You will probably remember this as the 'Oops I dropped the reins' video ... Karen demonstrates a quick and effective exercise to help a student and her horse find more harmony together while riding. Sometimes on our way to finding a soft connection, it can start to feel stuck or like you and your...

Karen talks while she rides Hot Shot to demonstrate how she combines stretchability and collectibility in order to increase the quality of gaits and gymnastic ability of her horse. So many riders struggle with trying to develop collection without getting tightness in the back, and stretchability ...

Karen rides her horse, Natilla with a focus of using corners to create balance and engagement. Natilla has a tendency to lose balance in the corners so Karen uses consistency to build a pattern where Natilla anticipates that she will be stopping and standing in the corner. Once she 'helps' Karen ...

Karen speaks with a group of students at a clinic about the ingredients that factor in to having an excellent connection with the reins. This talk will help you understand the things that effect the connection. Best of all, it will help you diagnose and more wisely begin to solve some of the issu...

This video demonstrates the technique of posting at the canter. This is a helpful exercise to help riders find their balance and strengthen their core muscles. It benefits the horse much like posting at the trot does: It gives the back some more freedom to move. Don’t forget to experiment with th...

Karen shows you a gymnastic exercise that is equally beneficial for the horse and rider. She will show you how to play with changing the length of the top line and the length of the strides independently. This is a great exercise for any horse and rider to play with. It will teach the rider a mor...

Karen rides a student’s horse. The student sometimes feels some brace and it was interfering with their canter work. Karen got on to have a feel during a clinic. This is a great video to just see and hear what Karen does to find the sweet spot on a horse she has not ridden before. There is nothin...

Karen coaches two riders as they develop Turns On the Haunches. Karen focuses less on precision in the final product and more on using the movement to gain qualities of engagement. This is a great video for anyone starting to play with collectibility

Karen coaches a rider with a very athletic, energetic horse. Karen shows her how to use a simple exercise that will challenge the horse enough to cause her to change her balance, and end up at a slower tempo with more cadence, without saying 'No' to the energy. By doing this exercise the rider is...

Karen helps a student with their sensitive Arabian. The rider is having trouble finding a harmonious connection with the reins. Karen rides the horse to demonstrate how to use Basic Alignment Exercise to help the horse learn how to find a balance where he can soften his body and find the Sweet Sp...

Getting good results comes from knowing what questions to ask yourself. This video is meant to give you 3 questions to ask yourself when you are riding a high energy or impulsive horse. Think of these questions as a sort of mantra to use. They will be easy to remember and use when you ride. If yo...

Karen gives you 3 Questions to ask yourself that will refine your circles. This short video will give you an easy-to-remember exercise that you can use to take your circles and bending lines from 'good' to 'great'. It will help you keep more consistency in the connection, more lightness and balan...

In this short video, Karen gives you 3 easy-to-remember and powerful questions to ask yourself when you are playing with increasing the level of engagement in your horse. These questions can be used to bring your horse up off the forehand, or to increase collectibility in a horse that is already ...

This is a video of a live demonstration Karen did as a co-presenter at an educational event. She helps this rider be more confident and clear with what she already knows so she can get better results in one session. This video is a great example of Karen’s powerful and empowering teaching methods...

This is a follow up with the horse Karen rode in the video: Riding Through Brace. The owner and her horse made a lot of progress since June, but they still had some residual bracing in the contact. Since the balance and communication in general was good, Karen shows them a rein technique that spe...

Karen not only gives you 3 questions that will help you stay focused and relaxed while riding a young or green horse, but will walk you through the process of arriving at those particular questions for that rider. By showing you the logic, you can come up with the 3 questions that are best for YO...

Karen helps a student with her athletic, sensitive, and flexible horse. This type of horse can be challenging to organize, but Karen helps her through several different exercises to help them untangle themselves and find a sweet spot for the working gaits.

Karen rides Natilla and checks on her balanced impulsion when bridleless. Karen had not done any bridleless on Natilla in a little while and decided to check on it. She shows how she would tune it up so Natilla is connected through the seat and balancing her own impulsion instead of rolling forwa...

In this video Karen coaches a student riding a horse who can get strong, long, and fast at the canter. It will show you a simple pattern that can be very helpful with this type of horse

Shelby Hume shares some tips on getting your hind quarter and forequarter yields in motion working more smoothly. These exercises are a nice bridge between your foundational yields and more refined lateral work. Shelby will show you some things to think about both on the ground and in the saddle

Karen shares a key ingredient to success in doing shoulder in and haunches in! (The secret is that it is the same ingredient!). This quick video can quickly increase your ability to get to the heart of these exercises. This video is great for anyone who is playing with these lateral positions.

Karen coaches a student through a basic and favorite exercise for developing lengthenings. This video will give you a lot to think about for taking the first attempts at lengthenings so it will be as organized and balanced as possible.

In this video, Karen coaches a student to understand and identify their Working Gaits and to take the first steps towards Collecting. This is a rider with no previous dressage experience, so this is a great lesson for anyone who has a lot of the pieces buts wants to be more confident in understan...

Liesbeth Jorna shares some favorite cavaletti exercises that can be done on line and riding. This video will be great for anyone looking for a fun way to increase your horse's gymnastic abilities