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📢 Attention Horse Owners
Keep Your Horse Happy, Healthy, & Rideable Through their 30’s
While saving thousands on vet care with Equine Musculoskeletal Unwinding
Equine Musculoskeletal Unwinding is a therapeutic technique for horses that focuses on gently releasing tension in the muscles and joints.
Unlike traditional equine massage therapy courses, this method combines gentle yet effective bodywork techniques with subtle energy work to promote release, relaxation, and alignment.
It’s designed to be easy to perform, making it accessible for all horse owners and equine practitioners.
A Whole New Way of Looking at Horses
You’ve landed on this page because you’re searching the internet looking for answers to your horse’s health issues.
Are you struggling with any of the following problems and you just can’t figure out why?
The reason why your horse is having these seemingly unsolvable issues is that most people you go to for advice— including vets, trainers, and many equine professionals— are only treating the symptoms, NOT the root of the issues. And that’s the way it’s been for years and years. But if “the good ole’ ways” just aren’t working anymore, now is the time to start looking at your horse differently.
Don’t scroll past without pressing play!
Most horses that have been labeled as “problem horses” are really just in some kind of pain. A lot of horses sustain injuries from as young as 6 months of age that they carry with them through their entire lives. When left untreated, these issues can lead to all kinds of health complications, adding up to big bills and shortening your horse’s rideable years. More serious issues may even shorten their life span.
Learn how you can look at your horse from a better perspective, HOLISTICALLY! As well as what you can do to help your horse yourself so you don’t have to spend money on hiring someone else (like a horse massage therapist, chiropractor, or other bodyworker) to do it for you. Or even the cost of an expensive unexpected vet bill later because you let the issue go unaddressed.
Introducing…
Level 1: Equine Musculoskeletal Unwinding
Home Study Course from Holistic Horseworks
The Missing Link in Horse Care
With over 20 years of experience, I have personally taken over $19,000 in horse care courses ranging from equine massage therapy, craniosacral therapy, bodywork, energy work, and more.
After taking every course I possibly could, I still noticed there was something missing… No one was looking at the whole horse.
Some classes just teach how to help the body, some just the hooves, some just the head. But it’s not as simple as that. The truth is, the whole body is interconnected. If you have a lame horse, and you just treat the lame leg, the lameness will keep coming back. You have to find where the lameness started.
Since then, I have helped thousands of horses and horse owners find answers to previously unsolvable horse health issues, and now I teach them how to do it themselves.
I took what I learned in all of these courses and in decades of real-life experience in riding, training, breeding, and bodywork, to help horses feel their best and turn them into the healthy, willing, agile equine partners we all dream of.
Gentle Horse Bodywork, Big Results
When you think “horse bodywork” you might think of “equine massage therapy” and that you need a lot of strength to make an impact on the horse. That’s not true.
Horses are incredibly responsive; using gentle touch, subtle energy work, and finely tuned techniques, you can make a significant impact on your horses’s health with Equine Musculoskeletal Unwinding.
My focus when building this course was to develop methods that were not just effective but also easy to perform. Absolutely no previous experience is required.
You don’t have to know anything about equine biomechanics or horse anatomy. Learning these methods won’t be a time-consuming process. You’re a busy horse owner, and you don’t have time to watch hours and hours of video or commit to hundreds of hours of practice. The main course video itself is easy to understand, concise, and straight to the point.
It doesn’t even take a lot of time to perform an Equine Musculoskeletal Unwinding session. After your first 1-hour session, you will start seeing improvements in your horse. After that, it only requires 10-15 minutes of upkeep each week that will add up to years of longevity for your horse!
Are you ready to start helping your horse with easy and effective bodywork?
What You’ll Receive
🎉🎉🎉 That’s $250 in FREE bonus offers … plus a happier, healthier horse!
This includes videos that you can watch instantly and access at any time for the life of the program, as well as a downloadable, 120-page workbook to help you integrate and practice all of your newly gained knowledge.
(But only if you want to.) This test consists of submitting 5 case studies using the Equine Musculoskeletal Unwinding method to evaluate and care for a horse. Your case studies will be turned in one-by-one and reviewed directly by Holistic Horseworks founder April Love. Upon successful demonstration of the EMU method, you will be awarded a certificate of completion!
After earning your certificate of completion, you can also choose to advance on to becoming an officially certified Holistic Horseworks practitioner, or even a Holistic Horseworks instructor! (Additional costs not included in this program. Click here for more details. ) Start a new career in horse care, or expand your skillset in your current profession.
