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

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.

Inevitably our horses will leave us at some point at liberty, but what do we do when our horse gets into a pattern of ditching us? Mia helps her working student Tiah and her horse Google work through this. Google is an excellent jumping horse and in his first few sessions at liberty jumped straig...

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.

Learn how to match the energy of an introverted horse and warm them up in mirror me before starting more challenging work.