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

What exactly is connection and why is it so important in liberty training?

"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...

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

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.

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!

Learn how to help your horse let down and follow your leadership by combining liberty and conscious relaxation techniques. In this episode, Zeus has his first session at liberty, so Mia can assess his connection and tension patterns. Mia delves into the relationship between mental/emotional/physi...

We like to build lots of connection at liberty when starting young horses. Working your horse at liberty kills a few birds with one stone - your horse can find rhythm and relaxation in motion, you can check out their connection and accustom them to the wide space of the arena, all in one session....

Bertie is in for starting at The Heart Of Horsemanship. Mia has been working with Bertie's owner for the past year, so he already has a good understanding of basic groundwork. Watch as Mia helps Bertie find relaxation and connection and helps him to work through his emotions and reactive behaviou...