Picture your perfect picture! Learn the theory behind why Thoughts and Intentions is the first Lesson Of Liberty.

Our Energy backs up our Thoughts and Intentions to cause them to happen. Then we use Feel and Timing to clarify our communication.

The third Core Principle in the Lessons Of Liberty is Body Language. Learn the importance of communicating with horses using the same body language they use.

Learn why Trust is the first of the Exercises in the Lessons Of Liberty and forms the foundation of your training.

Learn why we need to teach our horses about Steady Pressure when we bring them into the human world.

Learn how we can communicate better with horses through Driving Pressure.

Learn why Conscious Relaxation forms the basis of good Liberty work.

What exactly IS connection and why is it so important to Liberty work?

From Connection comes Draw.

Learn why you must balance your Draw and Drive.

This first real exercise is Mirror Me and is the basis of all Liberty.

In this quick video Mia explains the use of energy in circling and the importance of starting online to develop connection before starting circling at liberty.

Learn how to start developing Close Range Circles from Mirror Me. Mia begins by demonstrating how to ask a dominant horse to yield before you start balancing drive and draw and then builds on this by using drive to build draw.

Mia and Solo demo transitions on a circle. For Liberty we often draw to the centre of the circle, but it's equally as important to be able to have transitions on the circle using our body language and energy to communicate with our horse.

Mia shows two ways of developing your canter close range circles with her horse Boogie, with lots of problem solving tips if your horse is struggling to maintain a close range circle, or loses connection.

Teach your horse Leg Yield on a circle. A great suppling exercise that can be used to help your horse relax through the body.

Mia talks about energy whilst working with pairs at liberty and introducing a new exercise: alternating circles.

When starting our work in Mirror Me, we like our horses to be in what is called The Partnership Position. This is the place we teach our horses to seek during Mirror Me. Mia demonstrates where it is and why she likes that position best for liberty work.

Here's the difference between backing in harmony in mirror me, vs backing to move a horse out of your space, if they were to nip you for example.

Mia teaches anxious young horse Nellie Mirror Me. Learn how we go about teaching horses the basis of all Liberty work.