Sneak a peak into our bridleless clinics and learn some of the theory and principles behind how we teach bridleless riding.

Sneak a peak into our bridleless clinics. On the second morning we rounded up day one and discussed all things vertical flexion, including the dreaded going behind the vertical! Many people assume bridleless horses going behind the vertical must mean they have been trained that way with a bridle,...

Sneak a peak into the theory shared in our bridleless clinics. The question box is a fantastic pattern not just for having your horse connect to you when riding without a bridle, but great preparation when riding with the bridle. Even if you never ride bridleless, this pattern can help you find t...

The next step after preparing a young horse for a rider is the first few steps with the rider on board. This is a crucial stage of young horse starting and in this horse's case, a few of his thresholds may have previously been blown through. Mia talks through all the steps and her top tips for ho...

Zeppy's first training session at The Heart Of Horsemanship revealed just how over aroused he could get around touch. It became clear just how many of his thresholds had probably been crossed when starting him in his ridden career, so Mia took things right back to basics on the ground to start bu...

Positive reinforcement is a great tool to engage your horse in seeking and build connection to a task, particularly if they are a scanner or easily disconnect because of external distractions.

Getting really clear bridleless stops is simple when you separate, isolate and recombine all the different ways in which you can ask your horse to stop. Not only useful for riding without reins, these can all be used when riding with a bridle too!

Learn how to create lateral flexion without a bridle or reins.

This is how we go about introducing a new horse to ponying. Loki is a young horse that Serena wants to introduce to working at liberty with Silas, so finding his place next to him is an important first step as well as being a valuable step in a young horse's introduction to riding.

Yielding the shoulders and hind end in motion is a valuable exercise for young or more dominant horses that may come into our space on a circle. It can also help when we progress to liberty work for controlling the size and shape of our circles.

Mia demonstrates how to safely begin leg handling in the stable with Zeppy and further discovers where he struggles to share space with humans, leading to over arousal behaviours.

This video covers:
- leg handling positions and flexion for safety
- discussion on horses natural play drive when pi...

Mia demonstrates and talks about thresholds in training and what to do when you approach one.

Training horse Zeppy has his first official session at HoH HQ. Mia goers over how to put in a block or barrier into the space to establish boundaries, whilst not offending the horse.

Part two of Caroline and April's first Bridleless session. Testing out the basic cue's learnt with the bridle, now just without it!

Caroline and April have their first lesson learning the foundations for Bridleless Riding.

Mia goes over all the fundamental tools for steering and stopping without a bridle, preparing Caroline to ride without touching her reins before they are then ready to take the bridle off.

Here's one exercise you can use for a who who is impulsive and extroverted, with a tendency to bolt. This can also be done in a school if you don't have access to a sand gallops or large outside space like this.

This lesson with Mia's long time student and friend Annette covers some useful tips for improving your position as a rider.

Here's an introduction in how we start teaching our horses to pony or ride and lead. This video covers the basics but is particularly helpful if you have a very dominant and pushy horse that you are trying to teach.

Here's how to help a horse who either doesn't understand the stick, or has an adverse reaction to it. In this video we show you how to build our horses trust in us, our intentions and our tool.

Performing Piaffe at liberty is exceptionally hard for horses as they don't have the wall, rail or halter to help them maintain straightness. Here's how we go about warming up for Piaffe on the rail in the halter first, before talking it to liberty.