Hi, Thanks for this video! I am an Equine Hanna Somatics Educator, which is based on the Feldenkrais and Alexandor method. So Yes! there is a method like this for horses. I'm so excited to come across this video.Learned so much about how Feldenkrais works and how it it relaites to EHS. This is very encouraging!

So good to hear you again Dr. Kevin!! Thank you :)

Question for Laura 😊 Firstly, thank you for normalizing the process of simply walking with your horse. I am curious of how old is your mustang Spirit?

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I wouldn’t call sporthorses downhill at all.. hampton is significantly more “uphill” than the average horse. in english disciplines breeding uphill is focused on to get that bigger movement. the uphill breeding may actually be the detriment here.

I find the idea that there isn’t a correlation between diagnosis and pain interesting.. the general consensus I’ve gotten from my own experience and from horse people in life and online is that every horse with kissing spines is a ticking time bomb, and it will usually spell the end of them eventually. Maybe it’s just that horses with bad behavior are more likely to have their spines radiographed in the first place? Every KS horse I’ve met has shown signs. I am curious how these horses were determined to not be in pain, I can’t find info on that in the study. In fact, almost all horses I see being ridden in general show conflict behaviors, often. We know that most riders and horse handlers (and in my experience trainers and vets as well) don’t reliably recognize “subtle” pain in a horse.

Wendy have you thought about doing a video on Lyme Disease in horses? My has chronic Lyme I have seen the Cornell reaches.

young horse people are definitely here, and are going to change this industry drastically, maybe within our lifetimes. I can’t wait.

Also, ofc, Jec is awesome. I had the great privilege of being one of her students for a few years when I was lucky enough to be her neighbor. Now I live more than 1000 miles away, but my horses are still benefiting from some of the profound changes we were all able to make. Her motto then was "I can make a lesson anywhere", and I accepted that challenge and for almost one year, we had NO arena lessons, and did literally EVERYTHING outside on the trails or at least in our pasture. She'd be on one horse, I'd be on another. If I was riding in front on the trail, she'd remind me that while I made, say, 3 transitions in a certain distance covered, she'd made at least 3x that within the same distance. And she was right, she turned ANY space outside our arena (and we had a wonderful dressage arena) into a workout, and we got TWO massive benefits: not only did the horses gain so much in their overall fitness, but by the time we went back into the arena, all traces of their earlier "UGH NOT THE ARENA" was gone.

On HR monitors "needs to be in the right place" oh have I ever experienced this as a human athlete (former). Even my coach thought I had a severe heart condition... ended up having an extensive cardiac workup, dye-injection EKG the whole deal. Quite scary, only to be told after all that "you're in the 98th percentile cardio fitness for your age but apparently you can't manage to fit your HR monitor properly. 🙄 I have played with HR monitors on horses first in college (human monitors placed on OTTB) and then decades later just dabbling, but not successfully. While I think HR training for cardio the way Jen is discussing would be super useful, and is likely doable today, I think we're still a LONG way from using HRV in a meaningful way. Unless it's somehow in the Whoop strap way... where it's taken each day at a very precise time relative to the horse's overall daily cycle, then considered over time as a more general indicator of recovery. I also related to the discussion of why HR can change with no obvious outward indicators, and without ever moving. I've been on a Whoop strap 24/7 for 6 years for an autonomic disorder. For the first two years I led weekly live Zoom discussions, my Whoop strap kept auto-detecting an intense workout. I was just SITTING in front of a screen. But eventually, as I got more comfortable with it, my Whoop no longer detected a HR surge dramatic enough to count as "exercise stress." I knew I was prone to stage fright, but I had no idea how much even a Zoom call I ENJOYED triggered my sympathetic NS to that degree.

I love to work with Sure Foot Pads 🤗

Hi Wendy I so wish I could work with you with my guy Randy. I've taken a lesson on your Joker with Kaitlyn it has helped me in my balance. Randy goes into corners bends out drops his inside shoulder. Are you coming up to NH in 2025?

I so love and appreciate both of you :) thank you for everything you do to change the future of horse welfare and understanding.

As for measurement - Heartmath has some interesting instruments for this.

We need another webinar with Monique, now in 2024, please!

Thankyou we need this education, I just bought your minerals carol..

I love both these women ❤️❤️❤️ Dr Harman cracks me up 🫶🥳 "don't tell my vet LOL"

Kia Ora Sharon. Love your mahi! How do we contact you to organise a dissection and biomechanic workshop in SE QLD please 🙏 Blessings 💗

makes me think mustangs might be the only horse worth buying

Love this. I hope the original webcast had more engagement than this replay has had.

I’m so sorry to hear about Tony. 😢 I’m sure he is comfortably curled on heavens window sill. 🙏🏻❤️

Shouldn't there be a time limit on the pads, say 5 minutes ? or are they different than balance pads that affects their core? muscles?

Great webinar

Thank you. My sweet boy was diagnosed with ND last week and I’m lost trying to decide our next steps. Radiographs showed very mild navicular changes. I’m going to treat for thrush ASAP before I make any more decisions.

Thank you so much for this wonderful interview. We are eager for information and knowledge from this grand dame of classical riding. In the past there was a channel on KZbin, I believe by Bettina himself, in which she could be seen at her stables working or presenting her horses in many very interesting videos. Unfortunately I can't find it anymore. Has it been eliminated?

Why are horse people always in a rush?

Great information. Sydney is scheduled this fall to do my horses. I am looking forward to meeting her.

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My horse has EXACTLY these issues, so I can't even express how helpful this is!

This is fascinating

This is awsome i love your videos so much! Thanks for all your research and sharing this with us ❤❤❤

It is so interesting to listen to her stories and her Knowledge. Thank you so much from germany.

But how long does he have to stand that way..?

Some suggestions for more resources are Cherie Nolden (who I believe worked for the NRC) or Ray Archuletta- also worked for the NRC. I dove into the information and and science available in regards to regenerative grazing principles and the health of soil biology, mostly in how it relates to bovine health- since that’s the animal most of the research surrounds. I’ve taken those principles and applied to my pastures in Florida, where my grasses are warm season and test at 8% ESC + Starch even at peak sugar times (4-6PM). I have a hybrid paddock paradise/lane grazing system that I’ve slowly been developing and my horses love it. Ideally it will allow me to not graze below 6” allowing the grass to develop greater lignin content. It still has a long way to go, but it will give me the ability to graze my horses safely or setup a sacrifice lot if anyone needs to be off the grass. If it hasn’t been done already, this might be a good webinar topic.

Brilliant loved this

My 15hh gaited mare was misdiagnosed with shivers. The vet deemed her retired. We fed her with high doses of vitamin e and also accupucture for a few months and now 4 years later no symptoms since.

Great info thank you both.❤

Important topic thank you

Horses do not take 45 min to adapt to the dark. They are nocturnal animals who live outside.

❤ super presentation.

These videos are so underrated. The transformation in this horse is incredible.

Dr. Peters is so kind and shows he wants us to learn this / thank you so much!

This woman is a Godsent! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

One of the BEST ever❤️ So many pearls of wisdom shared.

❤ Thank you Becky, todays session from 10 ft was so much better, i think im still to close, next time will tell. Thank you both.

Thank you Becky and Wendy, great job!