What if your horse isn’t being “difficult”… but is communicating stress?

So many of us were taught to manage or correct behaviour.
To reward the calm. To redirect the tense.
To push through the resistance.

But what if your horse’s behaviour is actually a language?

What if that freeze, that shutdown, that moment of disobedience…
…isn’t defiance or disrespect — but dysregulation?

In this free masterclass, I’ll help you see what’s really going on beneath the surface — so you can meet your horse with clarity, compassion, and calm.


You’ll learn:

  • The nervous system responses horses move through daily (fight, flight, freeze, fawn, shutdown, dissociation)

  • The difference between behaviour and stress — and why they can’t always be separated

  • How to recognise subtle signs of dysregulation before they escalate into “problems”

  • Why obedience isn’t always connection — and what to look for instead

  • My framework: The 6 Pillars of Soundness™ — for building true mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, social, and environmental wellbeing in horses


This is for you if:

  • Your horse seems “tense” but obedient — and you’re not sure if that’s true calm

  • You’ve tried to follow the rules, methods, or programmes — but something still feels off

  • You sense more is going on underneath the surface, but don’t know how to respond

  • You want to move from managing behaviour to creating deep, trusting connection


Imagine if…

…you could walk into the paddock and immediately understand what your horse is communicating.
…you knew how to support them through tension, instead of correcting it.
…you could stop guessing — and start truly listening.


Let this be your turning point.

This class won’t give you step-by-step obedience techniques.
It will give you something much more powerful:

A way to understand your horse's stress — and your own.
A map to decode behaviour.
And a path to real connection built on science, observation, and trust.


Free access. Watch on demand.

🎓 This masterclass is available exclusively to registered students of Science for Soundness®.

  • It’s completely free to join
  • Sign up once, watch any time
  • Rewatch as often as you like
  • No prior knowledge required


Start Understanding What Your Horse Has Been Trying to Tell You

Sign up now for free, on-demand access to this eye-opening masterclass and begin the shift from managing behaviour to decoding stress with clarity and compassion.

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