Venue: Slieve Aughty Centre, Loughrea, Co. Galway, H62 DX77
Date: Saturday and Sunday, 4 and 5 October 2025
Time: 9:30am until 5pm | Light lunch and coffee/tea/snacks included in course fee. For accommodation at the venue, please contact the Slieve Aughty Centre directly.
Bodywork encompasses a wide variety of manual practices to improve the health and well-being of horses. In this course, we will work with a combination of acupressure and myofascial release.
Myofascial release is a manual therapy technique that releases tension and pain in the myofascial tissue. Acupressure is a gentle form of manual therapy that uses gentle finger pressure applied to certain points on a horse’s body. The practice has its foundation in Traditional Chinese Medicine and works on the same principles as acupuncture.
In this workshop, we will focus on the basics of both practices and how to safely apply them. We will learn about certain similarities and areas of overlap between both practices and why a combination of both can be particularly effective.
- Basics of acupressure & myofascial release
- Meridians, fascia & myofascial kinetic lines
- Trigger points, acupoints & correlations
- Relevance for addressing common equine conditions
- Localisation of meridians & myofascial kinetic lines
- Identification and assessment of problem areas such as trigger points & ‘Ashi’ (tender) acupoints
- Simple acupressure & massage techniques for restoration of balance and release of myofascial dysfunction
- Course script included.
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