Equine Holistic Acupuncture & Bodywork

11/04/2026

11/04/2026

🤢🤮 Wash your bits!

🚿You wash your bits so please wash your horse's!

🧼Its very important to keep your horse's bit clean. For hygiene, health and to stop any rubbing to the lips.

🍴Its like eating with a dirty knife and fork. We just don't do it so please make sure your horse doesn't either.

09/04/2026

🌈APRIL EQUINE ACUPUNCTURE –
SEQLD Rotational Visits
One spot left for Sunday Treatment Toowoomba &surrounds

09/04/2026

28/03/2026

🌈APRIL EQUINE ACUPUNCTURE – BOOKINGS OPEN
SEQLD Rotational Visits

Appointments are now open for the April rotation across South-East Queensland.

📍 Saturday 4 April – Kalbar / Boonah / Scenic Rim

📍 Sunday 12 April – Warwick / Toowoomba 2 spots left

📍 Monday 13 April – Toowoomba
Fully booked

❇️Heavy in front
❇️Holding on to bit
❇️Hind quarter issues / lacking drive and power from behind/tightness
❇️Attitude when out /irritable in paddock
❇️Poor healing wounds -rain scald, Mud fever ,
Itchy runny eyes
✅Not Tracking Up
Issues with balance in canter
🌐Dips in lower spine area
Often see horses for the following
🔸Neck and Poll Restrictions (head shy, resistance or shaking ,holding on to bit )
🟢Old horses -joint issues -digestion -weight gain issues
🔷Itchy skin /skin issues
* Lameness
* Arthritis
* swelling
* slowness
* lethargy
* tiredness
* Muscle stiffness
* Hormonal problems
* irritability, over-sensitivity
* Acute injury
* Chronic conditions
* Short stepping behind
* Show and sale Prep
* Recovery after exercise
* Scarring
* Neurological /weakness and body balance slow process /

~Acupuncture ~acupressure ~moxa ~cupping ~Gua sha ~massage~ Non forced Manipulation

27/03/2026

Nothing says show season horse comps and winters coming like fresh crisp moxa arriving and top up of needle supplies 🐴❤️❤️

Bookings spots left for April rotation

Sunday 12th 2 spots Toowoomba
Monday 13th Full

25/03/2026

25/03/2026

🤔 Mylers Mylers everywhere but which one do we choose? Do you use one comment below!

There's so many barrel options on the market nowadays which do we choose.
Myler themselves do 31 different mouthpieces, I've just chosen a few options we have here in the UK.

As Myler have been the flagship of this style of bit we will start there though now there are many copies on the market.

The point of the barrel is to give independence to the rein aids. This gives a much clearer signal to the horse.

1 - 'mullen barrel'
A level 1 Myler bit = tongue pressure.
- no port but often deviated forward (MB01) to give room 'behind' the bit. They rotate on the tongue and wrap around the lips and bars. They are the barrel equivalent to the lozenge (mb02) and single joint (mb01) (depending on width if barrel).
- primary pressure point = the tongue
I find these useful for those which find lozenge tongue pressure too much bit don't always like the bar pressure. Ones which are less tongue sensitive.
Myler in the UK have discontinued these so I tend to choose the bombers barrel 20 instead. It has less forward deviation which I find better fitting. Other budget brands do this with a forward deviation and I find that it frequently pulls out the sides of the mouth and ends up quite sharp on the tongue and horse's show tongue evasions or not settling.

2 - Myler low port comfort snaffle
Level 2 myler bit = moderate tongue relief, moderate bar pressure. Still has some tongue pressure.
Does give relief to a lot of sensitive tongues and I find the mb04 and mb06 to be one of the more popular options from horse's with tongue issues.
The mb04 has more collapse and wrap than the mb06 which is rigid. Some horses prefer more stability some more movement.
Both are dressage legal.

3- Myler mb05
This is now discontinued in the UK but there's still a lot on the market secondhand so I thought I'd include it.
Its a much wider port than 2 and there's quite a moderate amount of collapse in this one.
I find it good for wider tongues which need more room at the sides.

4- the myler mb27 correctional port
A level 2/3 mouthpiece as it collapses on the outer lip and bars.
As you can see from the image its very narrow and sits on top of the tongue rather than surrounding it.
It frequently digs in the tongue, will pinch the tongue between the 'poet' and interfere with the palate.
Many brands have done a copy of this style of port. Similarly to the segundo It tends to make the horse back off the mouthpiece.

