02/21/2026
Week 3:
If I had to title this session it would be
Break Through!
Verona's pelvis maintained from last week so they asked me to work on his discomfort leading right. Started at his withers working my way up his neck. While holding above his nostrils allowing him to unwind his neck and into his shoulders. He entered into a healing crisis. His heart was racing (no pun intended from a race horse) and his nostrils were flaring. Allowing him off lead to process this trauma. He trotted and cantered around the arena. Great but it didn't end there. He walks up to me and stands still, allowing me to work longer without any resistance. His body continued processing the unwinding. The pictures without a halter are me just holding space for him to heal. His owner brought the scary mounting block over. He reacted and moved away. We worked on her standing on it at his comfort distance. Then I moved it next to him. He didn't flinch. By the end of the season his owner was standing on the block next to him, leaning on him and I think I saw a tear. She led him around the arena, no halter over ground poles. He hesitated twice and then trusted himself to walk over them without any hesitation in both directions!
This work never ceases to amaze me. I'm so grateful for John F. Barnes' Myofascial Release Approach and Elizabeth for this opportunity.
