How do you ‘read’ a horse? I use all of my abilities to read a horse. Typically a few things will strike me
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at once. The horse’s posture is a big giveaway. I like to see if they are able to
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stand square. Then I look at the angle of their shoulder, legs, lumbar spine, pelvis, and feet. Their emotional state is also very informative. For example if they are fidgety and anxious this tells me a lot about what’s going on, and similarly, if they are shut down in their eye this also tells me a lot before I even put my
A highly qualified therapist who specialises in a wide variety of alternative modalities, we asked TONI HORSLEY to tell us about her approach to healing.
hands on them. From experience, I can guarantee that if they’re shut down in the eye, they will be restricted in the poll. There is a lot to be said for the trained eye and a simple scan of their body