5- mb43
A level 2/3 mouthpiece meaning it has moderate tongue relief.
A high narrow port again discontinued in the UK but I thought i would include it to demonstrate how you need the correct side port for the width of the tongue. Too narrow and it will pinch the tongue and cause the sides of the tongue to be trapped under the cannons of the bit against the bars of the mouth.

6 - mb33 a higher wider port but doesn't interfere with the palate as still classed as a low port.
A level 3 mouthpiece which means no tongue pressure.
Still imported into the UK and is dressage legal.
The more generous port gives more room for the tongue.
I find this one useful for horses which need more tongue room. Ultimately it has more bar and lip pressure as a result. Its a little narrower than the bomber ported barrel which is find useful for narrower mouths but I tend to fit the bomber ported barrel to more wider tongues.

I find myself fitting more barrel type bits than any others as a preference by many horse's I see.

16/03/2026

🌈APRIL EQUINE ACUPUNCTURE – BOOKINGS OPEN
SEQLD Rotational Visits

Appointments are now open for the April rotation across South-East Queensland.

📍 Saturday 4 April – Kalbar / Boonah / Scenic Rim

📍 Sunday 12 April – Warwick / Toowoomba

📍 Monday 13 April – Toowoomba
To book dm

12/03/2026

🌿 Herb of the Week: Vitex (Chaste Tree Berry)
Botanical name: Vitex agnus-castus
Chinese name: Man Jing Zi

Vitex is one of the most well-known and widely used herbs for supporting hormonal balance in horses.

Unlike hormone therapies, Vitex does not contain hormones. Instead, it works by supporting the pituitary gland, the regulatory center of the endocrine system, helping the body maintain healthy estrogen and progesterone levels naturally.

This makes it especially helpful for:

• Mares with difficult or irregular cycles
• Behavioral changes associated with hormonal fluctuation
• Horses needing long-term endocrine support

Vitex has also been shown to influence dopamine pathways and support natural beta-endorphin release, which may help with mood and comfort during challenging cycles.

Because it works through endocrine regulation, Vitex is not a fast-acting herb. Consistent use for 8–12 weeks is typically recommended for best results.

🌿 Vitex is a key ingredient in our Mare Mix and Stallion Mix, thoughtfully formulated to support hormone balance in mares, geldings, and stallions.

Learn more about our hormone support formulas here:
https://www.wholehorse.com/apps/search?q=hormone

10/03/2026

HEAVY IN THE HAND?

The unschooled or young horse initially uses his head and neck (and the reins) to balance himself, and it is only through systematic, thoughtful schooling that he will become sufficiently strong and confident enough to transfer the balance back onto his hindquarters.

To do this, you need to work on a combination of correctly ridden transitions, circles, and lateral exercises, all while making use of the half-halt.

These exercises help to encourage the horse’s hind legs to step further forward underneath his body and to carry more weight on his hindquarters rather than on his shoulders, relative to his level of training.

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NOTE: We would also like to add that this has nothing to do with the horse's head position. Trying to artificially raise the horse's head will not fix anything. It's the hind legs engaging and stepping under that lift the horse's forehand.

A horse can still work in a long, low frame and not be heavy in the hand, as long as the hind legs are still pushing and engaging.

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Illustrations created and copyrighted by HowToDressage

10/03/2026

🌈Equine Acupuncture Next treatment rotation 1st march rotation
Sat 14th Ipswich peak crossing-Gatton 1spot left

Sun15th warwick -Toowoomba 1 spot

Monday 16th Toowoomba
Dm to book

❇️Heavy in front
❇️Holding on to bit
❇️Hind quarter issues / lacking drive and power from behind/tightness
❇️Attitude when out /irritable in paddock
❇️Poor healing wounds -rain scald, Mud fever ,
Itchy runny eyes
✅Not Tracking Up
Issues with balance in canter
🌐Dips in lower spine area
Often see horses for the following
🔸Neck and Poll Restrictions (head shy, resistance or shaking ,holding on to bit )
🟢Old horses -joint issues -digestion -weight gain issues
🔷Itchy skin /skin issues
* Lameness
* Arthritis
* swelling
* slowness
* lethargy
* tiredness
* Muscle stiffness
* Hormonal problems
* irritability, over-sensitivity
* Acute injury
* Chronic conditions
* Short stepping behind
* Show and sale Prep
* Recovery after exercise
* Scarring
* Neurological /weakness and body balance slow process /

~Acupuncture ~acupressure ~moxa ~cupping ~Gua sha ~massage~ Non forced Manipulation