Welcome To
Centaur Equine Massage Training
Practitioner Course In
Equine Massage Therapy
Our Practitioner Course is an in-depth course enabling all graduates to enjoy a new and very rewarding career as a qualified holistic equine massage practitioner.
Participants will learn about the causes and effects of stress within the horses’ muscular system, taking a holistic view and approach. The course covers the horses physical and emotional makeup, activities undertaken, equipment used, movement, overall health and wellbeing and massage therapy. It then looks at the relationship and interaction between each of these.
As participants work through the modules they will learn to identify many triggers and sources that induce physical and emotional stress and how that stress travels through the body.
Having gained a new and intriguing perception of the individual horses physical and emotional condition, participants will gain the expertise to provide massage techniques to facilitate the healing process for horses of a wide range of ages, from a variety of backgrounds, with many different past experiences and resulting states of wellbeing.
These newly acquired skills will be practiced both during hands-on experience days under supervision, and also in participants own home environments, so giving plenty of opportunities for practical experience and consolidation of knowledge.
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Zoopharmacognosy Workshop
Our zoopharmacognosy workshops are led by Allyson Giel MSc. Applied Herbal Choices Consultant (Rose Holistic Therapies), IMIM(Ingraham Academy).
Following a brief introduction to Applied Zoopharmacognosy we will dive right into an interactive demonstration of applied zoopharmacognosy in practice with an opportunity to offer aromatic waters, essential oils, herbs and nutritious powders to the horses. You will get an opportunity to become familiar with the different plant extracts, routes of administration, ways of offering and observing the horse’s behaviour and choices during self selection.
Zoopharmacognosy is a fascinating field of study that explores the self-medication behaviour of animals. It refers to the process by which animals, through instinct or learned behaviour, seek out and use specific plants, minerals, or other substances in their environment to treat or prevent illness.
Zoopharmacognosy shows us that animals have an innate ability to recognize medicinal properties in plants and other substances and use them to maintain their health.
Applied Zoopharmacognosy is a natural, gentle, holistic and non-invasive therapy offering domestic animals self-selection from aromatic waters, essential oils, herbs and nutritional powders. Applied Zoopharmacognosy is based upon the animal's choices(we do not prescribe) to support wellness, emotional and physical health.
Details of our next workshop:
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One day Horse Owner Massage Workshops
Centaur Equine Massage Training runs one day workshops for those who are interested in learning about massage techniques that would help their own horses.
These workshop days will provide basic knowledge that will enable owners to identify changes in their horse’s behaviour and signs of stress in their muscular system.
This newly acquired knowledge will help owners to know when their horse would benefit from receiving a treatment from an appropriately qualified and registered equine massage therapist.
As part of the workshop owners will also have the opportunity to witness how horses communicate their own feelings during the massage treatments.
Horse owner massage workshops can be arranged to take place at your own yard on a mutually convenient date with one of our tutors. Please contact us for further details.
Details of our next group workshop:
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Please contact us to arrange a 1 to 1 workshop.
Painted Horse Workshop
Our painted horse workshops being held with HAC Therapies - For horse, human and hound will include an overview of the spine, skeletal system and major muscle groups. With the use of a live model we will be able to look at which muscles work to perform a variety of actions.
Throughout the workshop we will be addressing common muscular problems which affect horses working in varying disciplines e.g. riding school, dressage, jumping.
We will cover the signs and causes of muscular stress. How best to protect your horse and show you a demonstration on stretches and reflex exercises working from head to tail and including the limbs.
Participants will be offered the opportunity to also paint a horse to practice what has been learnt throughout the session.
For more information on HAC Therapies - Forhorse, human and hound please visit their website.
Details of our next workshop:
TBC