Becky's Back to Basics Equine Education

At Becky's Back to Basics, we are passionate about horses and their welfare. With over 25 years of experience working with horses and developing a program that is tried, tested and true. We are offering a course that is the accumulation of information and experience that has been acquired by working with many horses throughout Western Canada, in many different disciplines for over 2 decades. This class is only available once every two years. The class covers a wide range of body working modalities and horse health. The class sizes are small so that everyone gets the most from their time in class. 

We offer a variety of equestrian body balancing education so that you are the most successful in going forward into your own horse health journey, whether it is for your own personal use, to add to your already established business or just starting your own business in the field. Our experience is giving you an in-depth course that will put you on the path to success in the field of body work for horses. We are here to help you achieve your equine body working goals.

Our classes are set up for adult learning so that while you are on your educational journey you can still work at your existing job, be with your family, or continue with your life as it needs to be until you are complete with your schooling and can start your own business, if that is the path that you choose.

Classes will be once or twice a month depending on the work load for that month. Class time will be split between book work and hands on learning each month. There will be home work and practical's to be completed every month before the next class.  

We have designed this course to provide a safe and comfortable environment for both horses and students, so that everyone can be successful. We provide the horses to work with throughout the program, allowing you to get your hands on as many horses as possible in order to become competent in your new skills. 

The modalities that we will be covering throughout the 2 years will include but are not limited to:

1. Anatomy
2. Confirmation
3. Massage
4. Lymphatic Massage
5. Body Balancing
6. Cranial Balancing
7. Internal Health
8. Saddle Fit
9. First Aid
10. Herbs 
11. Horse Health
12. Kinesiology
13. How the rider affects the horse
14. Business portion to help get you started

•  Presentations will be required, as well as field trips, and hands on exams thought out the 2 years. 

The first group of students will be completing their 2 years this spring, so the second round of classes will be starting in June. Classes run monthly from June to December. There will be homework that is required to have finished from December to February, and we will pick back up in March to run hands on again until June, then repeat for year 2.

• Students that apply for this class must have working knowledge of horses.
• There is an interview portion to the application.  
• Must have completed high school or be over the age of 18. 
• We do try to accommodate all learning styles, so if you have any concerns please let us know in the interview. 

If you have any questions about our equine class please don't hesitate to contact us. We're always happy to help.