Leslie Brooks – 1 HOOF
EquiHands Equine BodyWork
9086193985
Location: Long Valley - New Jersey
Leslie Brooks MMCP, ETCP, ESMT is the founder of EquiHands Equine BodyWork. Leslie serves a wide range of equines from hardworking school/therapy horses to high level competitors. EquiHands was awarded, Best Equine Sport Massage Service by Global Health Wellness for 2018. Leslie is a Certified Masterson Method Practitioner Instructor, Equi-tape Practitioner, Equine Sports Massage Therapist as well as providing SaddleFit evaluations. She is proud to become a SURE FOOT Practitioner to add to EquiHands services.
Cynthia McClellan - 1 HOOF
813-503-4560
Location: Florida USA
Cynthia holds an International Business Degree from The George Washington University. After working, getting married, raising her four children, and acquiring her first horse, she ventured down a new path of equine therapy education. She is certified as a Masterson Method practitioner, in micro-current therapy from Deborah Powell, in English saddle fit from Mike Scott and has a Hoof Level One authorization from Wendy Murdoch creator of Equine SURE FOOT Stability Pads. Additionally, she has attended Ivana Ruddock’s whole Horse dissection. Cynthia has practiced yoga for over 17 years and has two certifications in yoga instruction, including studying under Bryan Kest (poweryoga.com). She has used homeopathy for 25 years in caring for her family and animals working closely with both homeopathic and acupuncture physician, Dr. Martin Keane, and homeopathic veterinarian, Dr. Gerald Wessner. In addition to using the modalities listed above, she uses LED laser, cold laser, essential oils, and emotion code when listening to horses and other animals in facilitating healing. She has also been a dealer for Stance Equine products for six years including Medicine Bag Complete, a fantastic, balanced mineral supplement for horses and other animals. She knows the importance that nutrition plays in the well-being of all sentient beings and is vigilant in providing non-GMO whole foods to her family and animals. She has always had a special bond with animals and is blessed to live on a farm with her husband and horses, donkeys, dogs, cats, parrots, geese, ducks, and chickens.
Kathy Hanneson – 1 HOOF
Hand in Hand Equine
handinhandequine.com
(519) 994-8483
Location: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
After a long hiatus between childhood and adult riding, Kathy got reacquainted with horses during a trip to Iceland, where she was introduced to the hardy, smooth-gaited, and personable Icelandic breed. A few years later, her mare Blida came from Iceland to her new home in Canada. Saddle-fitting challenges and a diagnosis of PSSM (Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy - an equine muscle disorder) led Kathy to investigate various kinds of bodywork to help improve Blida's chances of a longer riding life. Now Kathy works with many breeds and riding disciplines to enhance the horse’s well-being.
In addition to being a 1 Hoof SURE FOOT Practitioner, Kathy holds certifications in the Masterson Method® and Equi-Bow. Ongoing study of TTouch/TTEAM and a Certificate in Equine Science from the University of Guelph combine to give her a wide base of options to draw from when working with you and your horse.
Ida Hammer – 2 HOOF
Whole Horse Trimming and Certification Program
mackinawdells2.com
1566 U.S. 150
Congerville IL 61729
309.264.7837
Ida Hammer is a Whole Horse Hoof Care Practitioner and Educator.
She is the founder of the Mackinaw Dells 2 Whole Horse Hoof Care Certification Program based in Illinois, with training opportunities and programs, throughout the U.S.
Ida currently has over 100 graduates throughout the U.S. and U.K. The beliefs of her program are that everything is connected, from the front hooves, to the back hooves and EVERYTHING in between.
When not on or under horses or teaching, Ida spends her time with Ada, enjoying their 8 horses, 3 dogs and 2 cats ❤️
For more info on her program visit her website.
Mandy Collier – 1 HOOF
Location: Pittsburgh area, USA
412-440-8307
Mandy Collier owns and operates Optimum Equine LLC providing integrated equine bodywork in the Pittsburgh area and its surrounding communities. Her practice focuses on hands-on techniques based on the principles of traditional sports massage therapy and the well-known Masterson Method. Bodywork sessions are enhanced by the use of SUREFOOT pads and red/near-infrared light therapy. Mandy was inspired to pursue a career in equine massage therapy by her first horse who benefitted greatly from a variety of therapies to help him feel his best while competing in dressage. The pair earned their USDF Bronze Medal together and competed at the US Dressage Finals in 2014.
It was her young mare that inspired her to learn more about healing at a deeper, nervous system-level, however, and begin to integrate alternate modalities and therapies like SUREFOOT pads. It has since become an important tool in her bodywork practice, enabling deeper healing with horses who are anxious, sensitive to touch, or have become so guarded and braced in their bodies that SUREFOOT is the only way to unlock them and reach the parasympathetic nervous system to let relaxation and healing begin.
Mandy holds a neuroscience degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and experienced a satisfying full circle moment while revisiting her nervous system anatomy and physiology roots while in SUREFOOT training. In addition to her bodywork business, she works in a mental health research lab and enjoys the not-always-obvious connections between emotional and physical healing, even across species."