We were doing some videos today for the EFP course and Ellie-May was a little distracted at the Moooovies!!🤣
It was so awesome when I was recently in New Zealand to meet Zoe who completed my Level 1 and Level 2 Equine Functional Posture Course earlier last year!🤗
But it was even more awesome to hear how it helped her so much when purchasing a horse and saved her money in vet checks and time in viewing!!!🥰
Not only that she found a super horse and it was so great to watch her go through the process in the membership group and give support where needed!!🦄
The next Level 1 Equine Functional Posture Course begins;
FEBRUARY 17th!!
Currently $100 off for full payment! $742.50
There is also a payment plan available $285/month for 3 months
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Yay!!!! I now have a round yard!!! It's been while paying it off!! I had 7 panels that I bought years ago and so now have a 20m round yard with a beautiful view and there was a perfect flat space on our property that stays dry all winter!!🥰🙌
Thank you to my husband for his help!! 🥰😇
Thank you Parkside Produce!!
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Welcome home party!! Lots of cuddles and kisses from all!! 💖 Jellys cuddle was not caught on video but it was truly a beautiful moment- head in my chest 🥰 (usually it is a head butt!!)
Henry neighed and came over for a cuddles as soon as he saw me. Lots of kisses from little Bea Bop and Abby was jumping out of her skin.😍 Belvedere- well Brett is his favourite!! Beautiful flowers were lovely too - Spoilt considering Bretts been looking aftereveryone although he has been well looked after by our awesome neighbours!!! 💓
This guy is an interesting case🦄
Since the owner purchased him 12 months ago
💥 he would constantly have his ears back when eating (many would think he is just protecting his food!)
💥would take big mouth fulls with food dropping from his mouth,
💥 put his head up to chew rather than keep it in the bucket
💥there would always be good left in his bowl which he would take awkwardly from the owners hand.
💥 Took treats in a weird way
💥 Quite fixed in his head and neck position when riding
Teeth done by a professional Equine vet dentist and no issues noted.
What caught my attention was;
❗️ the tension in his omohyoid muscle where it attached to the hyoid and where it goes under the scapula on both sides. There was a lot of tension as well as reactiveness.
❗️ His hyoid was extremely restricted and reactive and his tongue motion was reduced.
❗️ Pain and restricted motion in his jaw
❗️He also showed restrictions in both the front and hind legs with quite a choppy gait in front.
The video above is before the second session (there was a marked improvement in his comfort after the first session in relation to his ears stopped pinning!).
⚠️ Huge mouthfulls
⚠️Dropping food
⚠️Restricted jaw motion
⚠️ Reduced tongue motion
The video below is after the second session.
✅️ He was not taking huge mouthfuls
✅️ He was not dropping food
✅️ He was happy to continue eating with his head in the bucket
✅️improved motion of the jaw
✅️improved motion of the tongue- he licked the owners hand instead of awkwardly trying to use his lips
✅️softer eyes and ears
He is a work in process as we are working with restrictions that are potentially years old, but the lesson is;
💫 Always consider your horses behaviour as communication- it may be communication of pain, dysfunction, fear etc
💫Especially if there are a number of things adding up!!
Join my next ONLINE Equine Functional Posture course if you would like to
Sleeping beauty!! I am waiting patiently until she wakes up so we can head off to our second clinic with Connecting with Horses & Riding with Synchronicity!!
Day 2 of Connecting with Horses & Riding with Synchronicity Mel Fleming ground work clinic.
First of all we connected in with our horses - 😇
🦄Ellie-May was super responsive as my awareness was on her jaw and Mels awareness on her sternum she did a lot of jaw movements and then she laid down!! 🥰I have had many clients horses lay down but often don't spend the time in stillness with my own - very special!!💖
🤯We had fabulous sessions on our body awareness which allows us to recognise and release tension as well as explore the development of new movement patterns and the importance of slow and controlled movement without brace 🤔
😅At lunch time I let Ellie out for a wander in the big paddock and went and sat with her, she took herself into the round yard and walked over the single pole 3 x and then had a lovely rub!!🫣
🐎We spent the afternoon with the horses exploring further relaxation and ease in the motions of the forelimbs, hindlimbs , back up and lateral flexions, all with a high level of consideration of the horse. 🐎
It also amazing to see a 27year old standardbred at the clinic who is also finding a new lease on life!! His gratitude is palpable 🥰
The words for today for me were;
💥Consistency - Ellie can be easily distracted and has her own opinions and it is easy to become braced and a bit frustrated. I just continued to remind myself - connect, centre, leadership and reward the moments of stillness
💥Flow - create movement that appears effortless
💥Breathe - expand the breath, breathe into my center and then go again.
Ellie-May gave her best and we ended in stillness and relaxation 🥰
Looking forward to Day 3!!
Ellie-May has a new toy. The funniest was when she walked past it with her ears back after testing it with her front feet!
Love the movement and posture!!
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I set up a new exercise that Ellie--May had not seen before - a pole box with raised ends. 🙃
We walked through a few times halting in different positions - inside, front legs out eyc so she was comfortable with it. 🐴
She then taught me that this is now the resting box. 🥰
She was rushing and losing balance in the trot so I set her up towards the box and as soon as she was inside she halted.😇
So then I allowed her to rest in the box after a balanced trot rather than rushing- she picked it up so fast!! 🤗
At one point she lost her balance and stepped out with her front feet and then placed them back inside!! 🦄
Super learner!!
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#equinefunctionalposture
Have you thought about;⁉️
✅️The relationship between dental balance and functional posture?
✅️The ability for the horses dental balance such as a wave mouth to improve if the pelvis.motionis improved?
✅️The ability for dental balance to improve with variable feeding positions?
✅️What about the relationship of hoof balance to the jaw?
✅️What about the relationship of the way you work your horse to the function of the jaw?
Functional posture is the key 🔑
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#equinebiomechanics
Had so much fun impromptu teaching of the Equinology INC Biomechanics, Gait Abnormalities and Lameness 4 day course!!
