The Purpose Exercises

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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The Purpose Exercises
  • CIRCLES

    Episode 1

  • HOW TO TEACH CIRCLES FOR LIBERTY

    Episode 2

    In this quick video Mia explains the use of energy in circling and the importance of starting online to develop connection before starting circling at liberty.

  • STARTING CLOSE RANGE CIRCLES

    Episode 3

    Learn how to start developing Close Range Circles from Mirror Me. Mia begins by demonstrating how to ask a dominant horse to yield before you start balancing drive and draw and then builds on this by using drive to build draw.

  • DRAW OFF A CIRCLE FOR LIBERTY

    Episode 4

  • TRANSITIONS ON A CIRCLE

    Episode 5

    Mia and Solo demo transitions on a circle. For Liberty we often draw to the centre of the circle, but it's equally as important to be able to have transitions on the circle using our body language and energy to communicate with our horse.

  • CANTER CLOSE RANGE CIRCLES

    Episode 6

  • HOW TO TEACH CANTER CLOSE RANGE CIRCLES

    Episode 7

    Mia shows two ways of developing your canter close range circles with her horse Boogie, with lots of problem solving tips if your horse is struggling to maintain a close range circle, or loses connection.

  • LEG YIELD ON A CIRCLE

    Episode 8

    Teach your horse Leg Yield on a circle. A great suppling exercise that can be used to help your horse relax through the body.

  • ALTERNATING CIRCLES WITH LIBERTY PAIRS

    Episode 9

    Mia talks about energy whilst working with pairs at liberty and introducing a new exercise: alternating circles.