Ep. 49 Gillian Higgins of Horses Inside Out, International Equine Anatomy Expert

Adult Onset Horsemanship

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I was privileged to present alongside Gillian Higgins at The Masterson Method International Gathering, in Gillian's home of the United Kingdom, this past April of '24. Her talk was passionate, funny, and well thought out. Her demonstration with horses in the arena was also insightful and the painting of the musculoskeletal system on the horse brings enlightenment and understanding in ways that nothing else could.
She had a couple of differnt horses that she was using in her demonstration. They were of different training levels and different body types and those differences really allowed her to get into things that matter and options for changing techniques that showed us why these exercises were being done and how they would affect these horses differently. I especially appreciated her encouragement of a horse having trouble going in a balanced way over ground polls to slow down to a snails pace and really think about foot placement and balance while negotiating the polls.
Gillian gets the biomechanics of a horse on a level and to a degree that very, very few people have. I hope our conversation does her knowledge of the horse's physiology justice and if you're into that world and want to nerd out, you could hardly have a better figure to learn from. You can find her at the following links:
Website: https://www.horsesinsideout.com/
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