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[![KR Blog-1](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/KR%20Blog-1.jpg "KR Blog-1")](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/) - [Healthy, Happy Dressage (47)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/tag/healthy-happy-dressage) - [Life, Empowerment & Horses (35)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/tag/life-empowerment-horses) - [Foundation Of Partnership (33)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/tag/foundation-of-partnership) - [Connection With The Reins (9)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/tag/connection-with-the-reins) - [The Horse Business (3)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/tag/the-horse-business) Search ## [Habits For Excellent Horsemanship Part 1 of 3](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/127-habits-for-excellent-horsemanship-part-1) [![partners](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/partners.jpg "partners")](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/127-habits-for-excellent-horsemanship-part-1) It takes years to develop the skills and abilities of an experienced master horseman. The good new is there are specific habits that you can implement starting right now, no matter what level you are.  [>> Read More](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/127-habits-for-excellent-horsemanship-part-1) ## [A Holistic View For Keeping Your Horse's Back Healthy](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/145-holistic-view-for-keeping-your-horses-back-healthy) [![Healthy_Unhealthy_Biomechanics_web](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/Healthy_Unhealthy_Biomechanics_web.jpg "Healthy_Unhealthy_Biomechanics_web")](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/145-holistic-view-for-keeping-your-horses-back-healthy) The health of your horse’s back is vital to his performance. Achieving healthy back movement requires a holistic solution that takes into account every aspect of your horse’s experience. 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[Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/what-to-do-when-you-see-abuse) [![](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/Scale%20of%20Safe%20and%20Unsafe.jpeg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/a-few-ways-to-look-at-horse-welfare-issues) ## [A Few Ways To Look At Horse Welfare Issues](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/a-few-ways-to-look-at-horse-welfare-issues) We all need to think about horse welfare: what it looks like, how to define abuse, where to draw lines, and what to do ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/a-few-ways-to-look-at-horse-welfare-issues) [![](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/Harmonious%20dynamic%20biomechanics.png)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/when-is-the-right-time-to-focus-on-how-your-horse-moves) ## [When Is The Right Time To Focus On How Your Horse ...](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/when-is-the-right-time-to-focus-on-how-your-horse-moves) Getting the mental, emotional, and physical dynamic right throughout your horse’s life can be challenging. The more you ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/when-is-the-right-time-to-focus-on-how-your-horse-moves) [![](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/Precision%20%26%20Play%20cropped.jpeg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/dissolving-brace) ## [Dissolving Brace](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/dissolving-brace) "Horses are not merely lumps of clay where strongly squeezing and pressing on them will make them soft" Many people ... 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[Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/horse-school-has-different-classes) [![](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/shutterstock_1364464388.jpeg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/stop-breaking-horses) ## [Stop Breaking Horses](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/stop-breaking-horses) Prefer to listen? I covered this in my podcast. Horse Training In Harmony, episode 156 Words matter. Often we use words ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/stop-breaking-horses) [![](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/bubbles%20Natilla%20riding.jpeg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/nothing-is-something) ## [Nothing Is Something](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/nothing-is-something) At a clinic a few years ago, at the last moment, I threw away my plan for the first session and did something ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/nothing-is-something) [![Karen Rohlf Superhero](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/superhero%20and%20horse%20cartoon.jpeg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/be-your-horses-superhero) ## [Be Your Horse's Superhero.](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/be-your-horses-superhero) Why Partnership Is Not Enough Starting in the late 1990s, I changed from control-based training to communication-based ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/be-your-horses-superhero) [![](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/Training%20Scale-1.png)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/is-your-horse-a-happy-athlete) ## [Is Your Horse A Happy Athlete?](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/is-your-horse-a-happy-athlete) I've