Discussion and simulation to help you understand and feel what it means to bend. I hope you do get up and try this one... So many students find this helpful at my clinics! What you will learn about your bodies in this exercise usually directly translates to what you find while riding. This video ...

In this video, Karen helps a student who is having trouble with her horse bulging out around the circle. She rides the horse to help them break the cycle of brace and crookedness. She uses the idea of Basic Alignment Exercise to reset their middle. You will see how this one session makes a change...

This video explains, in a nutshell, one of the most important concepts in the Dressage Naturally program: The Basic Alignment Exercise. Karen uses a clear visual example to explain it. This exercise is key to breaking free of trying to ‘hold your horse straight’ or ‘hold the bend on’ with stronge...

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! ...

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...