09/06/2026
Gorgeous little Albie at Ark Education Barn during his first session this week 🤩
Yawning is something we may see during treatment sessions - when a horse yawns, licks and chews, it can be an indication that the nervous system is shifting to a different state. In Albie's case, he started off very tense and unsure - his full history is unknown, but it is suspected that there is a past trauma involved.
He is carrying a lot of physical 'tension' through his body, a lot of which we found in his poll and TMJ. After some gentle mobilisations and acupressure point work in this area, his expressions started to soften, and eventually we saw some huge yawns 🥱 which can be a sign that a horse is processing, thinking, and hopefully starting to shift from the sympathetic nervous system response (fight or flight) to parasympathetic response (rest and digest).
There is a lot more work to do to help Albie re-balance his body and mind, but this week was a great start 😃
