If you are new to Liberty training, or want to brush up on the fundamentals from the get started series, start here! Mia shares the principles she follows when working with horses at liberty. Learn what these principles are and why they are so important before moving on to the Purpose Exercises.

Once you've built connection, you can start to build draw. In this video Mia talks about the importance of draw and balancing it with drive.

Using driving pressure can feel really unnatural to use humans because we are pully-grabby creatures (that's why we invented headcollars and leadropes) but it's much more natural to our horses than steady pressure. Learn how to use driving pressure to better communicate with your horse.

Trust is a crucial first step in being able to do anything with our horses. They first need to trust us, trust the tools that we are using, and ultimately trust that we are going to keep them safe!

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.

Here's how to use drive to create draw. When your horse loses connection with you, you can use drive to help get conscious relaxation in motion, get the connection back, and create draw.

Albi finds connection and safety with humans. Mia and his owner suspect Albi has some past trauma around physical contact with humans, so Mia helps his owner to build connection and trust with Albi at liberty using join up, letting him choose to seek her as a place of safety and comfort.

"If you have the horse's mind, you have their body."

Here's how to get your horse's mental connection back to you. These handy techniques are great for warming your horse up before liberty.

In this lesson, learn why 'Connection is King' when it comes to liberty. When teaching a horse anything new at liberty, the connection must always come first. Here Mia demonstrates exercises in Mirror Me that build up your horse's mental connection with you and create the harmony and synchronicit...

Special guest Serena Kullich came down to visit with her young horse Kalina to learn liberty. Kalina is a very exuberant, athletic and extroverted horse, so in this first episode Mia teaches Serena some exercises to get Kalina more connected on line before going to liberty.

In episode 2, Serena and Kalina take the exercises they've learnt online to liberty. The yard was very busy, with lots of distractions for young horse Kalina, so Mia guides Serena through the exercises she uses to build connection, before they have a play with Hunt The Jump!

Mia and high headed Friesian Thorsten show you how to teach your horse to lower their head carriage. An important tool to utilise for safety and teaching your horse how to consciously relax.

Mia teaches and anxious horse to lower their head carriage so they can find relaxation and a better feeling in their body.

In this lesson, Mia demonstrates with Spirit, one of her advanced horses, what conscious relaxation can look like in motion.

Rather than using gadgets to tie a horse’s head into a particular position, Mia uses psychology and communication to teach the horse to choose a beneficial posture for the...

Build trust with your horse by teaching them how to relax around the tools we use to communicate with them. Learn how building draw can help build their confidence in you.

Learn how to build your young horse's confidence in you and the tools we use to communicate with them.

Teach your horse how to consciously relax around new objects.

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

Learn how we use driving pressure to help our horses to switch to other shoulder at liberty, whilst still preserving their connection.