A bodyworker is qualified in a unique manual / hands on technique that addresses the entire equine body and its muscles. Specific manual palpation techniques are used to assess:
• Soft tissue
• Symmetry of muscle and its structure
• Utilizing detailed evaluation of the horse, both static and dynamic
Different bodywork techniques include:
• Sports massage
• Soft tissue mobilisation
• Stretching
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Range of motion
• Positioning exercises
• Focal point work such as stress and trigger points
All these skills come together to provide optimal support for the horses, working in every discipline. Karena du Plessis
Karena du Plessis is a qualified high school teacher who taught and then migrated to publishing. She worked for an educational publisher and then moved to magazines including FAIRLADY where she worked for years as a feature writer. She decided to freelance in 2000 and has written two books and countless articles. Horses have always been her first love and Karena decided to qualify as an equine body worker to help her own horses. "Movement and stretching definitely make me feel better and so I wanted to be able to offer this to horses as well," she explains. She completed her Equinology qualification in 2016 and runs a small, live-out livery yard for barefoot horses. Bianca Said
Bianca Said had her first job at age 13 working at the Riding Centre in Hout Bay in exchange for riding lessons. She knew then that horses would always play an important part of her life. After completing school, she spent a year working at a competition yard in Switzerland before going on to study another passion, photography. While pursuing this career, she still had a calling for horses and looking for a deeper understanding of these magnificent animals, lead her to attend a TTOUCH workshop and later study Equine Behaviour through the Ethology Consultancy. She has been fortunate enough to work with and have Dawn Jones of Animal Physical Rehab as her mentor and has recently completed in depth studies through Equinology to qualify as an Equine Bodyworker.
