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 follows up on Atomic's progress since the other "Asking For Attention" videos. You will see how he much more readily gives her his attention. Because of this he is staying more relaxed and is able to handle more challenging exercises. This video is recommended for anyone with an inattentive...

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...

Karen teaches a student the Basic Alignment Exercise riding. In this short demo you will hear Karen describe the exercise and take the student through the first stages of it. By the end you will be able to see a clear result as the horse aligns and stretches. This video is excellent for anyone wh...

Karen Rohlf teaches a student over 5 days. This horse and rider have an excellent foundation and are accomplished at finding the Sweet Spot for let loose posture. Now they need to come up off the forehand and begin to carry with the hind legs. This is a nice example of the different things Karen ...

Karen rides Ovation and talks through what she is thinking of when riding transitions. The theme is that riding transitions with quality is all about preparation. You need to be able to think about the next gait while still riding the one you are doing. This video is excellent for anyone who is f...

Karen teaches Shelley and Isabella as they play with improving their balance and self carriage. You will see a few weeks worth of progress. They use transitions, shoulder-in and attention to rider position to help create the lightness that was missing. Shelley and Isabella have a good foundation ...

See the progress of a horse over several months of creating a more consistent balance and connection

Karen's first time seeing Duncan being ridden, and her first time riding him. Observe what Karen does in order to get a feel for him and also to begin making progress. Duncan is an upper level dressage horse whose owner sought Karen's help because she was considering selling him because he was to...

Karen rides Duncan again in a continuation of the video 'Beginning to Rebalance - Duncan'. This is his third day with Karen and she rides him in a halter and snaffle. His owner had been told he should only be ridden in a double bridle. The focus is on self carriage. You can find more videos about...

Karen rides Duncan 3 weeks into his training with her. Now he has a 'sweet spot' and Karen checks if he can maintain it during more movements. We first see Duncan in the February Classroom. He is an FEI horse owned by an amateur rider who came to Karen because he was extremely heavy in the bridle...

Karen teaches a student to help her understand about finding the sweet spot of energy. Even without a lot of 'dressage' knowledge, you can improve your gaits using experimentation and observation.

In this video Karen rides Duncan in the dressage arena to test out some movements and to make sure he stays focused, light and communicative. The owner's initial complaint was that he was too heavy even in the double bridle. Karen rides him still in the halter then snaffle. Duncan has been with K...

Karen helps Breanne improve her mare's lateral work. You will see her progress over several weeks. The goal was not only to improve her lateral work, but to use lateral work to improve the mare's general suppleness, throughness and relaxation of her back. this video will be applicable for horses ...

Karen talks about connecting with the circuit of energy as Breanne rides Karen's Lipizzaner, Monty. You will see the difference between a 'whatever' gait, an actively stretched gait and a working gait, and the transitions from one to another. You will also see how quickly the flow of energy can b...

Karen gets on a student's horse to help improve the steadiness of his connection. This student and his horse had all the ingredients they needed, they just needed to play with them to find a more consistent sweet spot of connection. You will see how Karen used small lateral yields in the horse's ...

Karen teaches Helen and her horse 'Adorable' so they can improve their harmony within their working gaits. Karen uses her technique of asking the rider questions which help focus her attention on the necessary qualities. This increased Helen's confidence as a leader and gave this willing horse so...

Karen takes a close look at this horse's canter rhythm. He has three beats, but no moment of suspension. Through slow motion and freeze frame you can see how it changes as they make the improvement. She will discuss the exercises they used to achieve this change. This is an excellent video for an...

Karen rides a student's horse at a clinic. This is a horse who moves with an extremely high head carriage and tight back. He and his rider have all the ingredients to be in the sweet spot for a balanced, let loose posture but they needed a little help really finding it! This video is especially f...

Karen rides Atomic. He is doing his best to be calm, but is very sensitive and easily startled by things in the environment. Karen shares her thoughts while riding him to help him be brave and follow her leadership, so he ends the ride feeling more confident and calm. This video is helpful for an...

Karen teaches Kris on her horse, Wouter. We met Wouter in the video: Basic Alignment Exercise - Wouter. In this video Karen guides Kris in 3 sessions to improve their ability to find consistent 'throughness'. This video is great to help anyone looking for more consistency in their connection, as ...

Karen demonstrates a 'flower' pattern for building a horse's and rider's confidence in their skills for counter canter. She rides two horses, Jedi and Atomic on what she calls the Flower Pattern, showing how to build the skills you and your horse need to be successful. This video is great for hor...

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'.