Karen coaches a student who is practicing Training Level tests, but has had a long-standing issue with picking up and maintaining the left lead. The student has made huge progress, but still needs to find the balance where the horse can reliably pick up and sustain the left lead. Watch as Karen t...

Karen coaches a student who is preparing for First Level dressage tests. They have trouble with energy at the canter, and keeping balance on 15 meter circles. Karen traces it to a fundamental imbalance in the shoulders (the horse leans on his inside shoulder when on the left lead). By focusing on...

Karen rides her horse, Natilla, to show you a favorite training strategy to build both responsiveness and calmness! It’s also a great exercise to do when it is too hot to do a lot of aerobic work. You will see how she plays with it to build greater and greater movement from Natilla, but you will ...

Karen coaches the student through spiraling in and out to help change the horse's balance, cadence, and power. This video is excellent for anyone looking to improve the quality of their horse’s gaits.

This is a quick tip to help clarify a small but important distinction. When someone tells you to "shorten your reins", it actually isn't enough information! Karen rides Solana to demonstrate two different ways to shorten your reins and the implications of each

In this video, Karen talks about and demonstrates the concept of 'riding forward to the connection'. This is an integral and often elusive quality that is so important to understand in order to create the light yet powerful connection that we are looking for! Karen explains the key ingredients an...

The back up is often one of the most difficult movements to ride in engagement, but it is such an important gymnastic exercise! Karen will demonstrate what it can look like and narrates what she is doing while riding two of her horses. Then she shows you another horse and student learning to do i...

Karen coaches Heidi to improve her horse’s collectibility. You will see lovely examples of lateral work and transition exercises. Heidi is a rider with a lot of feel and timing, and great communication with her horse. You will see a nice example of how to maximize your horse's gaits and balance. ...

In this video Karen uses some techniques you can use from the ground to help riders and horses find an improved connection.

Karen uses a combination of Moving Massage, Poll Flexion, and her dissolving brace techniques. This video is good for anyone looking to find an even more yummy connection w...

Karen helps student Vicky and her horse Bogie to find a steadier, more engaged connection through their bodies. Vicky has done a great job creating a happy, forward, and loose horse, but now it is time for them both to become more consistent in their engagement and connection within their bodies ...

Karen helps a student (also named Karen) with her horse Sage. Sage and Karen had been focusing primarily on freestyle and bridleless, as they ran into some tension and connection issues when riding with contact, especially with a bit. Karen will show you the range of exercises they practiced duri...

In this video Karen gives you a very simple transition exercise of doing walk-trot transitions with invisible aids while maintaining the same speed. Karen shows how this deceptively simple exercise is the basis of what will later lead to piaffe.

Karen rides her almost 5-year-old and narrates what she is thinking about to find her sweet spot of her working gaits.
This video is great for anyone who wants to see the finer points of finding the sweet spot

Karen rides her 5.5 yr old in a way that will solidify the concept of 'freestyle inside the finesse' or feeling like you're riding without the reins, even when the reins are there. Natilla can do both connected and loose reins very well, but the focus is to be able to flow from one to the other i...

This video introduces Karen's new horse, Hot Shot. He is coming 7 and came to Karen because he had a chronic lameness for 2 years. Through a combination of hoof trimming, lifestyle changing, and most importantly, the magic of the finding the sweet spot exercises, Hot Shot quickly became sound! Th...

This video has footage from one month and 2 months after Hot Shot's Introduction video. Karen will narrate a ride to tell you what she is focusing on to continue to strengthen his healthy biomechanics. This video will give a clear picture of two things that Karen says all the time: 1. Never under...

Karen rides a student's horse at a clinic. The owner has said she wanted Linus to feel 'Less like a Mac truck"! He was not really light in his responses, and he doesn't like wearing a bit, so made the connection more difficult to find. Karen rode him on a day where he was a bit distracted, so you...

Karen teaches a student who has a lovely connection with her horse, but she loves the stretch and gets a bit low in her working gaits. In this video you will get some great theory, and will see the student quickly put it into practice!
This is a great video for anyone who wants to understand how ...

Karen rides Ovation as Bruno Gonsalez from the Baroque Equestrian Games and Institute coaches her through some of the basic exercises for developing balance and engagement in their system. These simple exercises can be a powerful tool when ridden with the intention of finding greater engagement a...

Karen teaches a student, Linda, on her big moving, sensitive Swedish Warmblood, Ressac. Ressac can get tight and tense, especially in the canter. He also can get strung out in his body, yet curled up and 'too light' in the contact, making it difficult for Linda to solve on her own. Watch as Karen...

Karen teaches a student, Ann, with her lovely 7 yr old PRE gelding, Uno. He is friendly, light and sensitive, but gets crooked, tight, and stuck in his body. When he does, the energy can come out in very explosive ways. Watch how Karen and Ann calmly create a plan to help him find the open doors ...

In this video, Karen helps a student who is having trouble with her horse bulging out around the circle. She rides the horse to help them break the cycle of brace and crookedness. She uses the idea of Basic Alignment Exercise to reset their middle. You will see how this one session makes a change...

Karen rides a horse over two days to improve his general engagement, balance, and power. They focus especially on his canter departs and balance at the canter, where he tends to sprawl and become difficult to steer. You will see the process of changing the horse's way of moving by challenging him...

In this video, Karen teaches a dressage student with a beautiful warmblood how to create a more balanced posture and positive connection by focusing on Poll High and Self Carriage. This video will show the power of these priorities, and will give you a very beautiful horse to watch