Karen shows you a gymnastic exercise that is equally beneficial for the horse and rider. She will show you how to play with changing the length of the top line and the length of the strides independently. This is a great exercise for any horse and rider to play with. It will teach the rider a mor...

Karen coaches two riders as they develop Turns On the Haunches. Karen focuses less on precision in the final product and more on using the movement to gain qualities of engagement. This is a great video for anyone starting to play with collectibility

Karen coaches a rider with a very athletic, energetic horse. Karen shows her how to use a simple exercise that will challenge the horse enough to cause her to change her balance, and end up at a slower tempo with more cadence, without saying 'No' to the energy. By doing this exercise the rider is...

Ewa Angantyr, joins us again to show us the next step in progressing your horse on Long Reins. Watch as she starts shoulder-in and leg yields. Long Reining is such a great tool to have.

Karen gives you 3 Questions to ask yourself that will refine your circles. This short video will give you an easy-to-remember exercise that you can use to take your circles and bending lines from 'good' to 'great'. It will help you keep more consistency in the connection, more lightness and balan...

In this short video, Karen gives you 3 easy-to-remember and powerful questions to ask yourself when you are playing with increasing the level of engagement in your horse. These questions can be used to bring your horse up off the forehand, or to increase collectibility in a horse that is already ...

Karen plays with Solana in the Long Lines to show you some basic exercises and to set her up for more collectibility exercises later. Karen will show her playing on straight lines, leg yields, beginning of shoulder in, and transitions.

Karen plays with Atomic on the Long Lines to show you how to use basic lateral work to create engagement and collectibility. They demonstrate shoulder in, haunches in, and half pass, as well as some piaffe and passage.

Shelby Hume shares some tips on getting your hind quarter and forequarter yields in motion working more smoothly. These exercises are a nice bridge between your foundational yields and more refined lateral work. Shelby will show you some things to think about both on the ground and in the saddle

Karen shares a key ingredient to success in doing shoulder in and haunches in! (The secret is that it is the same ingredient!). This quick video can quickly increase your ability to get to the heart of these exercises. This video is great for anyone who is playing with these lateral positions.

Karen coaches a student through a basic and favorite exercise for developing lengthenings. This video will give you a lot to think about for taking the first attempts at lengthenings so it will be as organized and balanced as possible.

Liesbeth Jorna shares some favorite cavaletti exercises that can be done on line and riding. This video will be great for anyone looking for a fun way to increase your horse's gymnastic abilities

Karen coaches a student who is preparing for First Level dressage tests. They have trouble with energy at the canter, and keeping balance on 15 meter circles. Karen traces it to a fundamental imbalance in the shoulders (the horse leans on his inside shoulder when on the left lead). By focusing on...

Karen coaches the student through spiraling in and out to help change the horse's balance, cadence, and power. This video is excellent for anyone looking to improve the quality of their horse’s gaits.

The back up is often one of the most difficult movements to ride in engagement, but it is such an important gymnastic exercise! Karen will demonstrate what it can look like and narrates what she is doing while riding two of her horses. Then she shows you another horse and student learning to do i...

Karen introduces you to Tina Cristiani and Bruno Gonsalez, founders of the Baroque Equestrian Games and Institute. They have created a blueprint of training patterns based on the baroque style of classical dressage. They are a great resource for exercises to develop collection both on line and in...

Karen rides Ovation as Bruno Gonsalez from the Baroque Equestrian Games and Institute coaches her through some of the basic exercises for developing balance and engagement in their system. These simple exercises can be a powerful tool when ridden with the intention of finding greater engagement a...

Karen teaches a student, Linda, on her big moving, sensitive Swedish Warmblood, Ressac. Ressac can get tight and tense, especially in the canter. He also can get strung out in his body, yet curled up and 'too light' in the contact, making it difficult for Linda to solve on her own. Watch as Karen...

Karen teaches a student, Ann, with her lovely 7 yr old PRE gelding, Uno. He is friendly, light and sensitive, but gets crooked, tight, and stuck in his body. When he does, the energy can come out in very explosive ways. Watch how Karen and Ann calmly create a plan to help him find the open doors ...

Karen rides a horse over two days to improve his general engagement, balance, and power. They focus especially on his canter departs and balance at the canter, where he tends to sprawl and become difficult to steer. You will see the process of changing the horse's way of moving by challenging him...

This is a video of Karen taking a lesson with Jos. It was originally made for Karen's personal record, but she thought you might like to see it. Ovation is schooling 4th level. He had had a difficult time learning to collect at the canter, and finally he is over the hump! The sound quality is not...

Watch as Karen has a lesson with Jos. Solana can now find her working gaits and you will notice her increased confidence and power! You will also see a really nice simple pattern to warm up to counter canter. This video is for everyone who can do the basic working gaits and wants a clearer pictur...

Watch as Karen coaches several horses and riders to play with a very specific circling exercise while riding. Some of what she shows is pretty subtle but we think you will enjoy hearing what Karen chooses to focus on with each pair; and likely it will be something that you also need to focus on! ...

An on line exercise using a change of direction and bend to help create suppleness in your horses. This is like a coordinated dance move with your horse, requiring several ingredients to be in place, and then that you can lead your horse through it in the right position, with the right timing. It...