Karen coaches two students to do Hindquarter Yields - In Motion while riding. This movement is an important building block that will help you and your horse learn how to connect the inside hind with the outside shoulder (Essential Gymnastic Ability #5!). This skill, when refined, will help you in...

Karen coaches two riders through a favorite lateral exercise. This exercise can be done for any lateral position (nose to the wall leg yield, shoulder-in, haunches-in, renvers, counter shoulder-in). In this video, we use counter shoulder-in. This exercise will create balance and responsiveness. I...

Watch Karen do a complete ride on Natilla. Karen will explain what she was doing and thinking during the ride. Karen is seeking to sustain her level of collectibility more consistently while touching on some more difficult movements. You will feel like you are there with Karen watching a typical ...

This video shows different stages of a ride Karen did on Ovation so you can see the difference in his posture and biomechanics as he increases his engagement. It’s so helpful to observe how one particular horse can transform within one ride. Of course Ovation is advanced, and developing this take...

Karen gives you the 3 questions that are in her mind when riding refined transitions. There are many ways to ride and use transitions when training your horse. This video is meant to help riders who have a sweet spot of working gaits and are wanting to be able to smoothly transition from one work...

In this video, Karen demonstrates how she uses a lateral yield to regain her horse's attention in a way that also creates calmness. This video builds on the video: Yielding For Relaxation, and now uses that clear immediate responsiveness as a way to help the horse be more attentive and confident....

In this video, Karen demonstrates a favorite go-to exercise that creates mental, emotional, and physical openness and relaxation. It is based on a foundational yield but shows how to use it for the purpose of creating relaxation and suppleness. She also shows how it can be refined and done at the...

In this video, you will see Karen coach two very differently conformed horses through a similar exercise in order to increase their thoroughness, balance, and power during Medium Trot. Medium Trot is a lengthened trot, but with a more uphill balance than a Lengthening. Both of these horses have a...

It is not uncommon for some horses to 'hop' into the trot from the walk. This can happen for several reasons, but it's often related to tightness in the back or lack of thoroughness. Some horses just tend to do it by nature, but often I see it appear at a stage when riders are asking for more col...

Karen rides Natilla as she demonstrates a counter-intuitive exercise: To ride your horse down a hill in order to help get a feel for lightness in the shoulders! Of course, it’s all about HOW you ride down the hill! This video is good for anyone who is able to stop from their seat and is ready to ...

This video shows how active transitions in and out of back ups can be very engaging. You will hear Karen narrate over video of Solana, Natilla and Ovation to show how this simple skill is important for more advanced movements later.

This video is good for anyone developing collectibility. It is ...

Karen coaches a dressage rider though several exercises to help the horse develop a more uphill posture and light forehand. Exercises include using transitions and corners.

This video is great for anyone who has solid working gaits and is playing with developing more collectibility.

Karen coaches a student through a favorite exercise to build their skills for collectibility and engagement. The horse is a big mover that is not always so balanced and can get a bit 'gangly'. You will see them start the exercise of halting into a lateral position and you will see how his balance...

In this video, you will see a challenging but potentially powerful exercise to do to increase your horse’s collectibility. It is a simple pattern with a lot of relaxation built into it, but it also requires that you and your horse organize yourselves for collection! You will see a rider play with...

Watch as Karen coaches a rider through an exercise to give her a feeling of her horse becoming more engaged. This horse and rider have an excellent foundation and connection already, but the horse is built downhill, so when the rider tries to bring the horse up, they get stuck with a heavier cont...

In the video 'Baroque Equestrian Games & Institute: Square Turns', Karen demonstrated a really valuable exercise for lightening the forehand and creating engagement and mobility. In this video, Karen coaches riders in a clinic through a square corner exercise. You will see horses of different lev...

This video shows you a 4-Step exercise that will help you check how much your seat connection works inside the connection with the reins. Sometimes it's easier to have a seat connection when riding with no reins, but it can be a challenge to keep that seat connection when the reins are there! Thi...

In this video, Karen demonstrates counter-bending exercises to do at the walk and trot that help in creating alignment, flexibility, and suppleness. This will help riders coordinate between bend and line of direction. These exercises are helpful for anyone who has working or collected gaits, and ...

This video is a continuation of the exercises in the video: Counter-Bend Exercise At The Trot (January 2018). Karen will show how to do bend and counter bend in the canter and counter canter. These exercises will build the rider’s coordination and skill in differentiating between cues for line of...

This video highlights the transformation over time of 3 of Karen's horses, Solana, Natilla, and Ovation. This video is meant to give inspiration and a visualization for just how much can change by being dedicated and consistent in your dressage practice.

Through Karen's experience of training ma...

Karen rides Natilla to demonstrate a way she plays with developing more engagement during transitions from the collected walk. This will be good for anyone with Working Gaits that is working on Collectibility.

This video builds upon The Collectibility Box: Building Energy, and The Collectibility Box: Square Turns and Transitions. This video is more advanced and should be done only if you and your horse are confident in the previous video, The Collectibility Box: Square Turns and Transitions. Even if yo...

This very simple exercise is based on a very important concept for building willingness to apply effort. It will help your horse build anticipation and become more motivated. Karen introduces the idea of a Collectibility Box, which is a visual landmark for a place where 'something important happe...

This video builds upon 'The Collectibility Box: Building Energy'. Karen adds turns and transitions within and around the box in order to create more engagement and collection. You will see her ride Hot Shot and Solana. Each of these horses is rather low energy and do not have great natural skills...