Emma Lethbridge Horsemanship

24/01/2025

A once in a lifetime opportunity.

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We’re kicking up our hooves with this exciting news!!

The Mongolia Webinar Series and the Learning Wild Mongolia trip are both OPEN for registration!

For those interested in going on the Mongolia trip in September of this year, it’s mandatory to complete the Mongolia Webinar Series. The good news is, the webinar can be completed at your own pace. The series opens on April 1st and closes in August before the September trip.

If you would rather take part in the webinar only, that is perfectly acceptable. You don’t have to go on the Mongolia trip to participate in the webinar, however, registration is still required!

Check out the link and post here or message/email with any questions!

https://learningwilduk.wixsite.com/learningwild/window-into-wild-lives

13/01/2025

Thanks so much for the review Jo. We always really appreciate it when people review the courses. :D

30/12/2024

The Reith lectures are well worth a listen this year. They are on human violence and come with a trigger warning for almost everything, but there is some very interesting discussion around trauma and ACEs.

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27/12/2024

If a similar mechanism exists in other mammals, which is likely, it would further explain why horses from traumatic backgrounds tend to break down physically as they age 🤯 "Adverse childhood events are associated with lower ATP production in later life. Findings indicate that mitochondrial function may be a mechanism for understanding how early social stress influences health in later life."

Adverse life events experienced in early life may influence skeletal muscle mitochondrial energy production among older adults.

12/12/2024

Congratulations Sophie 😀 I look forward to meeting you on the course!

12/12/2024

Well this is very interesting 🤯

Dopamine is a powerful signal in the brain, influencing our moods, motivations, movements, and more. The neurotransmitter is crucial for reward-based learning, a function that may be disrupted in a number of psychiatric conditions, from mood disorders to addiction.

16/11/2024

This looks fascinating https://www.facebook.com/share/14VTGt6Xhn/

Understand Horses presents a webinar with equine ethologist and behaviour consultant Samantha Couper on the benefits and behaviours of play in horses.

07/11/2024

Another mechanism via which gut health can affect neuro inflammation

A study from Florida State University is the first to show a direct correlation between K. pneumoniae infection and Alzheimer’s pathology. The findings emphasize the potential risk hospital-acquired infections pose.

01/11/2024

Well, this is an interesting finding.. I wonder if this finding is replicable and if so, how it would augment our theoretical and practical understanding of fear.

Using MRI scans, a new study has found that neural responses to different types of fears activated different brain areas, rather than following a single pattern.

30/10/2024

Thanks so much for the review, Polly. I am so glad you enjoyed the course and thanks for taking the time to write this, it's much appreciated ☺️

26/10/2024

Researchers from Monash University have isolated activity from individual neurons within the vagus nerve. Considering the firing activity of these neurons in the context of cardiac and respiratory cycles has aided their function identification.

23/10/2024

Fear memories initially form broad associations, but over time, they shift to become episodic memories tied to specific timelines.

09/10/2024

The recent research on the gut-brain pathway and it's relationship to stress/trauma and health is mind blowing. 🤯 This is particularly important for those of us interested in rehabilitating chronically stressed and traumatised horses.

Researchers identified a brain-gut connection where stress affects gut bacteria through Brunner's glands. Stress reduces mucus secretion, harming beneficial bacteria like Lactobacilli.

04/10/2024

The case studies for the second round of our Trauma-Informed Horse Trainer Certificate course have been just as incredible as the first. There are such incredibly compassionate people out there doing very skilled work rehabilitating traumatised equines, I am blown away again 😁

20/09/2024

Thank you to World Horse Welfare for inviting me to speak on my favourite subject - the equine brain 🧠 🐴And thanks to for being an excellent interviewer.

23/08/2024

Have you ever wondered how you can best manage your horse's environment? 🐴

In the final episode of our 'Horses Explained' series, our host Jordan is joined by equine behaviourist and university lecturer, Rosa Verwijs to discuss how you can maximise the positive experiences that your horse has in their environment.

Watch the full episode on our YouTube channel here 👉 https://bit.ly/3MCGkAd