Finally a dressage trainer I can look to who comes to horses the same way I want to. Wish more were like you, Karen! Your work fills a much needed gap for me and my own journey into dressage.

I just listened to the episode on brace and had an AH-HA moment. It made me stop and think about how I had been trying to find the relaxation previously. This was so helpful! Would love to hear your thoughts on horses that get easily distracted!

I’m a bodyworker, CST, Myofascial Release, And other techniques. I’m doing Raquel’s course. Thank you for featuring her🤩🤩🤩 Your comments Karen about the different nuance and messages when horse moves nose away from bridle. Brilliant 👍👍👍 Can see Rachel Draissma as future guest on Calming Signals, takes listening to our horses to another level. It has changed me in my approach to bodywork. Thank you for your Beautiful work Karen. Warm wishes June Proctor

What a beautiful commentary on a super important subject for those of us who work so hard to understand our horses. We do this because we love them so much. Most of us have goals and dreams in connection with our horses. Karen has shown how much an be done when we have a way to communicate that minimizes the level of pressure we need and also gives them confidence to withstand some pressure in order to perform for us when we ask. As a body worker I see so much response in the mouth when I am working and it is not always tension release. In my opinion it is sometimes just a response that says oooh that felt great! Maybe people who are concerned about it when they play with their horses could look at it as a message from the horse that the interaction that they just had felt good and satisfying because the horse found clarity and could process what we were trying to convey? Thanks for the great podcast Karen!