Are you longing to...
...share a deep connection with your horse, where he runs to you when called, nickers happily when he sees you, and truly wants to be with you?
...experience the joy of liberty training, where your horse has the freedom to express himself completely and chooses to play and participate in the training?
...be able to read your horse's subtle cues and body language so that you can understand what he is telling you?
...communicate in a gentle and force-free way with your horse, without using dominating, loud, and escalating pressure?
BUT, you...
...are not sure how to begin because your horse just walks away to eat grass,
...are worried that you might make a mistake and do wrong by your horse,
...can’t find a coach whose methods align completely with your desire to put your horse and your relationship first?
Then this academy is PERFECT for you!
"The Essence of Liberty Online Academy has brought back the joy of working with my horses. We’ve reached a whole new level of play and connection. At the end of the course I can honestly say I developed more during the course than I have during the last two years since I’ve had my own horses."
Nina Andersson (Sweden)
What other people are saying about the Academy
What is LIBERTY?
Liberty is a way of interacting and communicating with horses where the horse has the freedom to choose whether to participate and engage or not. Rather than relying on escalating pressure, flooding, dominance, or force, liberty relies on a genuine connection through communication, trust, and positive reinforcement. Liberty is about building the horse up mentally, physically, and emotionally, rather than suppressing him into submission and compliance. A horse that feels at liberty shines differently—he has a sparkle in his eye, radiates curiosity and confidence, and his movements become free and expressive!
Are you ready to liberate your horse?
YES!!The Essence of Liberty
ONLINE ACADEMY
The transformative self-paced online program designed to help you build a deep, trusting connection with your horse through equine psychology, positive reinforcement, attunement, play and gentle communication.
What you will learn
MODULE #1
Set Up For Success
This module is dedicated to setting you and your horse up for success so that your horse is willing and able to say "YES" to your invitation. In this module, you will dive into:
- The Essence of Liberty Training: Discover the true meaning of liberty, what feeling you are searching for, and the core principles that you will carry with you throughout the rest of the course.
- Equine Psychology: Learn the important differences and similarities between the horse and human brain, autonomic nervous system, and emotions. Reflect on how this affects the way we handle, train, and communicate with horses.
- Leadership & Dominance: Dive further into science and challenge these commonly accepted notions. Examine how such mindsets can influence the way we work with horses.
- Understand a Horse's Needs: Explore the essentials for your horse's well-being, both within and outside the training context.
- Train Your Eye: Learn valuable practices to integrate into your daily routine, enabling you to gauge your horse's comfort and detect any signs of pain.
MODULE #2
Contact & Connection
Liberty is all about establishing a dialogue between you and your horse. This module focuses on the initial communications between you and your horse while at liberty. You will learn about:
- Factors to keep in mind when selecting your training space.
- Dealing with separation anxiety and how to support your horse during this emotional reaction.
- The "initiation of contact" exercise, which serves as the first form of communication between you and your horse at liberty. This exercise encourages your horse to gain confidence, become curious, and approach you.
- The first contact explained with Levi, Nellie, and Billie, illustrating the process in action.
- Effective ways to nurture and strengthen your relationship with your horse.
- Crucial aspects to keep in mind when setting important boundaries with your horse.
MODULE #3
Rewards & Gentle Guidance
This module focuses on how horses learn and what motivates them to willingly engage in training sessions. We will explore:
- The psychology of different types of learning, with a specific focus on operant conditioning.
- The in-depth psychology of positive reinforcement, why it is a fantastic training tool when used systematically, and its potential to lead to undesirable behaviors and emotions.
- Negative reinforcement and where "gentle guidance" fits into this category, emphasizing the importance of using non-escalating pressure and giving your horse time to search and discover the correct response.
- Strategies for introducing food rewards to your horse without promoting negative emotions or behaviors such as mugging, biting, or pushing. We also cover common problems encountered and how to resolve them.
- The process of introducing gentle guidance to your horse in a manner that ensures he does not feel threatened, promoting a calm and thinking state of mind.
- The importance of establishing boundaries in a way that does not harm the relationship.
- Real-life examples of introducing rewards and gentle guidance to Levi, Nellie, and Billie.
