Ever wonder how your horse works? Ever asked yourself why when my horse lifts his head straight in the air his back goes down? Let's explore your horse from the inside out with one of Tina's biomechanics clinics. In this clinic Tina will take you through the bones and muscles of the horse in a fantastically visual way by painting the bones on one side and the superficial muscles on the other. In the morning Tina will have a painted horse and a full skeleton to show students how things move and where things are in the body. In the afternoon we start a lab our portion. Do you jump, slide stop or piaffe? Have you ever wanted to see the skeleton of the horse do this? The second half of this fun clinic is a trainer riding the horse that is painted and explanation of movement. Watch the muscles and bones come alive on the ridden horse.
Want to help your horse with his flexibility? Do
you know how to stretch safely? Stretching is an amazing
was to help your horse to stay limber, however incorrect stretching can hurt your horse. Come an learn about safe stretching practices and have some fun as well.
you know how to stretch safely? Stretching is an amazing
was to help your horse to stay limber, however incorrect stretching can hurt your horse. Come an learn about safe stretching practices and have some fun as well.
Ever wonder why your horse just won't bend to one direction. Have you been working on one lead and it just doesn't get any stronger. Learn how to tell where your horses strengths and weaknesses are. Receive easy tips on evaluation of symmetry, balance and gate analysis. This clinic is interactive with a short lecture phase and a long lab phase where the students are working with horses doing hands on evaluation. The student will go home with an understanding of posture, and the skill to evaluate there own horses at home.
Why understand posture? Realizing your horses current posture will explain current training challenges, and walls that horse is running into. It will allow you to target weaknesses before a major problem arrises.
Why understand posture? Realizing your horses current posture will explain current training challenges, and walls that horse is running into. It will allow you to target weaknesses before a major problem arrises.
Want to learn the basics about saddle fitting? Saddle
fitting is a true life long learning topic, and in the end
the horse is the final judge! This saddle fitting clinic is taught
from the horses persecutive talking about the bones and how the saddle should relate to them. This is a horse owner and trainer clinic that will give you the basic skills to know if your saddle is working or not. Behavior change is one of our first indicators that our horses saddle is not working, wouldn't it be great to have the basic knowledge to check if something is not right. This clinic has a small lecture component and a large lab component down in the barn looking at saddles and putting them on the horses.
Reference - Debranne Pattillo, MEEBW EEBW Course Creator Equinology - It was a very easy choice when I decided to approach Tina Watkins as the approved instructor position for the Equinology Equine Body Worker (EEBW)Certification course. Tina was already well qualified as an Equine Massage Therapist and had taken just about every Equinology course offered to continue her education.
Her interaction with clients and other course participants shows her patience and genuine interest in the health of our equine friends. She easily brings her sound advice and her guidance along with her dedication to continuing education to the classroom.
Her interaction with clients and other course participants shows her patience and genuine interest in the health of our equine friends. She easily brings her sound advice and her guidance along with her dedication to continuing education to the classroom.
Holly Burns, Barn Manager/Trainer at Grayton Farms - On March 6th, 2010, Tina Watkins of Inhand Equine Therapy presented a day of lectures and demonstrations entitled 'The Biomechanics of Jumping' to a crowd of around 20 horse enthusiasts at Grayton Farms Ltd in Priddis, AB. The topics covered included skeletal and muscular structures, how these systems interact and work together, and how all of this is affected when a rider is added to the equation. Having live horses painted with bones on one side and muscles on the other offered such a great visual for the attendees of the clinic to see how things happen when a horse is in motion and when a horse jumps. There were many great, thoughtful questions with equally as informative answers from our presenter. At the end of the one-day course everybody left more enlightened about this sport than when they came, and it was a great way to learn in an equine.
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Charlene Maines - I would highly recommend that anyone who has an opportunity to take classes instructed by Tina do so, she is an amazing teacher. She understands that not everyone learns the same way and has no problem adapting to a teaching style that you can understand. She always takes the time to make sure that everyone understands, before moving on and you don't even realize how fast the time has gone by until you are done for the day! The course just flows and is easy to follow and comprehend. I have taken 2 courses taught by Tina Watkins thru Equinology and would not hesitate to take more! Tina is also a great mentor; she helps you to see the possibilities, to learn and understand and to achieve your goals!
