Appleyard Equine

07/04/2025

Another amazing Beyond Horse Massage weekend course! I am full of gratitude for 🌟our incredible Tobey Cooper who shared her peaceful, beautiful facility LUXE Equestrian
🌟the students who showed up and brought their very best selves,
🌟The Masterson Method, Integrated Equine Performance Bodywork for showing me a way to be with horses that becomes truly a way of life and of course,
🌟the horses, the real teachers, who never cease to amaze me with their ability to show us the way

01/04/2025

Having biked, boated, and hiked through Myanmar in 2019 was the opportunity of a lifetime. 🪷 I will never forget seeing the lotus flowers blossom from the mud. My heart breaks for the devastation from the earthquake there.

27/03/2025

3 full days of The Masterson Method, Integrated Equine Performance Bodywork advanced 5-Day course so far! 🌻the students are rocking it. So lucky to study and learn with Sandy Vreeburg and the horses who, as always, are the most incredible teachers.

04/03/2025

How lucky are we to have on our team?!? Super lucky! Dr. Natalia follows what my horses are expressing in their bodies seamlessly. 😊 As she would say, “we are dance partners” and only by being aware and competent in her own sense of self does the beautiful dance unfold. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us, Natalia!! 🦄 Getty’s face says it all! 😊

21/02/2025

I’ve been sick this week and looking at Diego pictures makes me feel better. So now you can look at them too. He’s really cute, right?! Maybe I’m biased.

20/02/2025

The body yearns to be efficient. Offer the option to break out of a pattern and let the genius inside rearrange the pieces to find balance.

11/02/2025

I’ve been following this guy around, learning everything I can, for 7 years now. 😂 I’m so thankful to call him my teacher. I continue to work with Jim and the staff to bring educational opportunities to Northern Illinois. Stay tuned for what is coming in summer of 2025!! 🙌

06/02/2025

17/01/2025

Working on the things no one can give us and no one can take away. 🌱 For the whole of a forest is hidden in an acorn. 🐿️ 🌰

02/01/2025

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
-Benjamin Franklin

18/12/2024

Tiny stature but big presence. 🌟 I loved helping this little lady feel better in her hind end, particularly stifles and glutes.

13/12/2024

“Every time we are drawn to look up into the night sky and reflect on the awesome beauty of the universe, we are actually the universe reflecting on itself. And this changes everything.”
-Brian Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker

26/10/2024

is proud to the the bodyworker for this duo who rocked it at last week! Go team!! 🦄🏅🏆💫

18/10/2024

What part of more cookies don’t you understand? 😂

17/10/2024

I've posted this quote previously from Manuel Jorge de Oliveira. I think it is a great indicator to w**d out the 'false prophets' on social media. When you read something on social media that strikes you and draws you to a trainers work, scroll through their timeline and look at the photos. We all like pictures and they truly do speak a thousand words. It's a habit I've gotten into whenever the trolls strike. It's amazing what a person or business's timeline tells you about their knowledge or lack thereof, and whether I need to take their comment seriously.

If you want to ride well, take clinics and advice from people who's riding you admire and who can explain things in a way that isn't so ethereal in nature that you're left wondering what the heck they mean. As someone who loves to write, it's easy to throw words around that don't result in any meaningful change in a horse or rider.

Relationship is the basis of all work with our horses. Relationship can be developed within the work. I see many riders get stuck between the ethereal and reality and then they are hesitant to actually ride their horses.

I can tell you with certainty that if the work is good, not perfect, but your expectations and aids are clear, sound horses do not resent being worked. Case in point, I rode my big mare Gracie twice yesterday. Morning and afternoon. I don't think I've ever seen her so doe-eyed and content with herself after that second ride, even though she clearly was not impressed to be tacked up a second time.

We live in a world that leans towards babying our horses in such an apologetic fashion for all the 'harms' we may cause. Work is good for all living beings. Our horses feel us. If you feel sorry for them for making them work, they feel that. Feel the joy in their movement, let them move and express themselves. Get 'seat' lessons to learn how to control your body during potential extravagant movement. "Show me your horses". It tells me what your words and actions fail to convey.❤️

19/09/2024

We live in an era when learning how to do something ourselves is more important than handing over the keys to someone else. More and more I am finding clients who seek me out because they want to learn for themselves, not just have me work on their horses. I LOVE that.

Horses whose people work on them between my sessions make improvements much sooner than working with me alone. The opportunity to encourage, co-courage and build the confidence that everyone can work on a horse is an incredible privilege. Thanks to all of my amazing clients for wanting to learn and grow together. 💞