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...

Karen rides a student's horse in an exercise to teach the classic lateral positions. This particular horse gets a little nervous and stuck at first, so you will not only see the exercise, but also will see how Karen handles this common problem. Extra support for this exercise can be found in the ...

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 teaches student, Nancy, to improve her canter transitions. This video is packed full of information and tools to improve any transition. Watch as Karen leads Nancy through an empowering session leading to a big improvement! The information in this video will help riders of a wide range of e...

Karen rides Atomic to how to progress early stages of learning and doing lateral work. After the horse and rider understand the positions (see the video: Beginning Lateral Positions), now we must play with sustaining the gait and energy during lateral work. Karen talks in real time as she demonst...

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)