MODULE #4
Advancing The Training
Now that your horse has been introduced to positive reinforcement and gentle guidance, we can advance the communication. In this module, we closely observe the sessions with Levi, Nellie, and Billie to:
- Discuss the important concept and feeling of "moving together" at liberty.
- Delve deeper into maintaining the connection even when your horse becomes unsure, stressed, or energetic.
- Learn how to use your intention and energy to guide and influence your horse’s movement (gait, direction, and transitions).
- Explore the incorporation of patterns and obstacles to refine communication.
- Discuss mental transitions between high and low energy states, and how this can help your horse regulate his emotions.
- Discover how to teach your horse to lie down at liberty.
- Explore important methods to preserve and enhance your horse’s motivation.
- Understand facial expressions and the reasons behind why many liberty horses lay their ears back.
- Go over common problems and how to solve them!
Core Program Value: $1,597
BONUSES
When You Sign Up, You Also Get:
BONUS #1:
Over 10 Hours of Additional Content
You also receive access to over 10 hours of MORE bonus material! Here you will find material that has been added since the launch of the course. This includes explained sessions with Nadine’s own horses, new specific exercises, additional tips & tricks, clinic content AND more!
Value: $367
BONUS #2:
Posture Play & Collection
In this bonus module you will follow Billie in his introduction to posture play and collection! Here you will find out where this journey begins and even delve into an entire hour of theory that explore the important aspects surrounding collection at liberty.
Value: $199
BONUS #3:
Lifetime Access to the Community
Receive exclusive access to the Academy Community—a private group exclusively reserved for course members. In this community, you can freely share your thoughts, seek guidance, and partake in discussions on various topics.
Value: $597
BONUS #4:
Exclusive discounts on online coaching calls and private lessons
As a member of the academy, you receive exclusive discounts on one-on-one coaching with Nadine.
Ongoing savings!
TOTAL BONUS VALUE: $1,163
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How does it work?
Once you enrol, you will receive an email from me with a link where you can submit a video within 6 months from your purchase.
Once I receive your video, I will return it to you with very detailed voice-over feedback on what you are doing well and what changes you can make to accelerate your progression and improve your interaction and training with your horse!
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"Nadine truly makes learning fun! Her way of explaining things, no matter how 'simple' or 'complicated' is clear and concise, and she makes sitting down to her course fun, engaging and so rewarding! Since starting the course, I have gained a whole different mindset that I have been able to apply when working with both Levi and other horses.
I cannot recommend to people enough that if they get the chance to work with, learn from or just be around Nadine, it is truly worth your time!"
Louise Cooper (Qld, Australia)
"Does Nadine work with horses that are new to liberty in the academy??"
Absolutely!! Throughout the above-mentioned modules, you will follow 3 horses with vastly different personalities in their first 13 sessions of liberty! These horses were specifically chosen for the academy to ensure that students are able to relate their horse to one or more of these horses.
Levi exudes confidence, playfulness, and sociability. Though eager to learn, he occasionally gets a bit too close when engaged in play, so setting clear and consistent boundaries while preserving his playful spirit was key!
Billie has struggled with food anxiety & aggression in the past and demonstrated some signs of pushiness and anxiety around food rewards. Billie also carries himself in a poor posture, so towards the end of the training series, we explored a little bit of posture play!
Nellie is an incredibly sweet mare but has a history that has led her to become very unsure around humans and whips. She had learned that she was helpless and not in control over what happens to her. During the training, her confidence blossoms until she is even able to explore a little bit of play!
I'd love to experience this with my horse!What Are People Saying?
More about my philosophy & approach
My philosophy and approach revolves around establishing a strong connection between horse and human, and providing the horse with choice and autonomy.
Horses are incredibly peaceful creatures and will always search for the path of least resistance and, therefore, it is (in most cases) easy to coerce a horse into obedience.
However, in these situations the horse will often lack the beautiful expression, motivation, play and power that comes with freedom of choice.
I incorporate trick training as a tool to enhance communication and improve the relationship. I also incorporate "power postures" and collected movements to help the horse find more confidence, balance and strength!
The communication relies on slow, gentle (non-escalating or forceful) guidance, always giving the horse time to think and the option to leave.
Rewards (positive reinforcement) are used to help motivate the horse to follow and search through the guidance!