Deb D'Amato: Horse Mumbler, Massage & Bodywork Therapist

04/01/2026

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Introducing our newest innovation…

The Ultra-Airflow Fly Sheet 🪰✨

✔ Maximum ventilation
✔ Zero restriction
✔ Flies included (they come and go as they please)

Because who needs protection anyway?

…April Fools 😅

But seriously... fit and fabric matter more than you think this time of year.

03/22/2026

He checked his phone at work and saw a horse in his living room. Then he noticed the orange cat sitting on top like it had brought him there.

A homeowner was stunned after getting a security alert and finding a horse somehow standing inside his living room. But the real twist came when he saw his orange cat perched on top of the animal, looking completely calm, almost as if it had personally led the horse into the house.

By then, the internet had already decided the horse was not the problem, the orange cat was the one running the operation.

03/19/2026

Yes, I can do the massagey massage for people and animals that people think they want because that’s all they currently know. And sometimes that IS what a body needs. But having a curiosity without parameters of time or outcome, just responding to what I feel under my hands and in my intuitive self usually leads to more profound improvement. To be clear, I’m not particularly “doing anything”, I’m merely offering a being’s nervous system a change of perspective. A change in what to notice.

Is this pain subsiding?
Is this leg moving easier?
Can I now look around without neck pain?
Can I use more of my body to move with less effort?
Is this movement easier?
Do I feel lighter, more energetic?

So when you leave my office or I leave your barn, take notice of the most often subtle changes, because in the end, these are the most profound to help a body-yours or your horse’s- integrate movement more efficiently which reduces stress and strain that leads to pain and disfunction.

Ready to schedule yourself and your horse?

03/18/2026

https://thehorsemumbler.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/working-kinder-with-the-nervous-system/

An interesting neurological defense strategy we can apply for ourselves as well to our horses: the trauma response is something the body discovers is effective to defend or protect itself, includin…

03/03/2026

This is a struggle for so many, but doesn’t have to be

02/25/2026

Stacey’s program is suitable for ALL equine disciplines because it’s about your relationship with your horse

02/19/2026

But if you can’t get out to pet some cows, you can always come to the office for a massage😉

Kaiju chillout. (Get the print here: https://gricklemart.com/countryside-chill/ )

01/04/2026

When I first started working it’s horses, I’d already been working with people and dogs for just over 20 years, and it took me a while to accept that describing a horse as lame merely meant something was wrong. No indication whatsoever of what wasn’t right, not even what system of the body was affected, just one word to suggest anything at all. Kind of like the Italian word alura.🤣
Anyway, the integration of my almost 35 years of education and hands-on experience as a therapist gives me such a big bag of what Mary Debono calls “informed intuition”, that I can many times puzzle out what to pull out of my bag to assist a body in improving movement and integration. I work hard to examine the pieces of the puzzle and to zero in on the keystone of the issue, but really, I don’t *know* what’s wrong, not really, I can only guess. But I’m experienced enough that my guesses, sometimes seemingly from outer space and bizarre like a Míro or a Dalí, are spot on. And the catch-all concept behind it like the words lame or alura? It’s all about movement. What’s moving, what’s not.

🌿🌿 January Reflections for CranioSacral Therapists 🌿🌿

January is a time to pause, reflect, and recommit. As manual therapists, our work is both a responsibility and a privilege.

May this new year deepen your listening, refine your touch, and reconnect you with the quiet symphony present in every body.

🧠✋ Explore our virtual and in-person CranioSacral Therapy courses:
https://www.upledger.com/courses

11/27/2025

Thank you, friends!
Happy Thanksgiving!

November 27, 2025 💛

11/15/2025

Yup

10/25/2025

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10/06/2025

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