In this video we check in on Solana, who is now almost 4. She was started less than a year ago, then had 5 months off and now has been under saddle a few days a week for the past few months.

In this video visiting student, Justyna from Poland is playing with her. (I had been riding her, but I th...

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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Glenn Stewart (http://thehorseranch.com) plays with Karen's filly, Natilla, to demonstrate how he builds responsiveness and a responsibility to put in effort. Natilla has energy when Karen rides her, and during play sessions, but she drags around during normal handling and leading. Karen asked Gl...

Karen demonstrates how to develop the Spanish Walk, from the first steps to the finished product. She uses 4 horses to help her show the different stages and the gymnastic benefit.

Karen plays with Atomic in long lines to show how she uses the ingredients of piaffe and spanish walk to create passage.

Karen helps us gain greater success with her posture exercises on line. Learn how to spend less time searching and more time enjoying. Karen reminds us how her exercises, and foundational exercise of Circle Game fit together. This video is good for anyone playing with the D,N exercises online

Karen plays with Atomic in long reins to increase his collect-ability. Karen shows the exercise from how to start it to how to being to begin more collection. This video is good for anyone who has a horse that can calmly play on the ground.

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 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 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 with Duncan on line. This is 3 days and 10 days after his arrival, and a continuation of the video 'Building Rapport with Duncan'. Karen uses a combination of Moving Massage and Basic Alignment Exercise. Find more videos about Duncan by searching for 'Duncan'.

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 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 on line with Atomic to find some different sweet spots of Relaxation, Energy and Balance. She highlights the importance of feeling free to explore the ranges of motion. Atomic demonstrates a 'whatever' gait as well as a stretched and more 'working' gait. In this video you will see how...

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 plays with a student's horse on line using her 'moving massage' technique to help restore his posture. This technique involves using a gentle touch to bring awareness to overused muscles and helping the horse realize he can release them, while moving! This particular horse has a long term h...

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...