The 11th Essential Equine Bodywork

02/12/2024

This year's wreath made from items found on our property. The base is woven wild grape and raspberry.

17/11/2024

There's a lot going on here.....both with the listing and the item itself 🤔😉

This comes from the Yakama Indian Reservation, ethically sourced, natural death, and was found on private property. It is a great conversation starter and a unique piece that will make any room stand out. This is perfect for those who love to colle...

28/10/2024

28/10/2024

It's that most wonderful time of the year! 🤣

02/10/2024

Fall 2024 Updates

Events: there are only a handful of spots in each of the 2024 classes on the schedule.

Sessions: there are a few options left in October, mostly toward the end of the month.

27/07/2024

Scheduling in to August. Limited space, especially if more than an hour away....

20/06/2024

Sharing this as many of you will remember Pal from bodywork classes and coachings at HH.

17/06/2024

Reposting as it is that time of year:

** Leaving water on a horse is not harmful. And, if your goal is to keep the horse cool over a length of time, you *should* leave it on.

** Scraping may allow for quicker drying but it does not help cool the horse.

There have been multiple studies to support this. And, simply put: it is how evaporation works.

Linked article summary: the amount of evaporation is more of a factor in efficient cooling than the temperature of the water applied. Scraping will DECREASE the amount of evaporation and, hence, cooling.

If you have to cool the horse quickly, use a lot of cold water. If you want to keep the horse as cool as possible (in the barn/field/trailer), apply water of any reasonable temp and let it evaporate slowly (no scraping!).

And, finally, if the ambient "feels like" temperature is near or above the horse's body temp, blowing that uncooled air on the horse (adding fans at ambient temperature) will not have a cooling effect.

10/06/2024

Events will continue to be posted to FB and here is the link to follow the Eventbrite page if you prefer direct registration option updates:

The 11th Essential Equine Bodywork

17/04/2024

Download these exercises to take to the barn... Exercise 7: Backing Up a Hill Exercise 18: Figure-Eight Bars Over time, horses (like people) acquire postural habits, compensate for soreness and injury, and develop poor movement patterns. This limits performance ability, causes unsoundness and health...

14/02/2024

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Join Master Manolo Mendez for an epic 3-day symposium filled with equestrian wisdom & mastery, May 25-27, 2024. Limited Tickets!

31/12/2023

"...this means that a dental issue in the front of the body could cause a hind hoof imbalance in the back."

16/12/2023

Applies to animals too.......

"The event is over but you continue to react to things as if you're in danger. So the big challenge of treating trauma is: how do we help people to live in bodies that feel fundamentally unsafe?"

Trauma is not limited to extreme events. And, often, the social and cultural gauge for distress is measured by how well a person (or animal) is able to function within that social and cultural construct.
And that ability has *nothing* to do with what degree of trauma exists or with that individual's ability to cope. "Normal" is simply a measurement of if the coping mechanisms are adequate to stay under the radar behaviorally. "Normal" does not mean there is no trauma.

Acclaimed psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, author of “The Body Keeps The Score,” discusses the widespread existence of trauma and how it manifests in our bo...

15/12/2023

Predictable consequences of lifestyle...when you know better, you can Be better.