Online SOBI Sponsored Study Groups

The Society of Ortho-Bionomy International sponsors monthly Online Study Groups. They are primarily in a conference call format and are taught by various Registered Ortho-Bionomy Instructors via Zoom.

Our Study Groups cover a variety of topics and also count towards the study group requirements in the Practitioner and Advanced Practitioner Training Programs.

The receipt received upon registration will have a link to download the handout, any preview materials and the Zoom link. Be sure you have these materials available before you login to the study group. 

There is a limit to class size, so be sure to register early.

After a group finishes, all attendees will be emailed an evaluation form for that session. To receive study group credit attendees will need to keep their cameras on during the study group and complete and submit the evaluation form within two weeks.

Recordings of select past study groups are also available in the SOBI Bookstore.

The study groups are a full three hours, with no credit given for homework time.

Out of respect for the Instructor and the other students please be on time for the study group.

Whole Horse Breathwork

with SOBI Registered Instructor Susan Smith

February 20, 2025

6:00 PM Eastern, 5:00 PM Central, 4:00 PM Mountain, 3:00 PM Pacific, 12:00 PM Hawaii (US and Canada)

Three hours

SOBI member $55; non-member $75

How do we ask for and employ the breath in our horse work and how does the horse work with it on his/her own?

In horse work, watching for signs is most important - we watch eyes, ears, expressions, and posture but we also watch for breath. Stressed horses can often hold their breath and not want to exhibit any response to bodywork, until possibly the end of a session or even not at all! 

The breath may come softly, incrementally, in one part of the neck or abdomen, but nowhere else at first. Learn how to ask your horse to work with the breath beyond the diaphragm and ribs to encompass the whole horse.

Handout, charts, and video list will be included.

REGISTER HERE

Susan Smith is Instructor of Equine Body Balance, and Registered Instructor & Advanced Practitioner of Ortho-Bionomy®, Ortho-Bionomy® for Equines; Certified Acupressure Practitioner (Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute), and Equine Positional Release practitioner. She has been involved in equine activities and bodywork for over 20 years. Her articles have appeared in Trail Blazer Magazine, Western Horseman, Equine Wellness, Horse Around New Mexico and many others.