Jacqueline first learnt about Equine Touch in 2017 through seeing it on social media and a friend that had sung the praises of VHT. She wanted to have a modality to use which would enhance the care she could give to her horses. Since then she has completed up to the advanced level of ET.
I have ten of my own horses at home and I find ET really helpful for looking deeper into their bodies when they present with some kind of minor training concern. I did get a little bit obsessed with ET and took courses to take me to a L3.
The beauty of learning ET for myself is that I don't have to wait now for an appointment - I can feel them immediately if I need to, so if a horse presents with stepping slightly short with one hind leg while making lateral movements, or if it feels they have a slightly less mobile spine today, or if they are a bit stiff in the neck, shoulders or front legs, I can give a BBB and see what shows up. The modality clearly works and can be felt viscerally in our own body when given VHT.
Its also nice to use some of the moves to relax a horse who is a stressy character too (I have two of those) and I have even used ET during the wait for a Vet when a visiting horse was suffering from a sudden severe colic attack.
Often the ET can help confirm with my fingers what I think I have felt or seen with my eyes and I can then know that I may need to make further investigations and decide whether the horse needs more frequent ET, or if I should consider an Equine Osteopath, call the Vet or perhaps just rest that horse for a little while.
I also like to give my horses ET when no obvious problems have been observed, as a lovely give back for their kindness allowing me to work with them and its a great routine maintenance checkup to see how their bodies feel under my fingers, as we all know how good horses are at hiding their problems!