Shiatsu for Your Horse

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In recent years, the benefit of massage, physiotherapy, and other touch therapies to horses has become better appreciated. Shiatsu is a traditional Japanese therapy based on pressure and stretches, the benefits of which you can share with your horse, enhancing his well-being and happiness. This book will familiarize the reader with the basic principals and techniques necessary to give a Shiatsu treatment that any horse will benefit from. Once a student has a taste for the philosophy behind the treatment a search for more knowledge begins. This book sets out to describe some of the various diagnostic techniques and philosophies. Finally, the reader can go a little further into understanding the physiology and psychology of the horse to enhance the treatment he or she is able to give and expand their equine knowledge.