April 2011
Workshops Coming Up!
‘Massage Your Own Horse’ Workshops
For small groups. Encouraging horse owners to massage their horses. Regular physical touch helps to maintain a sense of well-being, physical relief from muscular soreness, alleviating tension and stress and supporting communication and bonding. More details on the website.
SOME EXCELLENT TECHNIQUES AND LOTS OF GUIDANCE. Printable brochure.
Exploring:
- Using touch and introducing your horse to therapeutic touch
- Massage techniques and their safe use
- Understanding feel, breath and intent.
- Locating potentially sore or painful areas.
- Staying safe
- Contra-indications to be aware of
- Being aware of areas not to work on
- When to get professional help
- Listening to your horse and his individual needs
When and How:
Contact Jo with your preferred dates. All you need is between 4 – 6 horse/owner combinations and we can begin. To check for local dates/venues please check the website ‘Events Diary’.
Prices:
£65 per person. 10% discount for weekdays. Between 4 – 6 people. Max: 8 people.
Extra travel may be applied if outside of Surrey or Hampshire.
‘Working At Liberty In Play & Learning’ Workshop
PLUS Evening Talk in WALES
3rd June Evening Talk from 7pm onwards.
4th June 2011: Workshop: Powys, Wales: 10am – 5pm
This workshop is about working and developing with your horse at liberty, how to begin and the endless possibilities that can follow. We will review different training formats and approaches and consider the parameters of training with positive reinforcement methods.
This workshop is designed to encourage the owner to explore being with your horse so that you have the keys to discovering a two-way dialogue in order to develop a strong trusting relationship which is mutually explorative. More details on the website
We will also take a look at some of the postural and rehabilitative exercises to show your horse and how to develop and gymnasticise the horse's mind and body. This will include:
- Sharing space hanging out together
- Free and wild play
- Free leading in walk, trot and canter
- Turn on the forehand, turn on the haunches
- Shoulder-in and half-pass
- A variety of stretches and flexes that you can teach your horse
- Developing natural collection
If you would like a ‘Training Your Horse At Liberty’ Workshop at your yard then please do contact me to arrange. All you need is between 4-6 horse/owner combinations and we can begin.
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One-off Sessions!
The Psoas Horse Event! 4th July 2011: Hampshire
 Opening our field of energy to be in theirs! This is for horse people and non-horse people alike. Liz Koch will be here from the USA and is the definitive educator of ‘core awareness’ and our relationship to the psoas muscle. We are jointly offering a session spent with the horses who will be at liberty in order to explore ‘field energy’; movement, touch, non-touch and communicating with the horses within their consciousness and field of energy. This is an opportunity to interact with horses in a very safe way with conscious awareness and genuine communion offered in peace.
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Prices:
These places are strictly limited to a maximum of 8 people.
The fee is £85.00 per person with an Earlybird rate of £75.00 if paid before 1st June 2011.
Places will be given on a first come first served basis.
Timings:
10am – 1pm session with horses. Plus open discussion with whole group over lunch at a nearby venue. Lunch paid separately. The session with the horses is outside. Please note that the weather is the weather and may be kind or otherwise! Bring a coat!
Equine Thermography Professional Training 2011
 Jo is organising this International Training Course for the end of April and beginning of May to be held at Plecks Barn Livery Stables in Dorset. We have vets and non-vets attending the training courses and are running a Basic Course and an Advanced Course. Donna Harper DVM is facilitating the course and travelling over from the USA.
Full Body Thermal Imaging is available for your horse with a Full Veterinary Diagnostic Report. The spring and summer is the ideal time to be using thermal imaging if you want to explore a niggling problem with your horse; a stiffness, one-sidedness, lameness or other.
Treatments & Sessions Always Available:
Single treatment sessions are available in Surrey and Hampshire. For those further a field please consider organising a workshop day or a treatment day where between 4 – 6 people and/or horses require sessions. Travel can be split between all parties.
Buqi for horses (+ people)
Massage sessions for horses
Massage treatment for you
One to one rider alignment session
Liberty Training exercises and play
More to come for 2011….. keep an eye on the Events Diary!
Based in Guildford, Surrey & Ringwood, Hampshire
and always happy to travel!
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