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What
is Equine Touch? Learning
Equine Touch
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Learning Equine TouchAnyone can learn the Equine Touch™! You don’t need a great amount of knowledge of equine anatomy to attend the first level, if you make the moves, as taught, in the areas as shown, you WILL have results. The courses are suitable for everyone.
Practitioners of other equine modalities have found the basic body balance a powerful addition to their toolbox. Foundation
- Level 1 The Foundation Clinic - Level 1 The foundation clinic
involves three days of intensive hands on training as well as guiding
the student toward an understanding the ethos behind the discipline. The
unique Equine Touch move is taught and students practise upon one another
before transferring their newly acquired skills to the horse. By the end
of the third day the student will have learnt the basic body balancing
routine for horse and rider and addressing specific for 'areas of concern'.
A certificate is issued. Cost £320. On the three day Advanced clinic the student is guided through a review of the Foundation procedures where 'the move' is fine tuned and an advanced body balancing routine is taught along with new area of concern procedures. The theoretical principle behind the Equine Touch is discussed along with discussion on it's synergy with dentistry, hoof balancing and other positive influences in the health care of the horse. On a successful assessment a certificate of proficiency is issued. Cost £320. This four day clinic may be attended by the a student who has completed Levels 1 and 2 and has been invited to attend. Although there may be assistance from UK Instructors the Level 3 will only be taught and assessed by Jock and Ivana Ruddock.
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The
Foundation course was designed for the horse owner who will use the Equine
Touch as part of the management routine for their own and their friends'
horses but also as the first level toward Practitioner certification.
The
student will refresh his knowledge of Levels 1 and 2 as well as learning
new Equine Touch procedures, passive and active mobilisation, stretching
and limb elongation. Lectures will also be given by leading farriers,
saddlers, equine dental technicians and veterinary surgeons to enable
the student to understand further the paradigm of addressing the whole
horse and the positive part Equine Touch plays in the caring for and training
of the horse.
On
the satisfactory completion of level 3, which will include a practical
assessment, a certificate will be issued and the student will then be
invited to sit the practitioners examination, which will include producing
case history studies. On passing this exam a Practitioner's Diploma will
be issued. Insurance for practising Equine Touch is available on the production
of a Practitioner's Diploma. Cost £475.