Today was Shiraz's day.
I first met Shiraz at the beginning of 2017 and was asked if I might be able to help her. Shiraz is a BE horse and suffers from Shivers and the farrier visits were getting more and more difficult.
I hadn't any experience with Shivers but thought never say never and there was no harm in seeing if a session of Masterson method could help her.
Her owners mum was very sceptical and didn't really think I could help.
One of the first things she noticed after the session was that Shiraz could actually move in a straight line now and her tail wasn't constantly held to one side.
Because of her primary issue of shivers she holds an awful lot of tension through her back and hind quarters, this also shows in tension in her poll.
Without regular bodywork she finds holding her feet up for the farrier not only hard work but very uncomfortable, making it very difficult to get shoes on.
Unfortunately at the end of 2017 a massive crack appeared in a front hoof, so big it had to be plated and she was very lame. She was turned away for a year but thankfully everything is now going in the right direction so she is back to work.
Jess contacted me again a couple of weeks ago and asked if I could help again. Shiraz is refusing point blank to have shoes on her hinds.
Today I went back and started once again to peel the layers of tension away.
Shiraz loves her sessions and they are hugely beneficial to her (and previously the farrier 😉)
She tends to go really very deep into a zone, her body will rock and her legs start to buckle while she processes the work. Whilst this is very good in one sense it's not great in the fact she is so deep she has nearly gone down in the past. I have learnt now when to give her a little nudge just to bring her to her senses long enough to get herself together before going into the zone again.
Shiraz is now back on the list for regular visits and I'm confident that after a couple more it will be possible to get her shoes back on.
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