Karen Rohlf at Dressage Naturally (www.dressagenaturally.net) has a wonderful youtube video that demonstrates natural balance and head carriage in different types of liberty and riding play. I found her site to be wonderfully instructive.
Archive for the ‘Training to Softness’ Category
The Rider Has No Right to the Horse’s Head
Posted in Horse & Rider, Joyful Horse, Training to Softness, tagged dressage, Karen Rohlf on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Developing Softness in the Bracing Horse
Posted in Training to Softness on February 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The pages in this section contain video of a session working with developing softness in this impressive gelding. This horse had on several occasions injured his owner, and it was easy to see how effective he was in using his shoulders to push on and into people, while expressing threatening gestures with pin backed ears [...]



