Course curriculum

    1. Lesson 1.1 — What Does “Sound” Really Mean?

    2. Lesson 1.2 — Soundness as a Continuum: Comfort, Adaptability & Load

    3. Lesson 1.3 — Posture as History: What the Body Remembers

    4. Lesson 1.4 — Movement as Choice: What Horses Avoid, Protect, and Preserve

    5. Lesson 1.5 — When “Managing” Becomes Burden: Understanding Chronic Coping

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    6. Lesson 1.6 — Aging, Adaptation & Diminishing Margins

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    7. Lesson 1.7 — Quality of Life: Seeing Beyond “Still Eating and Walking”

    8. Lesson 1.8 — Compassionate Decision-Making: Choosing Release Before Crisis

    1. Lesson 2.1 — Observation Before Interpretation: Learning to See Posture Clearly

    2. Lesson 2.2 — Posture as History: What the Body Remembers Over Time

    3. Lesson 2.3 — Load Distribution: How the Body Decides Where Force Goes

    4. Lesson 2.4 — Adaptive vs Protective Posture: When Support Becomes Guarding

    5. Lesson 2.5 — Stability vs Sustainability: When Posture Can No Longer Adapt

    6. Lesson 2.6 — Observing Change Without Forcing Correction

    1. Lesson 3.1 — Redefining Balance: Movement, Not Position

    2. Lesson 3.2 — How Horses Recover Balance: Micro-Adjustments You Rarely Notice

    3. Lesson 3.3 — When Balance Strategies Change: What Compensation in Motion Looks Like

    4. Lesson 3.4 — Variability, Rhythm, and Ease: Signs of Sustainable Balance

    5. Lesson 3.5 — When Ease Disappears: Early Signs Balance Is Becoming Costly

    6. Lesson 3.6 — When Balance Strategies Are No Longer Interchangeable

    1. Lesson 4.1 — Stress as Load: How the Nervous System Shapes Comfort and Capacity

    2. Lesson 4.2 — Regulation vs Suppression: Why Some Horses Look Calm but Aren’t

    3. Lesson 4.3 — When Horses Shut Down: Understanding Containment as a Survival Strategy

    4. Lesson 4.4 — Supporting Regulation: Creating Safety Without Forcing Change

    5. Lesson 4.5 — When Regulation Does Not Return: Recognizing Limits and Making Kind Decisions

    1. Lesson 5.1 — How Repetition Shapes Capacity: Movement Is Never Neutral

    2. Lesson 5.2 — Variation, Rest, and Recovery: What Actually Preserves Capacity

    3. Lesson 5.3 — When Rest Is No Longer Enough: Recognizing Accumulated Wear

    4. Lesson 5.4 — When Adaptation Reaches Its Limit: Recognizing When Capacity Is Gone

About this course

  • $350.00
  • 48 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

Re-evaluate how you view soundness