In this video Karen gives you a very simple transition exercise of doing walk-trot transitions with invisible aids while maintaining the same speed. Karen shows how this deceptively simple exercise is the basis of what will later lead to piaffe.

Karen plays on line with Atomic to find some different sweet spots of Relaxation, Energy and Balance. She highlights the importance of feeling free to explore the ranges of motion. Atomic demonstrates a 'whatever' gait as well as a stretched and more 'working' gait. In this video you will see how...

Karen plays with Atomic to show how to use squares instead of just circles when playing on line. This will help allow your horse to keep flowing freely, yet stay more mentally and physically engaged. You will see how to be able to alternate between straight lines, circles and corners on line (and...

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 plays with Atomic in long lines to show how she uses the ingredients of piaffe and spanish walk to create passage.

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.

In this video Karen plays with a student's horse, Walter, on line to effect his State Of Mind. She effects his state of mind by being particular about simple responses and expecting full mental engagement. You will see that by focusing on this, the horse changes his posture!
This is an excellent ...

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...

Justyna Rucinska from Poland, joins us to share one of her favorite exercises to increase your horse's flexibility from the ground. This is a simple but very powerful exercise that will require great trust and feel, as it helps the horse to relax through the very sensitive poll area. This exercis...

In this video you will see Karen demonstrate the haunches in from the ground when standing at the front of the horse. You will also see how she starts it, and see how she teaches it to someone just starting it! This is an excellent exercise to help your horse build his coordination in lateral wor...

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.

In this video, Karen plays with Natilla primarily at the halt to improve her posture. You will see how Karen builds enthusiasm so Natilla puts in effort, making her posture not just about her body but about her mental/emotional state as well. This exercise is the beginning stage of school halt. Y...

Observe a session on collectibility that Karen does with Solana in long lines. Solana is ready to learn a higher degree of collectibility. Her natural ability to collect at the trot is not as good as at the canter, so Karen likes to play with her from the ground to make it easier for her. This al...

Hot Shot and Karen demonstrate a session focused on Collectibility. He is typically a low energy horse and so Karen talks about her strategies to keep him applying effort. He will not appear to be a low energy horse in this video, but that is because these strategies do work! You can search for o...

Karen shows the very first steps of teaching Jambette (lifting and holding a front leg). Jambette is a pre-requisite to Spanish Walk. She will show you a way to create bigger efforts and participation without having to get stronger with your cues.

This video is great for anyone who wants to teac...

In this video you will see how Karen plays with Teo in order for him to feel comfortable in the grooming stall and on the cross ties. You will see subtle (and not-so-subtle) changes in his mental-emotional state and Karen will narrate her intention in each moment. He tends to go introverted when ...

In this video, Karen will show you how she improves Solana’s Spanish Walk. Solana already knows this movement, but she can easily fall on the forehand, or does not fully extend her leg. Karen will narrate as she quickly changes the dynamic and helps Solana keep her weight on her hind quarters, ge...

In this video, Karen demonstrates how she teaches horses to play with their neck posture. She will show you a horse that does it from a very light cue, one that does it but needs a little more help, and then shows how she plays with a horse who is learning this for the first time. This is a great...

In this video, Karen plays with how to build positive energy and exuberance without losing overall relaxation. She will start by showing the low energy Solana starts with and how she starts to elicit more effort from Solana. Karen then lets Solana loose and encourages her to get exuberant before ...

In this video, Karen highlights an important aspect of doing yields at the walk, especially when you want to progress them into lateral work. She shows two ways of yielding around a circle on line ... One way creates an almost 2-beat walk rhythm, while the other way preserves the 4-beat rhythm of...

In this video Karen shows you an exercise on the ground (but the concept can be applied to riding also). It is based on the idea of ‘everything comes from and returns to relaxation’. This is a video for everyone! It is a simple maneuver that requires timing and the ability to turn your own energy...