walk-trot transitions with invisible aids while maintaining the same speed. Karen shows how this deceptively simple exercise is the basis of what will later lead to piaffe.

In this video Karen shows you an exercise on the ground (but the concept can be applied to riding also). It is based on the idea of ‘everything comes from and returns to relaxation’. This is a video for everyone! It is a simple maneuver that requires timing and the ability to turn your own energy...

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 plays at liberty with Teo to show you a game where the horse gets to decide what to do, (within a couple rules). The only two requests Karen will make are to Back Up, and to Go. Teo gets to make a lot of choices and Karen will reward him for doing any ‘things’. A ‘Thing’ being something he ...

In this video Karen answers questions from students about Moving Massage. Includes discussion about how this relates to high and low energy horses, how to do it while riding, how to use your intention during it, and more. You’ll also see an update with Quora. At first Quora did not want to be tou...

More than just a trick, in this video Karen will show a game she plays with her horses where they learn to go find an object that Karen hides. It is a great game to play with all horses, and is a form of enrichment for horses who aren’t able to do other activities. This is a great way to build yo...

In this video, Karen coaches a student who asks for help. Her horse can get stuck and non-responsive to the aids. Karen has her do an exercise where she is completely follows the movement while Karen directs the horse. Gradually, that leadership is transferred back to the rider using the most min...

In this video, Karen plays with how to build positive energy and exuberance without losing overall relaxation. She will start by showing the low energy Solana starts with and how she starts to elicit more effort from Solana. Karen then lets Solana loose and encourages her to get exuberant before ...

In this video, Karen highlights an important aspect of doing yields at the walk, especially when you want to progress them into lateral work. She shows two ways of yielding around a circle on line ... One way creates an almost 2-beat walk rhythm, while the other way preserves the 4-beat rhythm of...

This video follows Karen through a typical session on line and at liberty. Quora is 2 years and 10 months old. Karen starts with Quora on line with some basic exercises, then goes at liberty and gives Quora a lot of choice. You will see her choose to offer things she has been taught! Karen then t...