Heart to Hand Equine Interaction

23/09/2024

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14/09/2024

The Super Duper Bladder Meridian Challenge runs from the 16th to the 26th of September 2024
Over the next few days you are invited to practice the Bladder Meridian Technique with as many horses (and dogs) as possible. Share your photos, videos and testimonials using the hashtag . There are some great prizes up for grabs, but the best prize of all is the one you will give yourself when you discover the effectiveness of this simple technique.
The Bladder Meridian Technique is one of the cornerstone techniques of The Masterson Method®. The benefits of this technique are huge - you will impact both your horse’s body and mind in a positive way. The really cool thing about this technique is that anyone can learn to do it.

Benefits:
- It establishes a foundation for communication between you and your horse.
- It is a major acupuncture meridian of the body that balances the entire meridian system.
- It has a calming effect on your horse by upregulating the parasympathetic nervous system.
- It is a fact-finding tool to show you where your horse may be storing tension and helps them to begin releasing it.
- Trust is built and strengthened in the relationship because you are developing your ability to listen to your horse’s subtle communication.
- It is soothing, promoting deep relaxation and a sense of well-being. Ironically, this effect is also noted in the human who is offering it to the horse.

Where exactly is the Bladder Meridian on a Horse?
The bladder meridian runs along each side of the horse’s body parallel to and just below the topline. It begins just behind the eye and runs over the poll (between the ears) and down the neck, withers, back and croup, about 2 to 3 inches below the topline. From there, it goes through the poverty groove or the crease between the hamstrings muscles and down the hind leg, side of the hock, down the tendon area just behind the cannon bone (still on the side), over the side of the fetlock and pastern, and down to what’s called the “ting” point in Chinese medicine, which is on the coronary band.

What do I do?
As you run your hand lightly and slowly along the bladder meridian, you will use the SRSR approach:
- S is for SEARCH: Search slowly along the bladder meridian with a light touch.
- R is for RESPONSE: Watch for responses to your touch. You are looking for a correlation between your touch and what the horse is doing. Blinking is the most common response but you might see subtle things like nose or ear twitching or an intent and focused expression. Stay safe and back off if the response feels like a definite ‘No!’
- S is for STAY: Pause and wait in that spot when your horse shows you any kind of response to your touch
- R is for RELEASE: Stay on that spot until your horse shows some sort of release. You are looking for things like licking and chewing, snorting, a head shake, stretching, or scratching any part of the body.

More information on how to do it here:

https://mastersonmethod.com/learn-the-bladder-meridian-technique/

29/05/2024

AlignmentHorse Webinars: 30 May and 6 June at 6.30pm UK
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alignmenthorse-theory-with-liz-vanross-tickets-911224877137

AlignmentHorse is a unique and powerful approach to give horses and their owners the advantage; to boost their equine skills & success, in any discipline. If your horse is falling in or out on a circle, fails to hold a straight line (with or without being nudged), is heavy in the hand, if you have to ride him from inside leg to outside hand, or if he pivots off a single leg for a canter transition; if any of these things is true, then your horse has not yet understood the transformative AlignmentHorse approach.

"For decades I have travelled the world, riding in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Australia, New Zealand, America, Mexico, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Ethiopia, Nigeria and, of course, the UK and it was not until I met Liz VanRoss, Creator of AlignmentHorse, that I heard of the Laws of Locomotion or the 12 Steps of AlignmentHorse that transform a horse’s way of going. It is genius! This is a truly unique approach - a real 21st century solution to age-old challenges of equitation."
~ Katherine Harberd

* AlignmentHorse Clinic 17-19 June in the Cotswolds. Clinicians are encouraged to join the webinars (their online tickets are free). If you want to watch the webinars first, before deciding on the Clinic, your webinar cost will be refunded when you book your place on the Clinic. Auditors are very welcome too. More information here:
https://aligned-balanced-connected.com/shop

22/05/2024

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