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working with your horse can feel good - and be effective

About Tellington TTouch®

Tellington TTouch® for Horses and Riders

Liberate your horse's potential - and your own!


Build YOUR relationship, in a way that suits you - and your horse. 


Work with your horse, effectively and with kindness, to change behaviour, and improve movement, balance, and confidence.


Release pain and tightness. 


Overcome fear, in ways that feel safe for you - and the horse. 


Start (or re-start) horses in a way that gives them a solid foundation to grow and flourish from - without fear, pain, or fear of pain. 


Created by horsewoman extraordinaire, Linda Tellington-Jones, supported by her sister Robyn Hood and many many more, this is now taught and used around the world.  This is GOOD STUFF!


For LOTS more info about Tellington TTouch (for horses, and for companion animals, and for people!) click here to go to the official TTouch website. 

Practical and useful for all riding disciplines

Body Work

Ground Work

Help your horse release pain and tightness, find better balance (emotional, mental and physical), and move better. 


Novel, effective body work that YOU can learn - and start using - right away. 


"Put your heart in your hands, and your hand on your horse."  Linda Tellington-Jones. 

Ground Work

Ground Work

Practical, interesting ground work - that you can also use when you are in the saddle.  Yay!


Help your horse get unstuck, overcome fear, release tightness and pain, and find better balance (mental, physical, and emotional).  


Work with your horse in a gentle, intelligent, effective way.  


A great way to build confidence, and build your relationship with your horse!


In the Saddle

Explore how you can help your horse feel better and move better - by how YOU yourself feel and move when on the horse. 


And, open up interesting new experiences for your horse and you using the remarkable TTEAM tools such as the Balance Rein, wraps, and the Playground for Higher Learning (that is also used in the ground work.)  

Personal Sessions, and Clinics

We can arrange a personal session, tailored for you and your horse. (Cost: $75 for about an hour.)


I would also be delighted to organize a clinic with you, for a group of wonderful people who want to learn about and experience the TTouch work. Let's chat!


In both cases, you will learn practical things that you can apply, right away.  


Your horse will love you for this!! :-) 

Would Tellington TTouch® horse work be a good fit?

Tellington TTouch would be a really good fit if:

  • You are seeking a way to work with your horse that is heart-felt and effective - and that feels good to do.  Yay!
  • You are curious to explore novel, non-habitual things designed to wake up the interest of the nervous system - and  in this way, open up new options. 
  • You want to engage the interest and intelligence of both you and your horse, while building a deep, trusting relationship.  
  • You want what you do to feel safe - for you and your horse.  So that both your horse, and you, can learn - without fear, pain, or fear of pain. 
  • You have a sense that behaviour is a form of communication, and you would like to figure out more of what your horse is telling you through their behaviour.
  • You are intrigued by how we use body wraps to bring about remarkable changes in both horses and riders, and would like to know more about how - and why - to use them. 
  • You want to learn practical things that you can take with you and apply, after the session or clinic.

TTouch BODY WORK is great for such things as:

  • Your horse is tight, or sore, or out of balance in some way.
  • Helping your horse to calm and ground, when nervous
  • Releasing tightness, and creating more comfort and ease 
  • opening up a bigger range of motion and ease in the legs, shoulder, and hip areas
  • Helping a horse that has trouble lifting a foot and balancing for the farrier.
  • Helping your horse to think, rather than react in a big way, when meeting something new.
  • Reducing reactivity to being touched,  so that your horse starts to like and trust being touched (rather than just enduring - or moving away from - touch.)
  • Making it easier and quieter to put the bridle on, or the saddle on.

TTouch GROUND WORK (and the Playground of Higher Learning) works really well for things like:

  • Helping your horse to experience and develop more mental, physical and emotional balance
  • Being able to lead your horse in balance, without barging or pulling. 
  • Helping your horse to be more aware of its feet as it walks
  • Introducing your horse to new experiences, in small chunks, so that the horse can be successful and feel safe as it learns with you
  • Having fun learning and doing free work!
  • Successful, easier trailer loading
  • Starting, or re-starting, a horse in a quiet, step-by-step way - without fear, pain, or fear of pain. 

TTouch work IN THE SADDLE can change how riding FEELS

  • Finding "your seat" in a new way that feels easy, reliable, and in balance: riding feels soooo different - for you AND your horse - when you discover this!
  • Do your back, hips, or shoulders get tight or sore when riding, or after riding? Experience how to find clear support through your skeleton, so that your muscles can release and be softer.  This too can completely change how riding feels - and how your horse can respond. 
  • Explore how the Balance Rein and the Liberty Neck Ring offer fun and remarkably effective ways to bring your horse into better balance - and to have more freedom to move well. And they are FUN to use!

Tellington TTouch Supports All Riding Disciplines

The benefits from Tellington TTouch support you - and your horse - as a foundation for all riding disciplines.  When your horse (and you) are in balance, feel safe, move well, and have a solid trusting relationship, this serves you well in whatever you do.  Your horse will love you for it! 

Private Sessions, Presentations, and Clinics! Let's make good stuff happen :-)

Get in touch if you would like a private session for you and your horse, to focus on what is of specific interest to you.  


As another option, I would also be delighted to work together with you to organize a clinic or a presentation for a group of people.  Got an idea?  Let's make it happen :-) 


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