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BeckyBoodle
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Australia
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 Posted - 22 Feb 2009 : 10:44:06 PM
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It will depend on which style of massage you go for. There is a governing body for each one. The ones I know of are:-
Equine sports massage - http://www.equinemassageassociation.co.uk/
Shiatsu massage - http://www.equineshiatsu.org/
I am not sure who governs Tellington Touch, but their website is:-
http://www.ttouchtteam.co.uk/
I am not sure if this website is the one for the governing body of reiki for humans or horses:0
http://www.reikiassociation.org.uk/
Then there is obviously Bowen technique, Buqui - and the more manipulative therapies (ie work the skeleton rather than muscles) - Chiro, McTimoney Chiro and osteopathy. Each has its own body.
You basically need to make up your mind which style you want to go with, and take it from there - there is no one overarching body.
I am about to complete my equine shiatsu course and would be happy to give you more detail about that if you want.
My advice would be to:-
- look at what style you are most comfortable with - what I mean by that is that are you open to different ways of looking at healing than Western medicine. For me, there are still some bits of shiatsu theory I find a bit far fetched, but most makes sense. I am not quite open to some of the Reiki theory, but that is not to say it is wrong, I just don't get it.
- try a couple of treatments on yourself from different styles of practitioners.
- think about how long you want to spend studying and how long you think is necessary for you to feel qualified. My course has been three years and I still feel there is loads I could learn - and will through continuing professional development. I did look at a six week course somewhere, but felt that it wasn't long enough - does that make sense?
- some styles I think still require you to qualify on humans first and then convert to horses. I can't say I really wanted to work with people! 
- maybe even look at what is already available in your area. It can be good to be different, or it can work in your favour to have similar practitioners around. It can help raise awareness of what you are doing so you don't have to educate people about what, for example, shiatsu is all the time.
Hope this helps.
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