This very short video is in response to student's questions about: "How does Karen create great partnerships with her horses?" Don't let the short length fool you; her answer is brief so it is easy to remember, but it also is powerful... And something that often takes a lifetime to really be succ...

Karen discusses 2 types of leadership with a student. Sometimes we need to wait and give the horse time, and sometimes we need to do it now. Karen gives some analogies to help her realize it is not about right and wrong, but about consciously choosing and seeing which one works best.

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)

Karen teaches a student a quick tip to improve her counter canter, focusing on precision and balance. In counter canter the line you choose to ride can make all the difference. Precision can help create balance. This video is great for anyone playing with counter canter.

This video series will help riders bring more ease to their riding, while getting better results. Active Neutral is where we embody, confirm, and allow that which we asked our horse to perform. It is a mental, emotional, and physical state of mind where we want for nothing else. Most of the ‘magi...

Karen does moving massage with her 18 month old filly, Quora. From the beginning, Quora has shown some defensiveness and tension when touched on the upper part of her neck. Now that Quora is good with basic leading, Karen can use Moving Massage to try to melt away unnecessary tension, and change ...

This video shows a simple exercise to do if you would like to have a longer, more draped leg. This will help you if you tend to push off your stirrups or grip with your leg, or perch in the saddle.

It can also help riders who are more comfortable bareback than riding with stirrups. This is a gre...

Karen gives you 3 questions to ask yourself when looking for your best working gaits. It's so easy to ride around wondering: "Is this it?". With these 3 questions, you will have more ways to self-assess and be confident that you are in good working gaits. PLUS Karen gives you a bonus question to ...

Karen shares some of her thoughts as she gets ready to start a new year

Karen shows her protocol for horses who want to rub their heads on you, especially when you are trying to adjust the halter or bridle. It is a combination of being a helpful partner, communication, and boundaries. This is a great video for anyone with a horse because this issue is so common.

In this quick tip, Karen shows you the most efficient and elegant way to change your stick from one hand to the other. This not only looks good, but it is the least disruptive to your position and the horse. It's a little tricky to master, but with a little practice you will have it

In this video, Karen talks about and illustrates the process of 'going all the way through', especially when dealing with an emotional horse. She uses a 'Bell Curve' analogy to describe the different stages the training process goes through, and the importance of keeping going (and knowing when t...

This is a video of Karen riding a favorite sequence of movements that will help increase your horse’s shoulder mobility, bend, engagement, and lateral balance. The pattern shown is an excerpt from the Rassembler 2 Pattern from the Baroque Games & Institute. This exercise will be good for anyone w...

David Lichman (5* Parelli Professional) shares this super quick video about how to teach the bridge (for example, where you connect the word 'good' with a reward) and then plays with 3 horses to demonstrate how he gets them to respond to their own name and not the other horses’ names! This quick...

Karen Rohlf continues her discussion about energy, She talks about how remembering to rest and release will help your horse to offer more. She contrasts this to a typical strategy that trainers use which is to 'keep them going'. This video is a continuation of the other two videos this month and ...

In this video, Karen highlights an important aspect of doing yields at the walk, especially when you want to progress them into lateral work. She shows two ways of yielding around a circle on line ... One way creates an almost 2-beat walk rhythm, while the other way preserves the 4-beat rhythm of...

In this exercise, you will see Karen ride a shoulder- in to canter exercise from the Baroque Equestrian Games & Institute (BEGI). You will see her ride it once, with quite nice results, and then she will repeat it with some coaching from Bruno Gonzales (co-createor of BEGI). You will see how, in ...

Karen explains a strategy she uses often that will help you be more efficient and effective in your training sessions by alternating between two exercises.

This is a general concept that can be applied at every level!

In this video Karen shows you an exercise on the ground (but the concept can be applied to riding also). It is based on the idea of ‘everything comes from and returns to relaxation’. This is a video for everyone! It is a simple maneuver that requires timing and the ability to turn your own energy...

Karen coaches a rider through the Basic Alignment Exercise for the first time. Basic Alignment Exercise is one of the most powerful and fundamental exercises in Dressage Naturally. Once learned, this principle can be used to bring better balance and freedom of movement during basic and advanced m...

This is a moment from a clinic I co-taught with dressage trainer, Sarah Martin. Sarah started the clinic by explaining the importance of allowing the horse to relax in a natural way, and how that effects the posture in a way that will benefit us in our dressage practice. We'll also start a discus...

Karen coaches a student through a counter canter pattern from a First Level dressage test. It is an easy pattern for the horse, but can be challenging for the rider to visualize. You will see a very typical issue many riders have, then will see how Karen explains it, gives another exercise to bui...

Dog training expert and Dressage, Naturally student, Brenda Aloff (http://brendaaloff.com) joins Karen for a short chat about the difference between eliciting a behavior with cues vs. the feeling of moving together (power sharing). Dressage, in the end, feels more like a dance than a series of in...

DN Licensed Instructor, Liesbeth Jorna, shares some exercises to help you ride corners in a way that develops harmony and balance. You’ll see the common problems people experience when doing corners and learn 3 different exercises to try at the walk, trot, and canter!

This video is great for any...