Ibalansi Horse Center-pty ltd.

31/08/2026

31/08/2026

Physiotherapy for the body is psychotherapy for the mind!
The horses movements, posture and muscle tension give the brain constant feedback - the brain then realises how we feel! And vice versa: if there’s fear/ pain/ anger/ anxiety then the brain will keep the body on fight/ flight mode.
Synchronicity in energy and physical activity is shared amongst friends. Horse friends are close to each other in mind and body, and we can do this too with our horses!

27/08/2026

Noah working with ex racer jewlray. Trust and vulnerability both ways- jewlray is trotting straight towards a scary flag because she trusts the person holding it. Noah trusts that he won’t get run over. She parks in to the steps and presents her back, a blind spot, showing more trust and vulnerability.
If you don’t open yourself up to be vulnerable, if you don’t give some trust, you shouldn’t demand it from anyone else either

24/08/2026

How much time do you spend feeling your horse? Observing and analysing?
Horses suffer silently and depending on the breed of your horse it may only show obvious pain symptoms when he’s about to die.
Little accidents can happen anytime in the paddock or while being worked- just a little misstep or slip, a hack that was over your horse’s training levels and made the muscles acidic and stiff.. a cracked tooth, struggling with heat cycles or a stomach ulcer -
watch your horse closely and critically before you ride every day!
Spend time grooming your horse and feeling with your hand if there’s hard or hot muscles, lumps or sore areas? Develop an eye for your horses movement and investigate if you see the slightest abnormality..
remember that your horse will not shout.

23/08/2026

Thoroughbreds have a work ethic and desire to please like no other horse! Very first session of trying this little trick with ottb jewlray today 🐴not only a great exercise for patience, isolating each leg and immense focus, but also a great opportunity to shift weight to the hindquarters and a nice stretch over the shoulders and all areas involved in consciously holding.

20/08/2026

Another little clip with off track thoroughbred jewlray and ground poles- this time cantering. The Liberty work allows the horses to choose the pole, to find their own striding and gain self confidence in their time.

19/08/2026

The fine balance of a ‘whoa’ and ‘go’ energy and complete refinement in voice and energy communication. Jewlray, off track thoroughbred with a previous broken pelvis and tendon injury 💚🐴showing how we play with those skills

16/08/2026

Friends synchronise 💕
If your head is full of thoughts then you miss out on your horses thoughts!
And the trees thoughts and the plants thoughts and the bird that flies over you!

15/08/2026

Jewlray, ex race horse 🏇 doing some bombproof training part 2 🐴it might be quite boring to watch though as trust and self confidence makes all this desensitising unnecessary 😅

14/08/2026

Some horses are connected to their rider on the ground but once they mount there’s a big disconnect- the horse simply moves and is held together by the reins.

Riding can be connected and so much more beautiful than simply moving or sitting on the horse:

we control speed through energy synchronisation. Breathing out stops or slows the horse down, breathing in and feeling tension in our chest makes the horse go forward.

Our belly button controls direction. By turning our belly button we automatically give the correct weight aid to make the horses naturally turn as they re align their shoulders and hips with our shoulders and hips.

The reins are only there for safety and to ask for a roundness through the weight of the reins (not tension)