Dr. Michelle Phillips, MS,RAc.,DTCM - I can't say enough good things about the quality of instruction that Tina provided in the Equinology course I recently attended. She is exceptionally knowledgeable, always on task, and great at explaining concepts. Her positive attitude and non-confrontational teaching style encouraged everyone to learn and participate in the class. Regardless of background, Tina was able to keep everyone up to speed and ensure the material was completed with confidence. She has exuberant energy and was exceptionally pleasant to learn from. Tina's professional approach is highly effective and efficient. Her passion for horses and teaching is obvious. If you are interested in learning, I would definitely recommend any class or seminar that Tina offers. She is one of the best instructors I've had in a long time! Thanks so much Tina!!
Maria McDowell E.S.P.T. - MUSCLE MATTERS EQUINE THERAPY
"Ever heard the saying behind every great success is a great teacher"? Not only have I heard it, I have lived it. I am proud to say that I had the privilege and great opportunity to apprentice with Tina Watkins. Learning from one of industries best undoubtfully has contributed greatly to the success of my career. In my eleven years of practice I have taken numerous courses however my career highlight remains to be my mentorship with Tina. What a great blessing to have a mentor of such quality and inspiration. Her understanding of the equine is impeccable.
Tina is an extremely talented therapist; she is a gift to both horse and rider. The amount of knowledge she has is stellar. I recall repeatly thinking if I could learn even half of what she knows then I will be great. Tina was always there to offer encouragement, answer questions clear up confusion and thankfully she has this great ability (and patience) to explain things more than one way. There are so many great things I took away from my experience working with Tina. What I learned from Tina goes so far beyond tissue, saddle fitting, bio-mechanics, rider imbalances, nutrition, joints etc… and expands into something so much deeper.
She taught me how to be a well-rounded therapist and displayed to me every day the hard work and dedication it would take. One of the greatest ingredients to being a therapist is the ability to feel and second is the ability to listen deeply. Both of these senses Tina greatly helped me develop.
Her level of awareness, enthusiasm and genuine desire to help is incomparable. There is a reason why she is a leader in this industry. When you watch Tina work you know you are witnessing someone who has found their calling in life. I know it, her owners see it and the horses feel it. This girl has set the standard in the industry and raised the bar.
Here's to this wonderful journey you continue to be such a huge part of Tina. Thanks for taking me under your wing and allowing me to stand on your shoulders. Love ya! - Forever Indebted
Tina is an extremely talented therapist; she is a gift to both horse and rider. The amount of knowledge she has is stellar. I recall repeatly thinking if I could learn even half of what she knows then I will be great. Tina was always there to offer encouragement, answer questions clear up confusion and thankfully she has this great ability (and patience) to explain things more than one way. There are so many great things I took away from my experience working with Tina. What I learned from Tina goes so far beyond tissue, saddle fitting, bio-mechanics, rider imbalances, nutrition, joints etc… and expands into something so much deeper.
She taught me how to be a well-rounded therapist and displayed to me every day the hard work and dedication it would take. One of the greatest ingredients to being a therapist is the ability to feel and second is the ability to listen deeply. Both of these senses Tina greatly helped me develop.
Her level of awareness, enthusiasm and genuine desire to help is incomparable. There is a reason why she is a leader in this industry. When you watch Tina work you know you are witnessing someone who has found their calling in life. I know it, her owners see it and the horses feel it. This girl has set the standard in the industry and raised the bar.
Here's to this wonderful journey you continue to be such a huge part of Tina. Thanks for taking me under your wing and allowing me to stand on your shoulders. Love ya! - Forever Indebted
The pursuit of Learning is very important to me. I feel that the more we know about our equine athlete, the better we can train, love, and grow together. My goal when giving a clinic is to inspire; to bring up
thoughts in horse owners and riders about things they could do differently in their programs to really benefit and enhance the
lives of our equine friends. I work hard at making my clinics fun, interactive, and very visual. I feel it is hard for the average horse owner and trainer to sit for hours with an anatomy book trying to figure out why the horse isn't responding in a certain way. Showing anatomy and biomechanics on a live animal allows people to see and interpret things that they have felt as a rider but never fully understood. The key to training is knowledge - not just about aids, but about the body itself.
Gaia Parker, Turnaround Farms - Tina recently spent an entire day at our barn teaching her Biomechanics Seminar. Tina taught with a very thorough, informative and hands-on approach. Everyone from the novice kids and parents to the more advanced horse people took a great deal away with them and continue to apply it! As a trainer and coach, it reminded me to approach all parts of my work in a very well rounded manner. I continue to endeavor to seek "the root of the problem" and then solve it; with Tina's help.