Karen helps Breanne improve her mare's lateral work. You will see her progress over several weeks. The goal was not only to improve her lateral work, but to use lateral work to improve the mare's general suppleness, throughness and relaxation of her back. this video will be applicable for horses ...

In this video Karen gives you three key questions to ask yourself when riding shoulder-in. These questions will help you achieve a higher quality shoulder in, instead of just ‘getting it done’. This is for riders and horses who are already confident doing a recognizable shoulder in. It will make ...

This video shows one of Karen’s favorite exercises. It is one of the rare moments when Karen is quite strict about the rules. Karen did a podcast about this exercise which you can find here: https://dressagenaturally.net/podcast-library/ep107-grid-exercise/

This is an exercise to improve your fo...

In this video you’ll see Natilla do the Haute Ecole pattern 1 from the Baroque Equestrian Games & Institute (BEGI). You’ll hear my commentary as well as insights from Bruno Gonzales of BEGI. You can learn more about BEGI, and check out their patterns at Baroquegames.com

In this video Karen rides Natilla and narrates. Natilla is coming out of a semi-vacation and is building back up. The theme of this session is to show you that it’s OK to ask your horse to put in more effort (for things that are fair, reasonable, and possible for your horse to do). Natilla is hap...

IIn this video Karen rides Solana to demonstrate the power of doing frequent transitions. Solana tends to be a bit sticky, with low responsiveness. This is an exercise that does not come naturally for her, so you will hear what Karen is thinking about to get a better result. Karen is using this e...

In this video Karen coaches a student and her horse to improve their flying changes. In one direction, he tends to ‘pop up’ and over-react to the aids to the change, and he sometimes anticipates and changes his lead without asking. You will see how Karen prepares them to be more successful, then ...

In this video, Karen coaches a student through exercises to improve her medium canter. This horse needs more power and scope in the medium, yet at the same time, he can overreact to the aids. Karen shows them a way to develop the medium canter so he becomes both more bold and smoother.

In this video, Karen coaches 2 students in 2 different exercises involving transitions at markers. Both exercises are gymnastic puzzles that require collectibility and more refined communication between horse and rider because they require doing 2 transitions only a few strides apart. This video ...

This is a video of the second half of a clinic Karen taught at the Western States Horse Expo. One rider focused on alignment at the canter, and the other helped to improve sticky-down transitions.

This video is the next step from the other video this month: Cloverleaf and Pole Box at Walk. In this video, DN Licensed Instructor, Michelle Young shows you how she uses a simple foundational pattern in a way that can improve the posture, alignment, coordination, and flexibility of her horse. Th...

This video shows a Masterclass Karen taught at the 2024 Iberian Horse Showcase at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala. The topic was An Introduction to Bridleless Riding. Karen talks about why you want to do it, and how you can start to ride bridleless even with a bridle on. She also shows a fav...

This is a video of a demonstration Karen did for the Artistic Dressage Symposium hosted by the Baroque Equestrian Games & Institute. Karen rides Natilla bridleless to show how much one can improve the posture and balance of the horse without using reins. Even if you never ride without something o...

In this video I coach a rider with her horse to find more relaxation within her body as she asks her horse to do transitions that require some collectibility. This pair is quite capable and lovely, but they both can sometimes hold more tension. It is really important that as movements become more...

This is a video of Karen riding a favorite sequence of movements that will help increase your horse’s shoulder mobility, bend, engagement, and lateral balance. The pattern shown is an excerpt from the Rassembler 2 Pattern from the Baroque Games & Institute. This exercise will be good for anyone w...

In this video, Karen demonstrates how she uses both Positive and Negative Reinforcement while riding. (Negative Reinforcement means that a pressure is added and when the horse yields to it, it is released. Positive Reinforcement means a reward is given after the desired result). Karen will show h...

In this video, Karen shares a recent bareback and bridleless performance she did on Natilla at the Iberian Horse Spectacular held at the World Equestrian Center in Florida. Natilla had never been in this environment before so Karen put a lot of thought into her preparation. You’ll see the perform...

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...

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...

This video is of a lesson I took on Ovation with Luis Lucio. He coached us through an exercise for canter pirouettes. Ovation is quite capable and enthusiastic, but he is also great at wiggling out of the right position, especially on one lead. This video is great for anyone practicing canter pir...

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...

In this video, we take a close up look at throughness and what it looks like in motion. You’ll see clips from a lesson I took on Ovation with Luis Lucio where he had me do a technique of his. I am experimenting with a different bit on Ovation and I am quite happy with how he likes it. Typically h...

In this short video, we will look at a way to ride corners so it builds higher degrees of collectibility. You will also see how you can take that feeling and begin to ask for that higher engagement without the corner. This is a great video if you are ready to either start collection or to take it...

In this exercise, you will see Karen ride a shoulder- in to canter exercise from the Baroque Equestrian Games & Institute (BEGI). You will see her ride it once, with quite nice results, and then she will repeat it with some coaching from Bruno Gonzales (co-createor of BEGI). You will see how, in ...