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BMR Williams Bodywork & Horsemanship I am an equine bodyworker and horse trainer.

I am a horse trainer and Masterson Method Certified Practitioner that offers a trust and feel based approach to bodywork and training. 🐎

Currently servicing the Indian Wells Valley and surrounding areas.

17/07/2026

Trust how horses mirror us. After letting this sensitive horse know where he can trust me, he willingly comes to me on his own, and positions himself exactly how I showed him. No pressure, no tools, it was his idea alone.

16/07/2026

Teaching a timid horse to respect my approach. What does this mean? It means I can approach my horse at any gait they are in and know that they are going to stop for me with the stirrup ready for me to get on if I need to.

Andy was a very timid horse that would not allow me anywhere near him when I first met him. He's now gaining confidence, and allowing me to approach him at a trot.

For most horses, their natural instinct is first to run away from my approach, because after all, more pressure into their space usually means "get away," but in this instance, I want the opposite.

This is a great thing to teach him because it lets him know that when I ask for his side, it means I am there to help him, and that he can relax.

16/07/2026

This horse might be my favorite horse to work at the rescue. This was my first day taking him into the round corral. Initially he was hard to catch. But he has such an expressive trot! Despite this horse having been feral, he is able to quickly grasp my aids and invitation for a transition into a trot. This is because the alignment of my core energy is opening the door for him - not blocking him!

06/07/2026

Is your groundwork is hurting your horse? When we stop to consider the consequences of what we are doing to them, are we helping them become more balanced as individuals, or are we unintentionally disuniting them, teaching them to crowd, load the forehand, and stand off balanced?

This type of ground work is extremely common, and it used to be the core of what I did. But a little bit of observation goes a long way in revealing the truth in what is being taught to this horse.

Horses respond to everything we do, internally from us, and externally with our physical bodies, and the more we refine our control over our selves, the less time we need to "train" our horses.

What is abundantly common is teaching a horse to lead off a pointed finger, or to transition off the same queue, but what seems to be overlooked is the fact that horses are not animals that naturally respond to pointing in the way we'd like. Actually, by putting our hand out in this way, above their chin, we are actually taking the space we want them to travel in, which to the horse, naturally communicates to them to travel in the opposite direction (away from where we are pointing). By undoing this natural instinct, we are confusing them and teaching them to lead into our pressure. What we should do instead, is take the space we no longer wish for them to occupy, and open the way for them. Not block the entrance then throw a flag at them when they don't go.

I have found that when we train a horse to be balanced and on the hind quarter, not crowding and on the shoulder, more athletic maneuvers such as turning on the haunches becomes available far sooner.

A horse that is balanced and sure of himself is not a horse that will buck or rear!

30/06/2026

I'll leave ropes attached to horses for a few reasons. This is one of them. Our 25 foot line got wrapped around a loose bucket sitting in the sand, and despite having the full capacity to drag that bucket through the dirt, Bow has learned to respect the halter pressure so well that he doesn't budge it an inch.

He might still lean on things from time to time. That's not to say he's perfect, nothing is. But I thought this was pretty cool; this was a horse that would pull away and drag you through the mud not too long ago.

30/06/2026

One thing I learned from this mule is how stoic she is. But underneath her quiet nature, I could feel that there were many stories to be told. It can be difficult to distinguish when a horse is "okay" and when they are really good at hiding the fact that they need help. Many have mastered the art of masking their distresses, but nether the less, they receive the same a mount of care and attention. Once the layers begin peeling back, the truth slowly reveals itself.

26/06/2026

Today was the first time I ever rode Bow in an arena. Sometimes I feel like everything is against us in our training, and it's been very frustrating. Yet, this incredibly unspectacular, low quality clip, is symbolic of that. I had taken better footage, but because I live in a desert, my phone over heated and it was corrupted.

Through trying to rehabilitate his SI dysfunction, chronic stall weaving, pacing, topline, and having no arena, round pin, or enclosed area, on ground that is likely too hard for his feet, and after trying 5 different saddles, none of which fit him, we haven't been able to go far in the time we've had.

Training him has had me out of my comfort zone. With no arena, everything I knew about training had to change. To make it more difficult, his stall pacing behavior happens under saddle too. Only, if there is no fence to stop him, he will keep moving in the direction he is seeking and nothing I can do can change his mind (nothing has worked yet).

But in the brief moments where we were together, we slowly carved in his response to my reins. An open toe to the left, and open toe to the right. A neck rein here, an open rein there. A slight weight shift, for a back up, and taking energy out of my hands for a stop.

These little things did get through to him, and our little ride proved that.

Nothing that happens in the footage is great.

We were riding on a ba****ck pad, because even ba****ck stopped working for us, because I came to learn that the fabric of my pants had been slowly chafing away at his fur.

So here we are, struggling with a stupid ba****ck pad I couldn't get attached right, and it is awkward, and we are both some what struggling, but here we have the glimmer of a partnership that has been trying its damn best to survive.

Through all of this hardship, lack of resources, and facilities.

Through his stereotypies, poor topline, and everything.

I've struggled with the thoughts of giving up, selling him, moving on. But I refuse.

And I know that eventually it will all work out. Even though it's hard right now.

Even though my skill and knowledge could go way farther had we the proper equipment and the space.

But this is where we are. And we are trying our best. And that struggle to make it work is what makes our time together special.

26/06/2026

Healing comes from above. We have no power except for what has been invested in us.

22/06/2026

Bladder 10 "The heavenly pillar point" is one of the most common points I use, and was taught to me while I was certifying in Masterson Method. It is thought to be the meeting place of the head, and body; it is a gateway between the two, and acts as a portal to the horse's mind (located very close to the cerebellum - which is responsible for balance, motor movements, and posture).

This point helps release blockages along the entire bladder meridian, which runs from the horse's eye, across their topline, down to their hind hoof.

For all horses, I tend to pay special attention to this point in combination with Bladder 60, which helps draw stagnant qi down the back.

❗️Be cautious when using this point, however, as some horses are extremely sensitive here. For horses that tense up and go wide in the eyes when going near this point, it is best to start either hands off, or to relieve tension elsewhere in the body first.

20/06/2026

Where water once ran. These old washes always stirred my imagination. To think we have these great wide rivers cut into our arid landscape that have been left dry to time. However, when it storms real strongly, the come to life. This one in particular roared last year! You'd have been swept away if you tried to swim across it.

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