FEBRUARY 2013 THE RIDER /45 An Equi-Bow Aha Moment


By Jenna Tranter, Equi-Bow student.


Equi-Bow (horses) & bowen therapy (humans) came to Jenna Tranter after she experienced phenomenal results on both her- self, and one of her own horses. She was fascinated from the beginning. While she was unable to describe how it worked, she knew from the results that it was doing some- thing incredible. The seed was planted and she was hooked. She began to study Equi-Bow in the fall of 2012 and was imme- diately excited and ready to start practicing!


Jenna was teach riding lessons at Railside View Eques- trian Centre in Dutton, ON. Since completing the Equi-Bow course, she had been noticing certain details while teaching, things like posture, body car- riage, imbalances and stiffness, at which she normally would not bat an eye.


One day, one of her stu- dent’s parents asked if she


would perform Equi-Bow on their pony. Jenna jumped at the chance to work on Trixie, their 20 year old Welsh pony cross. With age comes a variety of issues, but Trixie’s biggest chal- lenges were behavioral. She had an abusive history and had been in fear of people for most of her life. She did not invite or welcome touch, she would flinch at the smallest move- ments and particularly did not like her legs handled. When she had originally arrived, she had scars and welts below her fet- locks caused by, they assumed, a long time wearing kicking chains.


Her owner, Jennifer Prior, did not know much about Equi- Bow and was unsure of what to expect. She sought for a way to connect with her pony, and wanted to make sure that Trix- ie’s behavioural issues were not driven by underlying pain. Five minutes into the session, Jen- nifer, who was watching, was moved nearly to tears! Her pony, who would normally


cower from a touch, was leaning into the moves, presenting dif- ferent parts of her body, and truly inviting Jenna’s touch. Trixie quickly changed from her normal sympathetic state (fight/flight response) to a parasympathetic (rest/digest) that neither had ever seen her in before. Her new state was evi- dent when cats were sitting underneath her and dogs were running past, and she did not flinch even once. She allowed Jenna to perform all the moves, including ones that had her wrap both hands around Trixie’s hind legs, which previously would have caused her to kick out.


For days afterwards, Jen- nifer couldn’t stop talking about the changes she had witnessed in Trixie. It had moved her and


both she and Trixie were changed by it. Once a person knows what to look for and opens their eyes, they’ll notice postural changes, the processing of the horse - yawning, licking, stretching, the list can go on and on.


For Jenna, Equi-bow has changed everything about the way she sees and connects with her equine friends. The Equi- Bow program is no longer something she would merely like to do. She now feels she has to share this gift with other horse owners. She wants to con- tinue to help humans connect with their horses and to give horses the gift of free move- ment, a life without pain, and a life without fear. www.equi- bowcanada.com


Trixie, a fearful 20 year old pony is seemingly transformed.


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