It's day three of our Christmas countdown giving you great gift ideas for your horsey friends. Today, we take a look at one of Gillian's books - Posture and Performance . Having a fit, happy and healthy horse is the aim for all horse owners. Posture and Performance is the perfect gift for anyone who wants to take their training to the next level and realise your goals. This beautifully illustrated book gives you all the ingredients you need to put together a safe, varied, ef

We have something quite unique for the second day of our 12 Days of Christmas. Anyone with a love of horses whether they are interested in anatomy or not is sure to love these stunning prints and images. Word Art These prints are a clever twist on skeletal anatomy, using the names of the bones to illustrate their shape and position. The bones are in different positions depending on what movement the horse is doing - like the one below that shows piaffe. This makes each print

Struggling for gift ideas for your horsey friends and family, or maybe you're putting together a list of gifts you would like to receive this Christmas? Finding the best gifts can be tricky and sometime a little stressful. Here at Horses Inside Out we've put together our 12 days of Christmas to help you find amazing gifts that you'll want to give and receive. We will share top tips, exercises or interesting points in each article. Each day we'll showcase an exciting book, o

Anatomy in Action was published in 2020 and was five years in the making. Inspired by Gillian’s love of the beauty, and agility of the horse as well as anatomy and art. The aim was to create a stunning photographic record and quality educational catalogue of equine movement. In this blog, Allison Lowther reviews this multimedia book. This is a must-have book for all horse lovers. It celebrates the beauty, elegance and athleticism of horses as well as being an educational too

Always a topic that can lead to a heated conversation at this time of year is what rug to put on your horse. This is a difficult question to answer as all horses should be treated as individuals and it can be all too easy to be influenced by what other owners on the yard are doing or following the latest trends on rugs in the horse world. In this blog Gillian Higgins explains just how clever your horse is at dealing with the cold and how this should influence how you rug him

Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to be part of the team for the filming of part 3 of Gillian Higgins, Horses Inside Out Autumn Webinar series. This part was to be called ‘Dressage Dissected’ and you can find out more about the filming day in my previous blog post. I have been waiting patiently for the webinar to be presented live and finally it’s here and it’s even better than I ever could have expected. During the filming of this day I was busy taking care of Gillia

Earlier on this year I was lucky to be invited by Gillian Higgins to be part of the team involved in filming this Autumn’s Webinar Wednesday Series of Live Lecture Demonstrations. You can find out more about the filming days in my previous blog . I have been waiting patiently ever since to be able to watch the final demos on screen. And finally Episode 2 – Riding from an Anatomical Perspective is here and available to watch in the Horses Inside Out Online Academy. Having been

Earlier this year I was lucky enough to be asked to help out for the day with the preparation and filming of Gillian’s first ever online lecture demonstration, The Principles of Movement. (That’s me helping with painting of Gillian’s horse Arty’s leg) It seems like an age ago now as this was in April of this year, and I feel like it has been a long wait to finally get to see the completed film of the demo. I have been really excited to see how it would all come together and t

Biomechanical effects and benefits of canter. Top tips for assessing, training and improving your horse's canter. Includes slow motion video

Even if you don’t jump your horse studying the biomechanics of how the horse creates a jump is useful for every single rider because of the biomechanical and mofascial connections illustrated more obviously. The horse needs physical strength, focus and a balanced rider to jump successfully. He also needs a good technique, willingness, coordination and the ability to convert forward momentum to upward thrust. Horses aren't natural jumpers, although in the wild they will jump o

In the last few years in the equine world, particularly since the release of the research papers from Vibeke Elbrond and Rikke Shultz - Myofascia - the unexplored tissue: Myofascial kinetic lines in horses, released in 2015. Myofascial connections have been a hot topic. Following on from my previous blog where I spoke about day 1 of the Horses Inside out CPD course and Myofascial Release Techniques, I was super excited to attend day 2 where we would be learning more about M

The biomechanics and benefits of trot and top tips for assessing, training and improving your horse's trot. Including slow motion video

The benefits of polework are often underrated! Incorporating this type of work into your horse's training schedule is an excellent way to maintain and improve posture, as well as contributing to a healthy, mobile, fully functioning musculoskeletal system. Gillian Higgins explains in this short article just how powerful working your horse over poles can be and how to do it effectively. The Benefits of Pole Work Appropriate pole exercises encourage your horse to move his body

When it comes to dressage the scales of training are the stepping stones that many riders live by when training horses. They form the basis of what judges look for in horses during a dressage test. But what about biomechanics. How does anatomy and biomechanics link in with the scales of training? This is a question explored in this blog and one which we will study in greater detail in the Dressage Dissected online lecture demonstration The team at Horses Inside Out is excit

One of the things I find so good about Horses Inside Out is how Gillian Higgins (The Founder) has been able to create a concept and content that is both accessible and applicable to everyday horse owners and equine professionals alike. As a professional equine therapist myself I know I can reach for any of the Horses Inside Out books or videos and learn something new or more in depth from the products that are accessible to anyone. So you can imagine how excited I was to be

This week I was excited to be back at Horses Inside Out HQ for the final filming day for Gillian Higgins’ upcoming Live Lecture Demonstration Webinars . The day’s focus was ‘Dressage Dissected’ and this is part 3 of the new series. As I arrived at Wavendon Grange (Gillian’s home and base for Horses Inside Out) the painting of the horses was well underway. I was unfortunately running late due to a car malfunction. Inside Gillian’s amazing new classroom environment were her 17

As soon as we sit on our horse's backs we compromise his posture and ability to move, affect his balance and increase the strain on his joints, tendons and ligaments. How depressing! It's vital that we recognise this and how it happens before we can study how the horse supports his posture and musculoskeletal system. From there we can look at ways to strengthen his body in preparation for a rider and performance whatever the discipline. Improving our equine partner's fitness,

This blog looks at the biomechanical effects and benefits of walk as well as top tips for training and how to analyse your horse's walk.

Whether horses are your hobby or your living it’s a fact that you never stop learning about these amazing and sophisticated creatures. We also have other things in common – that we want our horses to be happy, healthy and reach their full athletic potential - whatever level or discipline that is. Gillian Higgins and the team at Horses Inside Out believe that to do this effectively having a knowledge of equine anatomy and biomechanics is just one of the key fundamentals. We al

This series of four online lecture demonstrations will take you on a fascinating journey exploring how equine anatomy and biomechanics can be applied to movement, riding, training and management. If you're interested in improving the comfort and performance of horses, understanding more about how horses move and to reduce the risk of injury this series is for you. And you can access all of this from the comfort of your own home from anywhere in the world! We begin our journey