In a distance reading, you take pictures of the right and left sides of your horse, which April will then review and return with a full report on your horse’s health and alignment issues. This will be especially helpful as you study so you know what to work on.
No more wondering, “Well, what does that mean?” “Am I doing this right?” Find answers to your most pressing equine care questions and undivided, receive personal attention from an expert in the industry.
Get practical, real-life, hands-on experience at an Equine Musculoskeletal Unwinding clinic. We have events all over the world including the United States, Canada, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and South Africa.
What You’ll Learn
Equine Musculoskeletal Unwinding is all “soft work” but it is very, very effective in correcting gait abnormalities, saddle fitting issues, and mysterious lameness. (What I mean by “soft work” is that you don’t need a lot of strength for these techniques, anyone can do this!) These soft, gentle moves manually release “stuck” areas to keep the skeleton in proper form and function so that the horse can load the body, joints, and hooves correctly.
We’ll also cover muscle unwinding that will have the horse presenting a 2″ taller, 4″ longer and they look as if they have gained 20 pounds after only a 1-hour session.
As you know, horses are also sensitive and highly energetic, so this course goes over balancing chakras and aligning acupressure meridians, along with techniques in “listening” so that you can finally hear what it is your horse has been trying to tell you! (They don’t always communicate verbally.)
The key is to address the horse holistically, on all levels, not just the physical. Most equine professionals and other horse bodywork modalities do not address the whole horse, so you always end up working on the symptom and not the root cause which is why issues tend to come back time and time again.
You are the most improtant resource there is when it comes to your horse’s wellbeing.
Give them the best care that you can by learning Equine Musculoskeletal Unwinding.
What Our Students Are Saying
Holistic Horseworks has helped 1000+ horses and horse owners just like you!
— “Shannon got help for her horse Ruby, who had severely contracted tendons. Ruby now stands with a wider, more comfortable stance.”
— “Kelly discovered how to deepen her intuition and learned healing skills that benefit not just her horse, but also herself and her family.”
— “No one could figure out what was wrong with Roxy’s leg, but in just a 5-minute session Roxy started feeling and moving better.”
— “Marilyn, a lifelong horse owner, wanted to strengthen her bond with her horses while supporting their overall health. With this course, she achieved both goals.”
— “Allison preferred natural methods over heavy pharmaceuticals for her horse Cash. Equine musculoskeletal unwinding provided the support Cash needed, naturally.”
— “Terry faced the heartbreaking prospect of having to euthanize her horse, as advised by vets. Determined to find alternatives, she learned techniques to preserve her horse’s life.”
Why Students Voted Us
The Best Online Horse Bodywork Course
At Holistic Horseworks, we’re honored to be recognized as the top choice for online horse bodywork training by our students. Here’s why they love us…
Easy & Accessible
Whether you’re a seasoned equestrian or new to horse care, our courses are designed to be straightforward and understandable from the start. No prior experience needed!
Incredible Bonuses
Enrolling with us means more than just lessons. You’ll receive a comprehensive workbook, a complimentary distance reading for your horse, and a free 30-minute consultation via phone or Zoom.
Personalized Support
We believe in live help when you need it most. Reach out anytime via email or text to April with your questions. Need more personalized guidance? Book private 1:1 Zoom sessions to address your specific needs and challenges.
Revolutionary Leadership
April Love, founder of Holistic Horseworks has been working in equine care for decades and was one of the very first practitioners to define modern holistic horse care. Our program is expertly crafted from years of experience.
Proven Results
Our approach isn’t just theory—it’s based on real-world success stories! Many of our students have tried numerous other methods, courses, clinics, and practitioners before finally finding success with Holistic Horseworks.
These are just a few impactful stories showing how horses and horse owners have benefited from Equine Musculoskeletal Unwinding.
You could be one of our next happy students.
MEET THE INSTRUCTOR
April Love
Hi, I’m April Love! And I have a long career with horses. I started as an endurance rider years ago with my horse Tiki— he was such an amazing equine partner.
I had my heart set on him from the beginning, but he wasn’t in the best shape, and no one thought he would make it as an endurance racehorse, but boy, were they wrong! In 2007, we placed third in the American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC) West Region Heavyweight Division with 955 miles in one year, including an impressive streak of 28 consecutive completions in just 16 months of 50 miles or more in a day. We continued to win many more events and enjoy years of riding together.
