Compassion * Balance * Joy
Karuna Riding LLC
Training & Lessons
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Karuna Stables has 2 beautiful and wonderful Lusitano stallions schooled in the French classical tradition that I learned from my teacher Dominique Barbier available for lessons to the right students.
I also am happy to come to you to teach you on your horse and can welcome you and your horse(s) to haul in for a day or a week end of more intensive training.
I try to keep the lesson interesting for both rider and horse and aim to improve the bond and connection existing between the two. I encourage my students to lunge their horse and do a bit of work in hand before getting on the horse, and I am more than happy to demonstrate and help learning those invaluable tools. Lunging and work in hand allows the rider non only to physically warm up the horse before imposing our weight onto his back, but also, and mainly it allows us to develop a mental and emotional connection with the horse that involves very little physically. That is the entry door to a more subtle and light way of riding...
Once the rider is in the saddle, my lesson plan can go from very simple but essential things such as keeping a consistent direction and rythm, to introducing the shoulder in and lateral work and advance to more advanced movements such as piaffe or passage.
In general I try to solve issues by finding more clarity in the way the rider asks rather than increasing the intensity of the aids. This is really what French classical dressage is about, helping rider and horse finding a state of "Union" by finding a better way to communicate and by using positions and movements, rather than by using stronger aids...
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I love taking my horses trail riding and i am more than happy to take my clients and their horses along. I believe that the only way to ensure safety on the trail is to have a horse that completely trusts us so we can trust him or her and that starts in the arena with correct and compassionate training...
Contact me by phone or email
Anne Palmer 707-239-6929