coached students from multiple disciplines and levels on a variety of breeds of horses, coming from a range of ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/is-your-horse-a-happy-athlete) [![](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/Karen%20ROhlf%20Dressage%20Naturally%20Natilla%20bridleless%20canter.jpg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/partnership-leadership) ## [Partnership & Leadership](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/partnership-leadership) Prefer to listen? Click HERE to go to a podcast on this subject. Have you been told by an instructor that you need to ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/partnership-leadership) [![](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/hyperflexion%20teo.jpg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/helping-a-horse-with-shivers) ## [Helping A Horse With Shivers](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/helping-a-horse-with-shivers) I was given a very lovely young warmblood who I was told (after they gave him to me) was diagnosed with shivers. For ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/helping-a-horse-with-shivers) [![](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/karen%20rohlf%20hot%20shot%20big%20trot%20liberty.jpg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/how-to-motivate-your-horse) ## [How To Motivate Your Horse](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/how-to-motivate-your-horse) Prefer to listen? I did a podcast that includes this subject. You can listen HERE Can you motivate your horse to offer ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/how-to-motivate-your-horse) [![](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/custom-video-thumbnails/Happy%20Horse%20Interview%20Series%20David%20Lichman-thumb.jpeg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/happy-horse-interview-series) ## [Happy Horse Interview Series](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/happy-horse-interview-series) How do you know if your horse is happy? There are 7 interviews in this series (so far)! You can find them all by going ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/happy-horse-interview-series) [![](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/KR%20happy%20Horse%20thumb2-1.jpg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/how-do-you-know-your-horse-is-happy) ## [How Do You Know Your Horse Is Happy?](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/how-do-you-know-your-horse-is-happy) Settle in for my thoughts on how to know your horse is happy and how to increase his levels of happiness! (45 min ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/how-do-you-know-your-horse-is-happy) [![](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/Terri%20Miller%20photo-1.jpg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/the-decision) ## [The Decision](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/the-decision) This blog is about how to make The Decision... The decision about how to know if it's time to euthanize your beloved ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/the-decision) [![](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/Karen%20Rohlf%20Natilla%20cuddles.jpg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/love-it-or-change-it) ## [Love It Or Change It.](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/love-it-or-change-it) (Prefer to listen? Check out my podcast on this subject) What if… In any moment of tension, there was one question you ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/love-it-or-change-it) [![Karen Rohlf Dressage Naturally cartoon about people dressing the same](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/Karen%20Rohlf%20Dressage%20Naturally%20cartoon%20about%20people%20dressing%20the%20same.png)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/dont-do-natural-horsemanship) ## [Don't Do Natural Horsemanship](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/dont-do-natural-horsemanship) When someone says they do dressage, you can picture them doing specific movements like half pass, pirouettes, and ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/dont-do-natural-horsemanship) [![thought](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/thought.png)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/focus-vs-intention) ## [Focus vs Intention](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/focus-vs-intention) In a previous blog I wrote about how intention is the main aid we use with horses so they know the difference between ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/focus-vs-intention) [![launch2](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/launch2.jpg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/horse-stressed-in-new-places) ## [Horse Stressed In New Places?](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/horse-stressed-in-new-places) In the Q&A calls we do for our online programs, we often get questions about how to handle things when you take ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/horse-stressed-in-new-places) [![alien calculus karen rohlf](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/alien%20calculus%20karen%20rohlf.jpg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/an-assumption-of-obligingness) ## [An Assumption Of Obligingness](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/an-assumption-of-obligingness) Prefer to