I did everything I could to help Tiki perform and feel his best, including spending tens of thousands of dollars on horse care courses, including horse massage therapy, cranial sacral therapy, equine training classes, and a whole lot more.
But in all of those classes I took, I always noticed that something was missing… No one looked at the whole horse. So I took everything I learned, plus everything I saw “missing,” and developed my own special method. Today, I have helped not only Tiki, but hundreds of horses and horse owners all over the world! I am also very proud to have a team of certified Holistic Horseworks practitioners and instructors practicing globally.
Both myself as a practitioner and the Equine Musculoskeletal Unwinding method are approved by IICT, the International Institute for Complementary therapies.
This adds a whole new level of credibility to this offering which many others don’t have! For someone to be able to officially certify you they have to be the originator of the methodology. Here at Holistic Horseworks, we have gone through the procedure to put all of our videos and workbooks up to rigorous scrutiny in order to receive IICT approval.
Students who take complete this program will have the additional opportunity to become recognized and certified in EMU with IICT approval of their own. (Not included with program purchase. Click here for more details.)
Here’s Exactly What You’re Going to Get
Course sample video
WATCH INSTANTLY LEVEL 1:
Equine Musculoskeletal Unwinding Course Video
$400 Value
Module #1: Introduction
Meet April Love and learn about her holistic approach to horse health and bodywork.
Module #2: Kinesiology – getting your yes and no answers
How to use your intuition to communicate with horses through yes and no questions.
Module #3: Why you want to learn how to do bodywork on your horse
How equine bodywork techniques can improve a horse’s health, behavior, and performance.
Module #4: Opening the energy work
Techniques for assessing a horse’s energy levels and balance, including checking cerebral spinal fluid and tail points.
Module #5: Evaluating the health of your horse
Using kinesiology to analyze specific areas of imbalance in a horse’s health.
Module #6: Ting points front hooves
Equine acupressure meridians in the front hooves and their connection to digestion and running.
Module #7: Why the hooves are out of balance – ting points rear
How imbalances in the rear hooves’ meridians affect digestion and elimination.
Module #8: Finding the meridians out of balance
Using kinesiology to identify which meridians may be out of balance in a horse.
Module #9: Increasing health and vitality – detoxing is the key
Detox products to improve a horse’s ability to assimilate nutrients and heal from issues.
Module #10: Ying yang balancing
Learning to identify and balance imbalances in a horse’s yin and yang energies.
Module #11: Releasing trapped emotions
How to use the Emotion Code to release trapped emotions in horses.
Module #12: Releasing defense posture and bladder meridian sweep
Techniques to release tension through defense posture work and bladder meridian sweeps.
Module #13: Releasing the poll C1 C2
How to palpate and release muscle spasms in the atlas and axis bones in the neck.
Module #14: Releasing the poll C1 C2
How to palpate and release muscle spasms in the atlas and axis bones in the neck.
Module #15: Releasing the withers
How to palpate and release tension in a horse’s withers.
Module #16: First rib description
The importance of the first rib in horse movement and explains how it can become displaced.
Module #17: Finding which first rib is out
Palpation techniques to identify which side a horse’s first rib is out of alignment.
Module #18: How to release the first rib correctly
How to gently traction the first rib to release it using a leg lift technique.
Module #19: Releasing the elbow
How to traction the elbow to release tension if the first rib has pulled it out of alignment.
Module #20: Releasing ribs 2 thru 7
Yoga-like moves to stretch and release tension in ribs 2 through 7 on both sides.
Module #21: Mid ribs checkpoints
How to use palpation to identify sore spots along the mid ribs.
Module #22: Releasing the midribs
Lifting the belly to reset tight mid ribs on one side at a time.
Module #23: Belly lifts to stretch out the top line
Using belly lifts through yoga stretches the top line and back muscles.
Module #24: Psoas muscles affecting pelvic alignment
How tight psoas muscles can misalign the pelvis.
Module #25: Working tail points and working the psoas muscle
Techniques to work the tail points and psoas muscle.
Module #26: Reflex spots to release the pelvis
Identify reflex spots that can release tension in the pelvis.
Module #27: Pelvis releases
Palpation and release techniques for different areas of the pelvis.
Module #28: Ischium release in the pelvis
How to gently lift the ischium bone to release tension in the pelvis.
Module #29: Butt tucks – releasing the muscle memory in the pelvis
A butt tuck yoga pose to stretch and release pelvic muscles.
Module #30: Hocks
Assessing and releasing tension in a horse’s hocks.
Module #31: Cow hocked horses
What causes cow-hocked posture in horses.
