Comments on: 10 Equine Bodywork Responses That Tell Us Heaps About Horses https://thehorsesback.com/10-equine-bodywork-responses/ Body Talk for Thinking Owners Sat, 28 Jun 2025 04:20:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jane @ THB https://thehorsesback.com/10-equine-bodywork-responses/#comment-97919 Sun, 07 Jul 2024 01:22:44 +0000 https://thehorsesback.com/?p=11457#comment-97919 In reply to Sue McKibbin.

Thank you. It’s lovely, isn’t it? It’s common to modalities where parasympathetic activation occurs. I’ve seen a whole herd do this, and also the second horse lying down for a nap on a few occasions, or having a stagger as they find themselves going too deep!

]]> By: Sue McKibbin https://thehorsesback.com/10-equine-bodywork-responses/#comment-97908 Fri, 05 Jul 2024 10:41:56 +0000 https://thehorsesback.com/?p=11457#comment-97908 ]]> To add to what you mentioned above, Jim Masterson observed that sometimes if the horse’s buddy is nearby – the buddy will do all the yawns and twitches for their “unresponsive” friend. It happened to me a couple of days later! 😂

]]> By: Jane @ THB https://thehorsesback.com/10-equine-bodywork-responses/#comment-97886 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 21:01:25 +0000 https://thehorsesback.com/?p=11457#comment-97886 In reply to Gretchen Davis.

Thank you so much for this, Gretchen. I wanted to share something that is deeply nuanced in a simple way that is easy to understand. And there are so many times when I need to come back to this, to let go of technical assessment and anatomy and biomechanics and and and… of course that is still there, but in the moment, our response can be shaped by something far more important for that individual, even if it is almost unconsciously so. Meanwhile, the happy ones and the ones with ‘smooth’ accepting vibes and bodies that open up to us make it such a delight!

]]> By: Gretchen Davis https://thehorsesback.com/10-equine-bodywork-responses/#comment-97879 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 08:58:44 +0000 https://thehorsesback.com/?p=11457#comment-97879 Yes I have met all of these, many have left me in tears (public and private) …. and yes I truly valued those looks, the sigh, the breathing change, the change of posture. But what I truly learnt to feel was the how the energy or vibe of the horse softened. Mostly I wasn’t aware of it till it had but occasionally the horse gifted me with the “I see you…. see me” moment.

Thanks for your work Jane <3

Gretchen

]]> By: Jane @ THB https://thehorsesback.com/10-equine-bodywork-responses/#comment-97878 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 08:17:36 +0000 https://thehorsesback.com/?p=11457#comment-97878 In reply to Lesley Hiddins.

Tissue will heal, but true healing involves all levels…

]]> By: Jane @ THB https://thehorsesback.com/10-equine-bodywork-responses/#comment-97877 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 08:16:33 +0000 https://thehorsesback.com/?p=11457#comment-97877 In reply to Kathleen.

Thank you! Empathy is everything, isn’t it?

]]> By: Lesley Hiddins https://thehorsesback.com/10-equine-bodywork-responses/#comment-97872 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 22:50:30 +0000 https://thehorsesback.com/?p=11457#comment-97872 Very interesting article. Encountering some of these as I am learning bodywork and healing. Thanks you

]]> By: Kathleen https://thehorsesback.com/10-equine-bodywork-responses/#comment-97871 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 21:40:13 +0000 https://thehorsesback.com/?p=11457#comment-97871 Thank you for taking the time to write all of this, and to share it.
There is surely not a horse owner amongst us who could read through this and not identify some of the souls in our herds.

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