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Sara Stenson
The Water of Being and Bodywork
What is a human being? A human being is a container invented by water so that it can walk around. –Dean Juhan, Jobs Body I rather like this little joke about what a human being is. It also applies to our animal friends. Water; it seems likes variety as well. Consider for a moment what […]
Look Me In The Eye
Look me in the eye, tell me who you are. Look me in the eye and I will tell you who I am. Then we may know each other’s souls. There is an ongoing debate about looking a horse in the eye or any animal in the eye for that matter. I want to look […]
Equine Massage Benefits for the Therapist
“So thanks yet again for training us the way you did……I love this work. And the coolest part is that the more I refine my bodywork, the better my riding gets. And the more I refine my riding, the better my bodywork gets. Love that circle of energy!” I got this wonderful quote from a […]
Dancing Partners with Equine Massage
Think about the times you just stepped out of the saddle all invigorated and thought, I just had the most perfect ride on my horse today. It was amazing, like the two of us were one! All I had to do was think it and my horse was right there with me. Those rides I […]
Equine Massage and Bodywork
Many times the perfect ride is illusive and we struggle to find it. We feel something is not right, the rhythm is off, the gaits are restricted, lateral flexion and lead changes are not symmetrical, or the horse just doesnt have the required energy to do the job. Rather than relate it to laziness, poor […]
Spur
Spur Sometimes an equine massage is going to look very different than doing a massage. The later is what people perceive as doing a massage which is rubbing, kneading, pushing and pulling. Our perception of massage has been influenced greatly by what we see as massage on television and maybe some of the pinching massages […]
The Five Principles of Natural Movement
As in any journey you must have some idea of where you are going in order to chart the path to get to your destination. It is not enough to just massage a horse. You must understand what it is you are trying to accomplish for that horse and always know how to adjust your […]
Techniques and Principles
A technique is a particular way of carrying out a particular task. As in any endeavor there are techniques that have to be applied to the process in order to accomplish a task such as a painting a picture, writing a short story or training a young horse to carry a rider. The same is […]
Horses as Teachers
The herd of horses that you see running freely in the foot hills of the Rockies are some of the best equine massage teachers in the world. When we measure how a student is doing with their presentation of the massage work, we first look to the horses because we see you reflected in their […]
The Perfect Ride
Every rider wants a quiet horse that is supple and willing to participate. Every rider wants a horse that moves gracefully and powerfully at work and at liberty. Every rider is looking for the thrill of a perfect ride and partnership each time they are with their horses. But injuries, traumas, poor fitting tack, uneven […]
