Tag Archives: Ortho-Bionomy

Be true to your horse

December 13, 2013energy work, equines, healing, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Liberty training, Ortho-Bionomy, UncategorizedAlternative therapies, bodywork, chakras, endurance riding, energetic connection, energy work, equine, equine healing, equine liberty training, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, exercise, grazing, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horse world, horsemanship, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, liberty horse training, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, ridinghorsesatliberty

We need to stay in our own truth. Admiring experts is wonderful, but even experts can be wrong.

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Maintaining a performance horse naturally

November 2, 2013alternative therapies, bodywork, energy work, EPR, equine positional Release, equines, exercise, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Liberty training, mustangs, Natural Horsemanship, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, performance horses, riding, Uncategorized, Waterhole RitualsAlternative therapies, Cushings disease, equine herd dynamics, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, equines, health, herd behavior, horsemanship, horses, laminitis, massage, Ortho-Bionomy, performance horses, ridinghorsesatliberty

These days we are inundated with information on how to manage our performance horse, geriatric horse, and what ever, usually from the companies that sell supplements. If there is a problem with your horse, there is probably a supplement designed for it.

Sharif paying attention to work done on his neck. [Catherine Sobredo Photography] — Sharif paying attention to work done on his neck.
[Catherine Sobredo Photography]

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Bodywork alternatives for horses – OrthoHorse Tutorial news

October 12, 2013alternative therapies, bodywork, energy work, equines, exercise, healing, horse training, horsemanship, horses, riding, UncategorizedOrtho-Bionomy, ranch horses, Spirit Horse Liberty Foundation Clinichorsesatliberty

Last weekend I conducted a three-hour tutorial on equine bodywork on Friday before the Spirit Horse Liberty Foundation Clinic in Jones, Oklahoma. Visiting and ranch horses were evaluated and students learned some skills in how to do bodywork on their own horses, with work on the hindquarters, shoulders and legs that translated to the spine. This work addresses the physical problems horses suffer. Among the students were an equine chiropractor, horse trainer and nurse who were all amazed as I have often been at the powerful effect of Equine Ortho-Bionomy.

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How do I build trust with my horse? – Liberty Foundations Clinic at Spirit Horse Ranch

October 5, 2013alternative therapies, animal communication, bareback riding, barefoot hooves, bodywork, chakras, energy work, EPR, equine positional Release, equines, exercise, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Liberty training, Ortho-Bionomy, performance horses, rescue horses, riding, Uncategorizedbareback riding, bitless riding, energetic connection, energy work, EPR, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, equine positional release, equine training, equines, horsemanship, horses, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, liberty horse training, natural horsekeeping, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, Ruella Yates, Spirit Horse Ranchhorsesatliberty

“Both equines and humans learned to overcome fear and step into trust and love. Hope you enjoy the picture of you and beautiful Starwyn.” – Lisa Malone
“Every time I close my eyes even for a moment I see those beautiful horses faces.” – Lucy Taylor

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What if I can’t ride my horse?

September 7, 2013animal communication, bodywork, EPR, equine positional Release, equines, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Liberty training, Ortho-Bionomy, performance horses, riding, therapy horses, Uncategorizedbodywork, equine positional release, equine training, equines, horseback riding, horsemanship, horses, liberty horse training, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorsehorsesatliberty

The question: What if I can’t ride my horse? was asked at a clinic some time ago. There are many reasons why we might not be able to ride our horses:

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You Gotta Love Horse People!

August 24, 2013bodywork, energy work, EPR, equine positional Release, equines, exercise, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Ortho-Bionomy, riding, Uncategorizedbodywork, EPR, equine health, equine positional release, equine training, equines, health, Horse People, horsemanship, horses, Michael Korda, Ortho-Bionomy, riding, Zarna Carterhorsesatliberty

Recently I had a client in my office who had a swollen ankle. She has had a swollen ankle before so I mentioned to her: rest, ice, compression, and elevation of the leg for self-care.

Self-care is a big part of my practice. I said, “okay, if your horse’s fetlock looked like this, what would you be doing?”

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The Kamikaze behavior of horses

August 9, 2013bodywork, energy work, EPR, equine positional Release, equines, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Ortho-Bionomy, Uncategorizedalternative remedies, bodywork, energy work, equine behavior, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, homeopathics, horse behavior, liberty training, Ortho-Bionomyhorsesatliberty

Recently I had a client horse who broke his jaw. This is how it happened: he was clenching his teeth around a bar of his stall door, while his forefeet were on a ledge of that same door. He dropped one foot down and neglected to release his teeth from the bar of the stall. This action broke his jaw on the side of the mandible.

A week after jaw fracture

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Develop a “seventh sense” in horse work

July 29, 2013bodywork, energy work, equines, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Liberty training, Natural Horsemanship, Ortho-Bionomy, Pat Parelli, riding, Uncategorizedbodywork, Equine Ortho, equines, horsemanship, horses, Natural Horsemanship, Ortho-Bionomy, Pat Parelli, ridinghorsesatliberty

Pat Parelli says you must be “mentally, emotionally and physically fit” to handle horses. I would argue that many people who aren’t physically fit can do a lot with horses. To me the bottom line is energetics. The horse recognizes the energy in the person, and will respond to that.

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Have you hugged your therapy horse today?

July 14, 2013bodywork, chakras, dogs, energy work, EPR, equine positional Release, equines, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Liberty training, mustangs, Nia, Ortho-Bionomy, rescue horses, riding, therapeutic riding programs, therapy horses, UncategorizedAlternative therapies, behavioral issues in horses, equiine bodywork, equines, horse training, horses, Ortho-Bionomy, PATH, therapeutic riding programshorsesatliberty

I know what I’m about to write is probably controversial to many people. But I believe therapy horses need help.

Until our gelding Patches came to live with us, I didn’t know much about the horses in therapeutic riding programs. I thought they were doing a public service and that was great. Now I see remnants of that experience in our horse and have spent two years helping him get confident again. During the past two years, I’ve spoken to others who have either worked in such programs or who have horses from the programs and have also seen similar problems these horses suffer.

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Bring joy to repetition in liberty horse training

July 5, 2013chakras, energy work, equines, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Liberty training, UncategorizedEquine Ortho-Bionomy, equine positional release, equines, foal, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse trainers, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Ortho-Bionomy, repetitionhorsesatliberty

Horse trainers know that repetition is what gets a horse to learn something, and it is true with people too. We can’t learn to play the piano without doing scales, lots of them.

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