Karen explains the concept of the Sweet Spot, how it fits within our foundation, and how it not only helps improve the way our horses move, but our partnership with them, too. This is one of Karen’s signature concepts and is at the heart of Dressage Naturally. Hear how she developed the concept, ...

Karen talks a bit about what it may look like when you don't have all the ingredients of the sweet spot. She uses humorous cartoons to help us recognize the exaggeration of what it is like when you are missing one of the conversations of Relaxation, Energy or Balance

Karen teaches a student with a lovely thoroughbred stallion to find greater clarity, harmony, and relaxation. You will see the simple, yet profound way Karen helped them achieve more by doing less. This video is excellent for anyone who feels like they have excess tension between themselves and t...

This video explains, in a nutshell, one of the most important concepts in the Dressage Naturally program: The Basic Alignment Exercise. Karen uses a clear visual example to explain it. This exercise is key to breaking free of trying to ‘hold your horse straight’ or ‘hold the bend on’ with stronge...

Karen rides a student's horse at a clinic. This is a horse who moves with an extremely high head carriage and tight back. He and his rider have all the ingredients to be in the sweet spot for a balanced, let loose posture but they needed a little help really finding it! This video is especially f...

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 teaches Kris on her horse, Wouter. We met Wouter in the video: Basic Alignment Exercise - Wouter. In this video Karen guides Kris in 3 sessions to improve their ability to find consistent 'throughness'. This video is great to help anyone looking for more consistency in their connection, as ...

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...

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 coaches a student to help her maintain the canter. This can be challenging for many riders because you want to suggest they keep going, but you don’t want to chase them or push them and ruin the quality of the canter. This video will give some tips for things to do to help you have more suc...

Karen gets on a student's horse to help improve the steadiness of his connection. This student and his horse had all the ingredients they needed, they just needed to play with them to find a more consistent sweet spot of connection. You will see how Karen used small lateral yields in the horse's ...

Karen teaches a student to help her understand about finding the sweet spot of energy. Even without a lot of 'dressage' knowledge, you can improve your gaits using experimentation and observation.

Karen rides Duncan again in a continuation of the video 'Beginning to Rebalance - Duncan'. This is his third day with Karen and she rides him in a halter and snaffle. His owner had been told he should only be ridden in a double bridle. The focus is on self carriage. You can find more videos about...

Karen's first time seeing Duncan being ridden, and her first time riding him. Observe what Karen does in order to get a feel for him and also to begin making progress. Duncan is an upper level dressage horse whose owner sought Karen's help because she was considering selling him because he was to...

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 ...

Karen rides her 4 year old filly, Natilla and describes the very basics of balance and posture appropriate for a horse at this stage. She describes and demonstrates how she begins creating the connection in the reins and the posture through simple balancing between the inside and outside. This vi...

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...

Karen demonstrates how the basics of foundation are carried forward as you begin DN posture exercises. She shows how 'Freestyle' can fit inside the 'finesse'. This video is excellent for any rider who is playing with the exercises of D,N and is wondering how it fits with their foundation

In this video, you will see the transformation of a very tense horse over a 3-week period. Observe as Karen coaches a student on how to create relaxation of mind and body through the exercises for finding the sweet spot!

This video shows the transformation that one horse and rider pair made over a 9 month period. Karen always says she can see the free, balanced horse inside of every horse ... And this video will help you to be able to see what is possible. The student in this video took only a handful of lessons ...

Karen explains how they are trying to improve a horse's throughness and the swinging of his back by improving his energy. The plan is to highlight his commitment to effort through simple patterns and transition. These are simple exercises for a common issue!
This video is excellent for anyone who...

Discussion and simulation to help you understand and feel what it means to bend. I hope you do get up and try this one... So many students find this helpful at my clinics! What you will learn about your bodies in this exercise usually directly translates to what you find while riding. This video ...