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Last week I joined Gillian Higgins at Horses Inside Out HQ to help out for the day with the Massage For Horse Owners Course. This is a live course that Gillian runs several times per year and is designed for horse owners to work on their own horses. The day began with welcoming participants to the venue, directing parking and making sure everyone was aware of where the facilities were and more importantly where they could get a cup of tea or coffee! The group was smaller than usual due to...

This week I was invited back to Horses Inside Out HQ to assist in a filming day all about the Digestive System of the horse. As I arrived at Wavendon Grange I instantly spotted a big bay horse trotting around the outdoor turnout area. I couldn’t remember Gillian mentioning any horses other than her grey sports horse Arty being involved in today’s filming……so I couldn’t wait to get up the drive and find out who this tall, dark and handsome guy was! As I reached the indoor class room area I...

This month’s webinar from Gillian Higgins of Horses Inside Out was the penultimate in the ‘Webinar Wednesdays’ series. I have been really looking forward to this webinar as I think it is so important for people to be aware of how young horses grow and develop and how they can help prepare their young horses for ridden work at the appropriate time in their lives and in the most appropriate way. This webinar is now available as a recording in the Horses Inside Out Academy The webinar was...

Some of you may remember that last year I was lucky enough to be selected as Brand Ambassador for the Horses Inside Out Annual Conference in February 2020 after entering a competition on Facebook. This meant I got to attend the conference and post about it on social media. It was at the conference that I first saw Vibeke Elbrond and heard her talk about the Myofascial Lines in the horse. This concept was all new to me, so to find myself in a lecture with Vibeke, discussing the Myofascial...

Every month I look forward to Gillian Higgins’ webinars. ‘Webinar Wednesdays’ have been running monthly throughout lockdown, and each webinar has been jammed packed with information and learning opportunities. This month I have been especially looking forward to as it’s one of my favourite subjects, and something I am often discussing with clients – Understanding and assessing your horse’s posture. This webinar is now available to watch anytime, anywhere as a recording in the Horses Inside...

This week I was very fortunate to be invited to spend the day with Gillian Higgins from Horses Inside Out to help out with some filming for an up coming project. I was given the date, time and address of where to be but I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect, I was however very excited! When I arrived Wavendon Grange I started to recognise the arena and stables instantly from some of Gillian’s videos. Wavendon Grange is Gillian’s own home, as well as home to her horses Freddie, Arty and Blue...

This evening I was lucky to get a space on the SOLD OUT webinar with Gillian Higgins from Horses Inside Out discussing The Horse’s Neck. (The recorded version is now available in the Horses Inside Out Academy HERE ) The webinar was split into 4 sections: · Anatomy of the neck · Biomechanics of the neck · How the head and neck position affects the rest of the body · Q & A session (where Gillian will answer questions asked my live webinar attendees - a benefit of...

What is the best outline for the horse?
What is the best way to achieve good neck outlines?
How long they should be held for?

This month’s webinar was on the subject of ‘Understanding Muscles and Fascia’. Being a Massage Therapist these are of course 2 of my favouri

Ever since, as a student in Cirencester when Gillian came across the work of Edweard Muybridge, she was fascinated by his photographic studies of horse movement. A few years later she came across a poster showing his work. That poster is still on her office wall! Edweard, a photographer born in England but who had emigrated to America in 1850, became involved in equine locomotion when Leland Stanford, a horseman and former Governor of California who was interested in horse gait analysis,...