The Purpose Exercises
9 Seasons
Once you've understood The Principles Of Horsemanship, it's time to start putting them to use through The Purpose Exercises.
You can click through the drop down below to explore these exercises.
These are the exercises that will teach your horse the art of Liberty, by tapping into how horses learn and behave. Typically we teach these in the order listed below, but there are sometimes exceptions to the rule, and many times we are working on multiple at once!
The Purpose Exercises:
1. Trust
2. Steady Pressure
3. Driving Pressure
4. Conscious Relaxation
5. Connection
6. Draw
7. Drive
8. Mirror Me
9. Circles
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WHY IT'S IMPORTANT HORSES UNDERSTAND STEADY PRESSURE
Episode 1
Learn why it's so important to help our horses understand Steady Pressure. Horse's are born with innate opposition reflex to help them fight steady pressure - which in the wild is a very predatory thing! In our human world however, we must teach our horses about steady pressure not only because s...
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STEADY PRESSURE
Learn why we need to teach our horses about Steady Pressure when we bring them into the human world.
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UNDERSTANDING STEADY PRESSURE
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INTRO TO THE 6 YIELDS
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SIX YIELDS (LEFT & RIGHT)
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SIX YIELDS (FORWARDS & BACKWARDS)
