Welcome to The Art of Riding with Karen Musson

Coaching Information

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Coaching & Clinic Topics

Karen's coaching style empowers students with new thought processes, clear understanding and practical experiences that fuel further independent growth.

Every clinic is sensitive to the horses, people and horse/person combinations in the moment. Below is a list of topics explored at Karen's clinics. You can also view this interactive clinic handout or here for higher resolution screens to get a better feel for these topics or read more about Karen.

Students explore:

What is meant by FEEL from both horse and human perspective

How to develop quality in our FEEL: feeling of the horse
What affects FEEL in a Way We’d Like to Avoid
RELEASE and its meaning
PRESSURE and its meaning in “Pressure and Release”
Taking the RELEASE Further: timing and associated meaning
Just Releasing: how, and the effect on your partnership
Connecting with the Horse’s Mind through Release
RELEASING Forwards/Backwards and to a Stop in One Stride
A Different Kind of RELEASE: Releasing the Life in Your Horse
Understanding Locomotion: what you need to know (and why)
Saddling and Bridling through FEEL
Riding Through RELEASE
Remaining Mindful of Meaning under Saddle
Getting Mindful of our Riding Style and the FEEL it Offers to our Horse
Balanced Riding and its Implications for Riding with FEEL
Feeling of the Feet under Saddle
RELEASING the horse Forwards, Backwards and to a Stop on the Float
RELEASING the horse Left, Right and Straight on the Float
Working with Horses Through True Feel: Review

If you are interested in riding with Karen or sponsoring
a workshop or clinic, please contact Karen.

 

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