In this video, I show three variations of an exercise to help build the ingredients you and your horse need to ride excellent turns. In a nice turn, your horse will carve the turn with their outside shoulder and will stand up away from the inside. They will 'fill up' the outside rein without bulg...

Ewa Angantyr demonstrates how she promotes relaxation with her young, high-headed Arabian, Amiir. Ewa focuses rewards when he lowers his head to help him be more calm, trusting, and balanced. In this way he learns how to make himself calmer. She shows how she finds relaxation in motion, and how s...

The walk is the most delicate gait; it is the easiest one to create problems in the rhythm when engaging or collecting it. Karen gives you 3 important questions to ask yourself when riding your walk. These questions will help make sure that you keep the dynamic flowing, and will help you problem-...

Certified Horse Behavior Consultant, Sharon Madere demonstrates some of the techniques she discussed in the video: Avoiding The Cookie Monster with Sharon Madere Part 1.
You will see her show you how to set the horse up to keep his head straight ahead when receiving treats (instead of mugging you...

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 ...

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...

In this video, Karen coaches a student through exercises to improve her medium canter. This horse needs more power and scope in the medium, yet at the same time, he can overreact to the aids. Karen shows them a way to develop the medium canter so he becomes both more bold and smoother.

Karen answers a very common question: 'How do you transition to riding bitless?'. Karen explains why you may want to try it, and how to set yourself up for success doing it. This video is excellent for anyone who has wanted to explore bitless but wasn't sure how to begin.

In this video, you will see the same view as Karen as she does Half Passes. This is a sequel to the July 2018 video: Rider's Eye View Of Lateral Positions. Karen will narrate as she demonstrates how to position the half pass in the arena, and will show the most common mistakes people make. If you...

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'.

Karen walks you through a protocol for starting to improve your position. These exercises will leave you feeling empowered and better able to make improvements in your riding position.

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 plays with Solana in the Long Lines to show you some basic exercises and to set her up for more collectibility exercises later. Karen will show her playing on straight lines, leg yields, beginning of shoulder in, and transitions.

Karen coaches a student with her horse on line to find more cadence, power, and elasticity of his stride. He has a rather short, tight stride and you will see how Karen suggests they play with finding a new balance at a higher energy - in order to tempt him to use his body better! This videos is ...

This video shows one of Karen’s favorite exercises. It is one of the rare moments when Karen is quite strict about the rules. Karen did a podcast about this exercise which you can find here: https://dressagenaturally.net/podcast-library/ep107-grid-exercise/

This is an exercise to improve your fo...

Karen will show how ground exercises can improve engagement in riding, even at the early stages. You will also see how it can build to piaffe.

Karen coaches two riders through a favorite lateral exercise. This exercise can be done for any lateral position (nose to the wall leg yield, shoulder-in, haunches-in, renvers, counter shoulder-in). In this video, we use counter shoulder-in. This exercise will create balance and responsiveness. I...

In this video, you will see Karen describe how she holds the reins, including the Fillis style. She will describe what she is doing with her hands when she shortens and lengthens her reins. You will see this all from the same perspective you get when you are riding!

This video is the next step from the other video this month: Cloverleaf and Pole Box at Walk. In this video, DN Licensed Instructor, Michelle Young shows you how she uses a simple foundational pattern in a way that can improve the posture, alignment, coordination, and flexibility of her horse. Th...

Karen coaches a dressage rider though several exercises to help the horse develop a more uphill posture and light forehand. Exercises include using transitions and corners.

This video is great for anyone who has solid working gaits and is playing with developing more collectibility.

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

Karen rides her 4 yr old, Solana, in sessions where she is first starting to directly influence her posture.
This video is great for anyone with a young horse at the stage where posture is starting to be important.

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.

In This video, DN Instructor Shelby Hume shares an exercise called Reflex To Reset. It is an alternative to escalating pressure that uses patience and rhythmic repetition. This technique gives the horse time to think, and helps the rider stay as soft as possible while still keeping the intention ...