Testimonials

“We have all really benefited from Ina’s rather too short stay with us! She has taught us new ways of communicating and thus improving the wellness of our horses and ponies and even dogs. She works on them in a very professional way and was able to get a lot of good responses.

I highly recommend her for her magnificent bodywork techniques and lovely approach she has with all equines, children and adults. Thank you for your great work and imparting your skills with us so willingly. Look forward to seeing you next year.”

“My mare (Puddles) and I have been working with Ina for nearly two years. Puddles had huge problems when we first started work with Ina. She had just undergone surgery for an ovarian tumour and was behaving like a stallion. Her behaviour was extreme and she was incredibly skin sensitive.

Ina’s treatment has resulted in Puddles becoming a beautiful, calm mare and the bond between Puddles and I is now amazing thanks to Ina. Ina has helped me understand Puddles and how to help her.

Watching Ina work with Puddles is very emotional. Puddles reacts so deeply to the treatment and visibly processes everything. After two years of treatment Puddles is a calm, loving mare and is fit and healthy.

I am confident that without Ina’s input Puddles would still be in pain. Regular monthly treatments help keep Puddles flexible and relaxed. I highly recommend Ina and wish every horse owner had the pleasure of working with her.”

“I have been working with horses for some 40 years, as an instructor, competitor, horse trainer and livery yard proprietor.

In the ‘knowledge era’, horse welfare has become increasingly important and the wise horse owner and trainer has a wealth of resources to help the equine athlete, working horse, hack or companion remain as flexible and toned as necessary to keep them comfortable, active and performing to the best of their ability.

I have found the Equine Touch sessions undertaken by Ina on the horses in my care to be one such resource: the horses benefit with greatly improved relaxation and body awareness and sore or achy spots are identified which enables action being taken to prevent a larger problem arising.

With each successive session the horses became more trusting, with improvement in their general demeanour and in their way of going. I would recommend any horse owner should try Ina’s Equine Touch for their horse — their comfort and well being affords us greater enjoyment, however we spend our time with them.”

“Ina has a wonderful gift with animals. She has worked wonders for my daughter’s pony and more recently her ex-racehorse.

Ina will also show you exercises if you ask which is an added bonus. A testament to Ina’s ‘powers’ are when our old pony (who Ina worked on originally) sees Ina working on Stormy — he stands as close to the stable as he can and seems to feed off her energy.

Thank you so much Ina. It’s an absolute pleasure watching you work.”

“Sessions of Equine Touch (ET) with Ina Thomson have been extremely beneficial to my horses. My 21 year old mare was suffering from severe back & hindquarter tension as a result of chronic lameness due to ligament injury. Several sessions of ET with Ina resulted in a much more relaxed, comfortable and free moving horse.

Having seen how responsive the horses are to this therapy I also found it useful when backing my youngster as a preventative measure as well as a relaxing treat. Ina’s my first port of call for any such problems, I would highly recommend her; she has a very gentle, natural approach with horses as well as dogs, they clearly relax deeply & develop body awareness as a result of Equine Touch.”

“It was great having Ina at the farm — a unique, enjoyable and healing opportunity for both our volunteers, horses and myself. Ina is a highly experienced and skilled equine holistic bodyworker and we all gained a lot from her work. Any host lucky enough to have her work on their horses, is a lucky host indeed.

It was the first time that we have had a volunteer with a very specific skills set that they wished to offer and share.

Thank you very much Ina for all the sessions you gave our ponies, volunteers and for bringing me back to bodywork and giving me the confidence to trust in my ability to do bodywork with our ponies.

Now I just need to learn a bit more equine anatomy… Go well on your journey… A big thank you.”