Using horses as mentors and subjects allows the agreements and their importance to come into a clearer focus. The result is the ability to recognize and transform the old patterns, beliefs and perceptions that keep us from our joy.

In the book The Four Agreements , the author, Don Miguel Ruiz, reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. The “domestication” he speaks of leads to development of patterns that result in dynamics that are frustrating and unhealthy.