Bay Area Equine Massage by Leslie Norton

08/22/2023

It’s a little tough to do my job with retired stallion next door. 🤦‍♀️

05/08/2023

It’s absolutely true that all barns have inner and outer beauty, but some have a little more outer beauty than others. 😍

10/05/2022

Same horse, before and after bodywork session, standing square in both photos.

09/02/2022

This young man almost laid down multiple times during his session! I tried to capture it on camera but failed, thought this was pretty cute, however. Stay happy, horsies. 💝🐴💝

08/30/2022

Hello all! I have 2, possibly 3 last minute openings at West Palms Events The Horse Park at Woodside on Friday. Please DM or text me if you would like anyone worked on!
650-799-0108

06/29/2022

An always necessary shout out to my full time summer assistant/daughter, Marlie. Marlie, you are the most patient and incredible little helper. Thank you for spending your summers helping me. The Woodside shows go smoothly in large part due to you. 💝
West Palms Events

09/14/2021

08/27/2021

The air is quickly changing.
Thanks again to Starwood Equine Veterinary Services, Inc., for this handy visual.

06/25/2021

I’m so proud to work shoulder to shoulder with so many incredible people in this industry. It’s a really really tough industry and not so much for the reasons many clients assume but more so, for reasons like these:

06/21/2021

This is a helpful image when discussing "severe" arthritis in a fetlock.

05/21/2021

Incredible visual.

04/29/2021

I’m beyond thrilled to be back at one of my favorite venues, The Horse Park at Woodside. I have 1 opening left this week and please contact me if you need horses seen next week.
West Palms Events

04/26/2021

Every day brings new challenges... like dealing with this guy, applying for the job of assistant bodyworker, a position for which I am not currently hiring. Please give us some space pal. 🤷‍♀️

04/24/2021

It’s been a while since I’ve posted some releases, so here’s a good one from today. PSA, it’s actually really hard to do this while actually working on a horse. As soon as you takes your hands off of them, they stop releasing.

03/31/2021

Want a good tip for injury prevention? Spend more time working on questionable terrain. This article applies to the Hunter/Jumper world too. "So many horses never go on rough ground as they are so often on an arena or prepared ground. As a result of this practice, soon their natural elastic and instinctive brilliance at handling all types of irregularities without straining themselves, or falling over, will be evolved out of them." https://eventingnation.com/improving-your-cross-country-by-crossing-the-country/?fbclid=IwAR3I7OIJ_xLDEgSxP8N2M7x3b-eaPVPmMlaL5EiBIq6fj5NenDu8cu-Soz4

Lucinda Green MBE certainly needs little introduction. A World and European eventing champion, multiple-time Badminton and Burghley winner, and an Olympic medalist, she can these days be found running the Lucinda Green XC Academy and

03/17/2021

I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this here but my daughter, Marlie, is now making and selling horse cookies to help fund her University education.

I’m dying because it’s a tad difficult to work on horses after spending an early morning helping Marlie bake cookies. All of the horses could focus on nothing but the smell of Marlie’s cookies. 😂

We deliver to multiple locations throughout the Bay Area.

Should you like to order Mar’s Bars, please explore her website:

www.marsbarscookies.com

Or message me here to place an order!

Emma Bailey Véro Plamondon

01/12/2021

When it’s crazy hair and clothes day at school in the afternoon, but it’s bring your kid to work day in the morning. 🤦‍♀️

Millennium Farm

12/30/2020

12/24/2020

Call me a cynic---you'd be right---but when I read about these "horsemanship clinics" in Wellington, for these kids who probably have not spent many hours mopping the tackroom floor, and they make a big deal out of teaching them "horse care skills," that any card carrying barn rat already knew by age 12, I think that the moment the clinic is over, most of those kids hand their horses back to their grooms.

And that right there, not insisting those horse show kids do consistently the sort of things that barn rat kids, Pony Club kids, get MADE to do, has got to be a structural weakness in the system.

Parents who think that making life easier for their children is a good thing don't get what creates a hard ass athlete.

You want to be in the same league as a rider as those kids who grew up scrappy? Get scrappy. Don't let your parents turn you soft. They aren't doing you any favors---

12/18/2020

Happy moment of release on repeat.

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12/01/2020

Some stunning colours at our work site yesterday! Tag our location in the comments if you can guess where we are!

11/17/2020

The three stages of visiting.
Millennium Farm

11/14/2020

Can you tag yesterday’s location?? Even if you can’t guess the location, you might learn something. 🤷‍♀️🤓

11/11/2020

💝 Important words fo all of us to remember in the tough times 💝

10/23/2020

Can you guess our current work location? Tag the name of this beautiful barn to win!

10/22/2020

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I’m a lucky lady to have this girl as my constant companion. She’s actually become a really good assistant. Should any of my clients like Marlie to write up session notes instead of me, let me know because she’s dying to use my highlighter and red pen. 🤓
Stanford Red Barn

09/29/2020

09/20/2020

I’m thinking the “jump” might need some bodywork after this. 🤯