08/26/2026
Equine Hanna SomaticsĀ®ļø allows the horse to use their own internal nervous system to recognize adaptive patterns that once served a purpose, but are now no longer needed.
Unconscious habitual posture - termed Motor Sensory Amnesia - can be the result of trauma, injuries, and repetitive tasks. A horse adapts to these life experiences by learning to keep muscles habitually contracted which creates an elevated resting muscle tone. This increased tension pulls a horse out of its natural alignment.
Visually we can see changes such as spinal crookedness, a camped in or out limb, cow hocked stance, overdevelopment of muscles, shortened neck, contracted back, short striding, toe dragging, and a tail that keeps rotating towards the sky.
These compensation can impact horse balance, muscle strength, skeletal function, and joint health. And I whole heartily believe they also impact organ function and nervous system regulation. Sooooo their whole quality of life!!!
The best gift Equine Hanna SomaticsĀ®ļø gives our horses is the ability to make internal lasting changes using their own central nervous system via Voluntary Pandiculation.
āBy working WITH the horseās brain to engage the Pandicular Response on-demand, we can access the existing pathways and programs of the horseās nervous system to efficiently target areas of habitual tension - and facilitate the horse in normalizing them from the inside.ā
Learn more: https://www.equinehannasomatics.org/science