Module #32: Recommended products
Various natural products for detoxing, healing, and balancing equine meridians.
LEVEL 1:
Equine Musculoskeletal Unwinding Workbook
$40 Value
Free Distance Reading
$75 Value
Free 30 minute consultation
$75 Value
Credit toward a hands-on clinic
$100 Value
Total Value: $690
(That’s how much it would cost to purchase all of these offerings individually.)
When I teach Equine Musculoskeletal Unwinding as a 3-day hands-on horse bodywork clinic, it costs $875 to attend.
But you can enroll in this online program, get all of these incredible bonuses, and start helping your horse right now for just
$875 $690 $400
That’s less than the cost of…
Not to mention all of the stress and frustration you would save worrying about one of your best friends in the world— your horse!
Stop struggling with the same issues over and over when it comes to your horse’s health.
Calling the equine vet, bodyworker, chiropractor, or acupuncturist again and still not finding the solutions you’re looking for. If you have ever spent hours searching the internet for answers, thinking “There has to be a better way,” this is it.
What would you give to have your unsolvable horse health questions answered?
To have a horse that loves working with you and is a joy to ride? To win more shows, competitions, and prizes? To add years onto your horse’s rideable life?
You can keep your horse happy, healthy, and rideable through their 30s!
Have your debit card, credit card, or PayPal account account ready to use our secure, streamlined order form. Within minutes, you’ll gain immediate access to this online course and concise video modules featuring life-changing techniques that will keep your horse happy, healthy, sound, and rideable into their 30’s.
If you have any questions before or after your purchase, you can contact me directly at april@holistichorseworks.com and I will get back to you as soon as possible!
(My students know me for my fast response time and helpful answers, don’t be afraid to reach out!)
Equine Musculoskeletal Unwinding has helped thousands of horses and horse owners just like you. My methods may be unconventional, but they work. If you’ve tried everything else, and the old ways just aren’t working for you, then you’ve got nothing to lose. The worst thing you can do is just not try!
(If you’ve found this before you’ve tried everything else and exhausted your options, consider yourself lucky.)
Enroll now to make a difference in your horse’s life forever and build the equine partnership of your dreams.
Frequently Asked Questions
Level 1: Equine Musculoskeletal Unwinding is all “soft work” but it is very, very effective in correcting gait abnormalities, saddle fitting issues, and mysterious lameness. These soft, gentle moves and energetic releases manually relieve “stuck” areas to keep the skeleton in proper form and function so that the horse can load the body, joints, and hooves correctly. Equine Musculoskeletal Unwinding is not a comprehensive anatomy or equine massage therapy course. It is like massage therapy in that you will be learning hands-on bodywork techniques to provide many of the same benefits, but the focus is on techniques that are gentle, subtle, and easy to perform.
Holistic Horseworks home study programs are for horse owners, new and experienced equine practitioners, and riders of all disciplines. Whether you ride dressage, barrels, endurance, gymkhana, any other horse sport, or if you’re just a hobby owner, what you learn here will equip you with skills to restore your horse’s emotional and physical well-being, improve performance, reduce vet bills, and so, so much more.
Concise and straight to the point for busy horse owners, the main video content itself is 1 hour and 20 minutes long. The accompanying workbook is 120 pages long and will take about 2 hours to read. You may need to watch the videos and read the book multiple times to grasp the material. There is no time limit or deadline on your home study, so feel free to complete it at your own pace and in your own time!
After you enroll, you will be sent a password to access the online course content through our website. You can access it on your computer, laptop, tablet, or phone. The content is all on one convenient page that hosts the main course videos, additional tips and tricks videos, a downloadable workbook, a downloadable case study sample, and other additional educational resources.
This is a self-guided experience, but you can reach out to April Love, founder of Holistic Horseworks, with questions about the course content at any time through text or email. You will not need to interact with other students, but if you would like to connect with the Holistic Horseworks community, you’re invited to join our Facebook group!
Yes! For someone to be able to officially certify you they have to be the originator of the modality. Here at Holistic Horseworks, we have gone through a rigorous procedure with IICT to officially brand a new modality called Equine Musculoskeletal Unwinding. This means that unlike many other horse bodywork courses out there, we can actually certify you. Students who earn a certificate of completion can progress onto certification afterward. An additional fee applies.
DISCLAIMER: This is not intended to be a substitute for professional veterinarian advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your veterinarian with any questions you may have regarding the medical condition of your pet, and always consult them in the case of an emergency.
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