Karen plays with a student's horse on line using her 'moving massage' technique to help restore his posture. This technique involves using a gentle touch to bring awareness to overused muscles and helping the horse realize he can release them, while moving! This particular horse has a long term h...

Follow a student of Karen's through 5 sessions over a 9 month period. This video is not so much a 'how to' as it is a 'look what is possible' video. Khodee is a young, squirrely Arabian who was having a lot of trouble organizing his body, especially when presented with the challenge of riding in ...

Karen teaches a student, Lisa and her horse, Dylan. This is not a 'miracle breakthrough lesson' but it is a very typical lesson plan for horses and riders who are confirmed in their working gaits and are now ready to build their horse's ability to collect. The benefit of watching this video will ...

Karen helps a student start to develop more collectibility and engagement at the canter. You can see the first part of the lesson in the video called: 'Improving Collectibility at Walk & Trot - Lisa & Dylan'.

In this video Karen discusses some of her strategies regarding how much time to ask your horse to stretch. This is not a 'how to' video, but more about if you are already able to cause/ask your horse to stretch, how do you decide how much should you ask your horse to do it. Karen uses her two ver...

You will meet Barbara and Ponce as they looked the first day they arrived at Karen's, then watch as Karen helps them over several weeks to improve their balance, alignment and posture. He is a wonderful horse with a very capable rider, but is scattered in his focus and disconnected in his body. Y...

Karen rides a student's horse, focusing on alignment to help him find more throughness. After Karen rides, she coaches his owner on him. You can see a previous session with this student and horse in a video called: 'Alignment - Barbara and Ponce'

Karen shows excerpts from one ride with Ovation. This brief video shows how the balance and gait of her horse changes from warm up to final more collected trot. Less of a 'how to' and more of a visualization of the progression. (The horse is schooling 3rd Level dressage)