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Do you want to advance up the levels without sacrificing your horses’ welfare and your relationship with them? Do you find it confusing trying to reconcile competitive training techniques with methods that prioritize partnership? Get ready for some fresh insights and deep understandings of how to progress with your horse!
This podcast invites an evolution in your training and learning experience. Karen Rohlf will give you specific techniques and exercises, ‘outside the box’ concepts, and perspectives from top professionals. This show will explore how you can create stronger partnerships and healthy biomechanics, and will help you be your best self for your horse and for your life; free from the fear of making mistakes and dogmatic ‘right vs wrong’ thinking.
As an author, internationally popular clinician, and creator of the Dressage Naturally program, Karen has been filling in the missing pieces and catalyzing breakthroughs for amateur and professional horsemen and women around the world. This show will have something for riders of every level and discipline. If you love the podcast and want the theory behind it, check out the DN book in PRINT or AUDIO format.
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EP158: Needle-Shyness with Dr. Lily Wilson
In this episode I am joined by Dr. Lily Wilson, a veterinary surgeon who has created a new way of helping horse owners take the very best care of their equine partners. Today we will be talking about needle-shyness, and what we can do to make getting injections a better experience for the horse and the handler.
EP157: The Forest
In this episode I’ll talk about beautiful moments with horses and how we can be sure they are beautiful… Who gets to say? If a horse piaffes in the forest and no one is there to judge it, can it be beautiful? Let’s explore that.
EP156: Stop Breaking Horses
In this episode I talk about one of the most unfortunate terms in the horse world: Breaking Horses. Help me eliminate that word, and even more importantly that practice. We don’t want to break horses, we want to prepare them.
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🎤 NEW POD 💥 EP256: TEACHING PRIORITIES
Enjoy this short excerpt
For the FULL episode go to: https://dressagenaturally.net/podcast/
Or search for Horse Training In Harmony Episode 256 wherever you listen.
In this episode I reflect on my recent conference with all the DN Instructors, and share one piece about priorities for teaching.
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#dressagenaturally #karenrohlf #horsetraininginharmony #horsepodcast #horses #myhorseisperfect #ilovemyhorse #horsemanship #happyhealthyhorse #happyathlete
Mar 13
If Ovation was a dog he would be a labrador retriever 😍😍
Mar 13
🎤 NEW POD 💥EP255: USING THE HAPPY ATHLETE TRAINING SCALE
Enjoy this short excerpt
For the FULL episode go to: https://dressagenaturally.net/podcast/
Or search for Horse Training In Harmony Episode 255 wherever you listen.
In this episode I explain a way to use the HATS to make better progress while prioritizing your horse’s well-being. It’s a short but hopefully very helpful episode that you can put into practice right away.
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#dressagenaturally #happyathlete #happyhealthyhorse #horsemanship #horsepodcast #horses #horsetraininginharmony #ilovemyhorse #karenrohlf #myhorseisperfect
Feb 27
🎤 NEW POD 💥 EP254: WHEN YOUR HORSE KNOWS BEST
Enjoy this short excerpt
For the FULL episode go to: https://dressagenaturally.net/podcast/
Or search for Horse Training In Harmony Episode 254 wherever you listen.
In this episode I talk about when my horse makes the best decisions, and how we need to be paying attention and ready to set aside our egos when that happens.
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#dressagenaturally #karenrohlf #horsetraininginharmony #horsepodcast #horses #myhorseisperfect #ilovemyhorse #horsemanship #happyhealthyhorse #smarthorse
Feb 13
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🎤 NEW POD 💥 EP256: TEACHING PRIORITIES
Enjoy this short excerpt
For the FULL episode go to: https://dressagenaturally.net/podcast/
Or search for Horse Training In Harmony Episode 256 wherever you listen.
In this episode I reflect on my recent conference with all the DN Instructors, and share one piece about priorities for teaching.
.
.
#dressagenaturally #karenrohlf #horsetraininginharmony #horsepodcast #horses #myhorseisperfect #ilovemyhorse #horsemanship #happyhealthyhorse #happyathlete
Mar 13
If Ovation was a dog he would be a labrador retriever 😍😍
Mar 13
🎤 NEW POD 💥EP255: USING THE HAPPY ATHLETE TRAINING SCALE
Enjoy this short excerpt
For the FULL episode go to: https://dressagenaturally.net/podcast/
Or search for Horse Training In Harmony Episode 255 wherever you listen.
In this episode I explain a way to use the HATS to make better progress while prioritizing your horse’s well-being. It’s a short but hopefully very helpful episode that you can put into practice right away.
.
.
#dressagenaturally #happyathlete #happyhealthyhorse #horsemanship #horsepodcast #horses #horsetraininginharmony #ilovemyhorse #karenrohlf #myhorseisperfect
Feb 27
🎤 NEW POD 💥 EP254: WHEN YOUR HORSE KNOWS BEST
Enjoy this short excerpt
For the FULL episode go to: https://dressagenaturally.net/podcast/
Or search for Horse Training In Harmony Episode 254 wherever you listen.
In this episode I talk about when my horse makes the best decisions, and how we need to be paying attention and ready to set aside our egos when that happens.
.
.
#dressagenaturally #karenrohlf #horsetraininginharmony #horsepodcast #horses #myhorseisperfect #ilovemyhorse #horsemanship #happyhealthyhorse #smarthorse
Feb 13
