Went on the website to see how much she is charging for this, and that information is obviously not available, but she’s still claiming to be licensed.
Wonder in what state evidence of this “license” would show up.
None that I know of! I think I just stared at her for a moment like she had broccoli sprouting out of her ears and then she said nevermind and ran off to find that the scoop was not in the bottom of the can after all.
I’m curious for an ACTUAL licensed equine bodywork practitioner of one type or another (massage, chiro, etc) to come on this thread and detail legitimate courses they took, hours involved, expenses involved, the relevant qualifications and experience of the instructors involved in these classes, and whether or not learning to practice bodywork via zoom is actually a thing…
I mean she’s getting $150 from all sorts of folks for entry into what sounds like an incredibly disorganized mess of a FB group so I guess go big or go home yikes.
Wonder if all that income is being appropriately reported to the IRS…
I feel fairly confident that my horse’s REMT would a) spit nails at being called a ‘bodywork practitioner,’ b) laugh and laugh, and c) recount the YEARS it took her to go through the whole process to get registered, and d) laugh and laugh again at the viability of learning ‘bodywork’ via zoom unless that ‘bodywork’ had nothing to do with anything actually recognized by science as an actual therapy.
@Virginia_Horse_Mom
I have a equine bodywork qualification that involves muscle / fascia release techniques
We don’t require licensing as such in this country for what is classed as a complementary therapy, but the organisation I trained with is accredited and registered so I can treat horses without requiring veterinary consent for maintenance work.
It took 12 x 7 hour days of theory, assessment and time spent with hands on horses. It was all in person face to face instruction that was taken over a period of 6 months to go through the five levels required to become a practitioner. There was a full assessment both written and practical to qualify.
After qualifying and working on horses for another six months I took a further 2 days to gain advanced practitioner status.
To retain my status I have to complete a minimum of repeating a full level (two days) every year.
I was trained and assessed by the UK head of animal courses in that modality, I’ve also since met and received personal (again hands on) instruction from the chap that developed this particular technique when he visited my rehab yard because we became a training centre for the technique - day of input and knowledge that was completely free!
The whole course including all materials and certification cost me £1400
Have mercy. That’s more than a grad school course. Who would pay that kind of money for something that is unaccredited and taught by someone of dubious licensure?