listen? Check out Karen's podcast on this subject. Many riders aren't enjoying the process of training or ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/an-assumption-of-obligingness) [![Karen Rohlf rolling-1](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/hubfs/Karen%20Rohlf%20rolling-1.png)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/my-most-viral-video-the-backstory) ## [My Most Viral Video - The Backstory](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/my-most-viral-video-the-backstory) Out of all the videos I have made, there is one video that has gotten more attention than all the others. You can see ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/my-most-viral-video-the-backstory) [![Habits For Excellent Horsemanship Course](https://dressagenaturally.net/images/gallery/karengalleryfolder/Habits_For_Excellent_Horsemanship_Course.jpg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/139-habits-for-excellent-horsemanship-part-3) ## [Habits For Excellent Horsemanship Part 3 of 3](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/139-habits-for-excellent-horsemanship-part-3) Prefer to listen? Check out Karen's podcast episode on all 9 Habits For Excellent Horsemanship. Part 3: Feel, ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/139-habits-for-excellent-horsemanship-part-3) [![Ovation halfpass](https://dressagenaturally.net/images/Ovation_halfpass.jpg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/10-intention-is-the-main-aid) ## [Intention is the Main Aid](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/10-intention-is-the-main-aid) "Inside leg!", "Outside rein!", "Shorten your reins!" Ahh ... the sounds of a typical riding lesson! I learned long ago ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/10-intention-is-the-main-aid) [![glenn stewart karen rohlf](https://dressagenaturally.net/images/glenn-stewart-karen-rohlf.jpg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/47-lessons-relearned-the-pitfall-of-wanting-to-be-nice) ## [Lessons Re-Learned: The Pitfall of Wanting to be ...](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/47-lessons-relearned-the-pitfall-of-wanting-to-be-nice) "If you're not growing you're going backwards" "Not all movement is progress" Those are the statements that stick in my ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/47-lessons-relearned-the-pitfall-of-wanting-to-be-nice) [![Karen-Ovation-Natilla-6-2015sml.jpg](https://dressagenaturally.net/images/Karen-Ovation-Natilla-6-2015sml.jpg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/86-partnership-progress-2-sides-of-the-same-coin) ## [Partnership & Progress: 2 Sides Of The Same Coin](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/86-partnership-progress-2-sides-of-the-same-coin) My ultimate vision is to progress with my horses gymnastically as far as we can go together in a way that builds our ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/86-partnership-progress-2-sides-of-the-same-coin) [![Heidi Lowthorp](https://dressagenaturally.net/images/Heidi_Lowthorp.jpg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/84-what-makes-a-good-rider) ## [What Makes A 'Good' Rider?](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/84-what-makes-a-good-rider) Prefer to listen? Check out Karen's podcast on this subject. On one of our weekly Q & A calls in the Sweet Spot of ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/84-what-makes-a-good-rider) [![atomic rear](https://dressagenaturally.net/images/atomic_rear.jpg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/55-horse-that-does-not-go-forward-and-rears-under-saddle) ## [Horse That Does Not Go Forward and Rears Under ...](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/55-horse-that-does-not-go-forward-and-rears-under-saddle) QUESTION from a student: I have a 6 yr old horse who never was really in front of the leg, but now she gets sticky, ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/55-horse-that-does-not-go-forward-and-rears-under-saddle) [![o liberty](https://dressagenaturally.net/images/o_liberty.jpg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/131-habits-for-excellent-horsemanship-part-2) ## [Habits For Excellent Horsemanship Part 2 of 3](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/131-habits-for-excellent-horsemanship-part-2) Prefer to listen? 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[Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/9-partners-in-the-process) [![partners](https://dressagenaturally.net/images/partners.jpg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/127-habits-for-excellent-horsemanship-part-1) ## [Habits For Excellent Horsemanship Part 1 of 3](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/127-habits-for-excellent-horsemanship-part-1) Prefer to listen? Check out Karen's podcast episode on all 9 Habits For Excellent Horsemanship. Part 1: Partnership, ... [Read More >](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/127-habits-for-excellent-horsemanship-part-1) [![Clarity Dressage Naturally](https://dressagenaturally.net/images/Clarity_Dressage_Naturally.jpg)](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/24-yes-moments-results-in-harmony) ## ["Yes" Moments ... The Power of 100% Clarity](https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/24-yes-moments-results-in-harmony) As a dressage professional and 're-naturalized horseman', I understand the importance of building complex maneuvers ... 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