C.C.EquineTherapy

11/20/2025

Let's start a thread: If there was one piece of advice you could give someone wanting to find their way in the horse world, what would it be?

Whether it be someone looking to improve their riding, wanting to find a new career, etc - what advice would you give them?

Here's mine: Never stop being a student.

Don't be afraid to learn new things - no one get's it right the first time.

Take the opportunity to learn from those around you - horses will keep you humble, and just when you think you have it figured out, trust me when I say - they will find a way to throw something new at you.

Watch others. Do the work - you'll learn more about a horse in their day to day handling than you think.

What advice would you give?

Leave them in the comments below!

11/19/2025

❄ I am now booking into December ❄

If you would like to be added to my travel list, please reach out soon as I will be spending the next few days planning my travel routes.

I may have additional hours open up over the holidays, but will keep everyone posted closer to!

Happy Wednesday Everyone!!

11/13/2025

* ~ Scope of Practice ~ *

There is a lot of information out there about changes that will be coming in the horse world, in regards to who will be able to continue with their practice.

I will also be following closely and will update everyone with any changes that may come.

For now, let's review a few important things DO NOT fall under the scope of practice of a Certified Equine Massage Therapist:

- Adjustments: we ARE NOT allowed to perform any adjustments on your horse - in Ontario you MUST either be a veterinarian or chiropractor with the additional training to be able to perform any type of adjustments.

- Acupuncture: we ARE NOT able to perform acupuncture, or any modality/technique that involves going below the skin.

- The ability to DIAGNOSE: we ARE NOT able to diagnose your horse. Whether this be lameness, disease, etc it is not in our scope of practice. Only your VETERINARIAN can diagnose your horse with anything.

- Prescriptions: we ARE NOT able to prescribe anything to your horse - this must come from you veterinarian.

If you have any concerns, I highly encourage you to reach out to your veterinarians and bodyworkers with questions.

I am always happy to communicate with other members of your horses' healthcare team and always HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU to obtain veterinary consent PRIOR to booking an appointment - in some cases, I make this mandatory to ensure your horse is receiving the appropriate care.

10/31/2025

Here are my current stops for November!

If you would like to be added to any of these travel days, or to be added to my cancellation list, please reach out ASAP as spots are filling up. 😊

Dates to come shortly!

10/29/2025

I think some people misunderstand what being kind to your horse means.

They think it's synonymous with not training your horse.

They think being kind means you think asking your horse to do anything is cruel -

They think that kindness is a cover up for incompetence.

Being soft because you "don't have the skills to train the horse"

But these people who confuse kindness for incompetence are the same people who confuse stress or fear with disobedience.

They're the same people who will shame you for training with food, but will happily brandish a whip or spurs.

They'll tell you that your horse is dangerous because you use food, but they wont consider the danger that comes with training methods that invoke fear.

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I sometimes wonder if people become addicted to the struggle - that training should be hard. The horse should resist. That we should keep going, slop around in the muck and the mire until the horse gives in.

And then I wonder whether training within the horse's genuine threshold feels a little anticlimactic. There is no struggle, no dopamine hit from seeking, struggling and then eventually achieving.

Because when you set everything up for success - you're not going through the struggle of "making the horse do the thing" because we don't "make."

We converse. We comunicate. We read their body language and alter our set up accordingly.

Unwanted behaviour is a language we listen to rather than punish. And we get so good at reading behaviour that "unwanted" is nothing more than a facial expression or a tail swish.

It's not sexy. It's not rearing and bucking and struggling and conquering.

It's just very quietly meeting your horse where they are at every single day and being so consistent with it that it doesn't feel like doing anything at all.

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A hill that I will die on time and time again:

It take very little skill to force a horse to do something.

It takes considerably more skill to get a horse to do something because they genuinely want to be there.

I know which horse person I would rather be.

https://www.yasminstuartequinephysio.com/the-horse-posture-blueprint

10/27/2025

* ~ November Booking ~ *

I am starting to plan my November schedule! That being said, it is shaping up to be a busy month - if you would like to be added to my list for November, please reach out ASAP. 😊

Have a great Monday!

10/23/2025

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10/18/2025