Karen shows three horses doing different exercises to create and develop piaffe. The exercises are in hand, at liberty and riding. This video uses slow motion and freeze-frame to help identify the best steps at their stage. Piaffe is a 'Collectibility' exercise in the Upward Spiral of Success. Pi...

Karen coaches a student, Justyna, through some exercises for lateral work, flying changes, and piaffe. The video includes a little of the warm up also. Jedi is a very sensitive horse who can get tight out of a huge desire to please, (a lovely problem), so it requires that the rider stays relaxed,...

Karen coaches a student through a counter canter pattern from a First Level dressage test. It is an easy pattern for the horse, but can be challenging for the rider to visualize. You will see a very typical issue many riders have, then will see how Karen explains it, gives another exercise to bui...

Karen shares a ride on Ovation. In this session she focuses on being engaged from the beginning of the ride. The walk plays an important role here because it is a gait that can be collected without undue strain on the horse. The ride begins with walk, and quietly grows more powerful.

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Karen coaches a student with a talented young warm blood. They have started their flying changes, but they are not consistently clean. You will see the exercises and advice Karen gives the student, and will see the positive result! Karen uses slow motion and still frames to help you see what is h...

This video is a typical session with Natilla at age 5. Karen narrates as she rides her through patterns at her working gaits. The patterns are appropriate for Training and First Level dressage.
This is a great video for anyone who wants some ideas of what to do with their working gaits or has a y...

Karen demonstrates the way that shoulder-in and half pass relate. She illustrates it with Ovation and also shows some more basic ways to begin to develop the skill.
This is an excellent video for anyone seeking to have a deeper understanding of how shoulder in and half pass relate to each other, ...

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 coaches a student to create more throughness. Her horse has tendencies to be tight in the back, and unsteady in the connection.
This video shows the greater gymnastic benefit of leg yields. You will see it change the throughness and steadiness of connection in this horse over just a couple ...

Karen helps a couple students with some very basic gymnastic exercises that many people over-look. Taking the time to be more precise at small circles at the walk and in leg yields and shoulder-fore can help you and your horse develop skills that will be of great gymnastic benefit as they advance...

Karen rides Jedi through some exercises to develop his skills for canter pirouettes. Jedi is just beginning to learn these so you can observe the initial stage of development. This video is good for students and horses who have solid working gaits and have begun some collected exercises. Fun Fact...

Karen warms up Jedi for a session on schooling canter pirouettes. You will hear her talk through her warm up and her thoughts for the session. Included are 2 bridle-less exercises. This video will be helpful for students ready to warm up to do more collected movements ... Whether that may be toda...

Karen rides Jedi to show the progress he has made. Karen demonstrates some favorite gymnastic patterns further develop his collectibility including half pass, counter canter, piaffe and pirouettes. This video is good for anyone playing with collection now, or dreaming about doing it someday. Fun ...

Karen rides Jedi through exercises to help him have clean flying changes. Jedi has learned to do a flying change, but they are sometimes late behind, so now they are working on getting them more consistently 'clean'. This video is good for anyone working on flying changes, or wanting to understan...

Karen teaches a couple people through their first flying changes. She demonstrates using SiMoN, the School Master Noodle, then coaches them through the exercise while riding. This video is great for anyone looking for better understanding of riding flying changes.

Karen teaches a student doing the beginnings of collection. The student and her horse can get tight and sticky, and Karen shows three techniques to help them through this stage in their development. This video is great for anyone at the beginning stages of collection, especially if they or their ...

Karen rides a student's horse who is a little out of shape, but ready to move from working gaits to more collected gaits. You will also see some before and after photos that show the muscular and postural changes that happened in just 2 months. This video is great for anyone who wants to improve ...

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 teaches a student and helps her with her horse who tends to hold his neck too low and is on the forehand. They use a combination of exercises to raise the neck, and engage the hind end. This video is good for anyone who has a nice connection but their horse tends to still be on forehand.

Karen helps a student make a quick improvement on their trot lengthenings by showing them one of her favorite exercises for developing more power and balance in lenthenings. This video will help to start or improve your lengthenings.

Karen teaches a student a quick tip to improve her counter canter, focusing on precision and balance. In counter canter the line you choose to ride can make all the difference. Precision can help create balance. This video is great for anyone playing with counter canter.

Karen teaches a student to find the sweet spot of her HQ yields in motion. This is an important exercise for connection throughout the horse's entire body. This video follows a concept introduced in the video: 'Good Habits in HQ Yields' and is excellent for anyone who is seeking a better physical...

Karen coaches two students through a favorite gymnastic pattern of picking up a canter from a counter bend. This pattern builds coordination, alignment and confidence in counter canter. At the end of the video we contrast one of the riders from when we saw them a year ago to appreciate their impr...