Clinic with Karen Rohlf

This past weekend I spent 4 days at Boone Run Farm in Embro, ON taking the Upward Spiral of Success clinic with trainer, Karen Rohlf.   Interesting clinic with a full range of levels of riders and horses.   Everyone had successes in one way or another to take away a learning from the weekend.
I had a 'perfect' flying change without asking for the change of direction!  It was super!   Clean, forward, back to front and not croup high.   It was the perfect proof that the changes are because of the aid not because of change of direction.   <insert happy dance here!>
Karen has a very positive and upbeat attitude about everything she teaches.   She promotes the idea of the happy athlete and has a great system for breaking down the conversations we have with our horses so that we can determine the ingredients that are working or maybe not working.   Once we know what ingredients are OK or need a bit more clarity we then can develop a plan to help the horse better create the overall "picture" we are trying to create...one of relaxation and harmony.

This is our riding group.  L to R - Elaine, Joanne, Barb, Ann, Dawn, Brenda, Sandy, Karen and Me. 

This is the group of riders and dedicated auditors.

Few pics of Izzy and I.

Brenda

Elaine

Sandy

Barb

Ann

Joanne

Karen

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