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Equine Partnered Bodywork - Introduction

Name: Equine Partnered Bodywork - Introduction
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Light Touch Therapy for You and Your Horse

Equine Partnered Bodywork introduces a gentle therapy technique practiced while present and mindful with your horse. By applying light touch to the neck, you create space for the horse to process and release physical, mental, and emotional tension—while you benefit from the same release and relaxation in return.

The course uses an active learning format: you'll visualize and mentally practice the techniques while watching, training your muscle memory and observation skills before ever approaching a horse. This mental rehearsal translates to real confidence and body awareness when you're actually working alongside your horse.

Students range across ages, languages, and experience levels worldwide. The practice increases the joy of riding and time spent with your horse while placing both of you in a calmer, more connected state. Best suited for those with healthy horses; consult a veterinarian for horses with existing injuries or issues.

About this course

Equine Partnered Bodywork will introduce a light touch therapy technique we can do WITH our horse. Through practicing mindfulness and presence, we observe interactions that create a meaningful connection with our horse. By applying a light touch to the neck of a horse, we will see and recognize different levels of response, by staying on the point or area, the horse will ‘process and release’ their own tension, be it physical, mental, emotional. We in turn will feel our stress level melt away into relaxation. This activity will increase the joy of riding and being with horses while putting us in a blissful state of being!

This course is presented in an ‘active learning’ format. Get involved when seeing, reading, listening, feeling and sensing. Imagine you are doing this work as you watch - the ability to remember and perform will be 10 times better! Having applied this inner work first, the difference when you actually go out to work with a horse, is astounding!

Our use of visualizing, hearing,and reading during the demonstration, creates retention of what we are doing and looking for with the horse. Horses tend to disconnect when we aren’t prepared and connected. Focus fully, when in front of the computer or phone - listen, read, take it all in, then go be with your horse. Learners who take this course come from all over the world, speak many languages, are all ages. The content as presented can be easily translated into many languages as well as the language of ‘energy’. Adjust the Udemy resolution to best and speed settings as needed for faster or slower delivery.

Personal responsibility of the student who chooses to engage in activities presented in this course:
PARTICIPANTS WHO ENGAGE IN EQUINE ACTIVITIES ASSUME THE RISKS OF ENGAGING IN AND LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR INJURY, LOSS, OR DAMAGE TO PERSON OR PROPERTY RESULTING FROM THE INHERENT RISKS OF EQUINE ACTIVITIES

Nor will you want to start working with a horse that has issues or injuries that would be better addressed by a Veterinarian.

The skeletal image used in videos - left, right and top view are screenshots from 3D Horse Anatomy software from Biosphera3D.
The design of added circles and acupoints (© Nancy Horne) show major areas used in EPB bodywork. The software programs used in this course creation are the Adobe apps - Photoshop, Illustrator, Apple - Keynote and ScreenFlow.