In this video I take Quora outside the arena in the long lines. You’ll want to feel confident in your skills inside the arena before doing this. We’ll practice straight lines, circles, and transitions as well as some very basic hints of lateral movement. This is a great preparation for riding and...

Ewa Angantyr gives a mini masterclass on long lining. She will explain equipment, preparation, and exercises for line of direction, figures, transitions, and more. At times she will narrate as she goes, and at times you will be able to just observe as she long lines her horse. Long lining is a re...

This video will show you an entire session Karen has with Teo. She works to build his confidence in an area of the property where he is often tense and fearful. In a world of 'quick fixes', it is important to see the reality of how an exercise like this can go in real time. Students of the Habits...

This video continues the progress with Teo. You will see how I prepare him to be ridden, and will see some improvement in his level of relaxation from the videos with him from February 2021. This video includes some basic stick to me and moving massage at liberty. The riding portion is shown in t...

In this video, Karen does a long lining session with Teo in the arena. You will see the basics, plus leg yields, shoulder-in, counter shoulder-in, and some increased collectibility.

This is great for anyone who has the basics of long lining already established.

Karen plays with her horse, Hot Shot, on long lines in order to improve his collectibility. He already knows how to collect and piaffe; now Karen wants him to increase the duration he does it.

Hot Shot is a typically low energy horse, so it is important that Karen motivates him to put in the eff...

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...

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...

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 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.

Karen plays with three horses to demonstrate ways to think about better posture and 'throughness' when playing on long lines.

Ewa Angantyr from Sweden, shares a video of how she starts the basics of long reining with one of her young horses. Ewa has experience with natural horsemanship, classical dressage, carriage driving (and of course, Dressage Naturally). This video gives us an opportunity to learn the important pie...

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

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.