06/07/2026
I didn’t grow up with horses. They were never part of my world, never something I thought I’d end up adding to my kinesiology practice.
Then my daughter came along.
She was two years old the first time our next door neighbour put her on a pony for a ride around the yard, and that was it. Something in her just lit up. From that day on, horses were all she wanted to talk about, all she wanted to draw, all she wanted to be near.
She begged her dad for a horse of her own for years. We couldn’t afford one, so instead we started volunteering at a local horse rescue, just so she could be around them, brushing them, feeding them, learning their names and their quirks.
Not the picture perfect, glossy coated horses you see in magazines, but the ones who’d been let down, neglected, or carrying trauma no one had ever helped them process. I was already a qualified Reiki Master by then, so I started quietly using what I knew to help ease what they were carrying, even in small ways.
Fast forward a few years, many ‘poo pick ups for other horses’ & volunteer roles later and my daughter finally got her wish. Jake came into our lives, a quarter horse, an older gentleman with all the aches, quirks, and stiffness that come with age.
It was with Jake that I really started practising, adapting the kinesiology and functional neurology techniques I already used with people, and working out how they applied to a horse’s body instead.
Here’s something I openly say often: I’m not naturally one of those effortlessly confident horse people. Building trust with a horse takes me time, the same way it takes them time to trust me. There’s no shortcut through that, and I’ve stopped pretending there should be.
Around the same time, I kept hearing the same story from other horse owners. Hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars spent trying to “fix” one issue after another, going in circles, feeling frustrated, with nothing quite sticking.
I already understood how much the nervous system, energy, and emotion shape human health. So I suppose it was inevitable, really, that I’d end up bringing that same knowledge into my work with horses too.
That’s what led to my first guide, Deep Level Switching for Horses, and it’s just the beginning. If you’re a horse owner, my hope is that it saves you the money and frustration of going in circles trying to “fix” things one expensive appointment at a time, by putting real, usable tools directly in your hands. And if you’re one of the many incredible bodyworkers already out there doing hands on work with horses, I hope it adds something too, a different lens alongside everything you already bring to your own practice. Link’s in the comments below. 🐴
