Demonstration of How To Do the Tellington TTouch®

[powerinknowing]

Thank you!

[ezepeze11]

I read Heartland too and always wanted to try it on my horse, but i didn't know what it was! Thanks!

[oxtotl]

@Alley~ Are you moving the skin or just moving your fingers on the skin?

Remember to take a deep breath yourself and calmly breathe out as you finish the circle...Before I took a class, I was only moving my fingers on the skin, not pushing the skin ever so lightly in a circle...big difference in the results for me.

Again, relax and breathe so you are in heart coherence....:-) Enjoy the touch with your animal friends.

[Ganpignanus]

Thanks for sharing. I will try this next time I am with the horses. I have just had a similar but not same method briefly explained to me by someone else. Which I'm also going to try.

[prinsses9742]

I'v read the Heartland books and herd about the TTouch. I don't really understand how to do it. I tried it on my horses and they don't relax like i'v herd in the books and in the videos. I think i'm doing it wrong! Can someone please give me some tips?

-Alley <3

[TellingtonTTouch]

Hi prinsses9742

Don't worry--you can't really do TTouch "wrong!" If you pay particular attention to your breathing (calm, centered) and your heart connection to your horses, plus a little concentration on the pressure and the exactness of the circles, you will find your horses' reaction will begin to change. Maybe this will help: The TTOUCH pressures range on a scale from one to nine. (more in next response)

[TellingtonTTouch]

@prinsses9742 (this is a continuation of the earlier response) To learn the scale, begin with the "one pressure" as a guideline. To establish its criterion, place your thumb against your cheek. With the tip of your middle finger push the skin on your eyelid in a circle and a quarter with the lightest possible contact. Make sure you move the skin, not just sliding over it.

[TellingtonTTouch]

@prinsses9742 (more!) Take your finger away and repeat this movement on your forearm, to get a sense of the pressure. Observe how little of an indentation you make in the skin. This is what we call a "one pressure" TTOUCH. To discover a "three pressure," make several circles on your eyelid as firm as feels safe and comfortable. Repeat the circles on your forearm, noting the depth and pressure of the indentation. It should still be very light. This is a "three pressure."

[TellingtonTTouch]

@prinsses9742

To discover a "six pressure," press twice as deep. We rarely use more than a "six pressure" on dogs and cats. On horses (and humans), we occasionally go as high as nine. Instead of pressing three times deeper than the "three pressure," we tip the first joints of the fingers so that the fingernails are pointing directly into the muscle and apply three times the pressure. (See the Bear and Tiger TTOUCH cards.)

[TellingtonTTouch]

@prinsses9742 (continued) This TTOUCH is more comfortable for the person doing the touch, and the animal or human gets a much deeper connection than simply applying pressure.

Experiment with the pressure until you click into the one that is "right" for the animal you are working on. Small creatures call only for the lightest pressures. Larger or heavily muscled animals may be more responsive to the deeper pressures, but not always.

[TellingtonTTouch]

@prinsses9742 If there is pain or inflammation in the body, you may have to begin the touch with a two or three pressure, and then establish the right level to work at.

As you become familiar with the various TTOUCHES, you will intuitively know which to use. If your animal friend is not comfortable with one TTOUCH, choose another. With practice, you will find both you and your animal will benefit from this experience.

[prinsses9742]

@TellingtonTTouch Okay, i will try it out again! Thank you for explaining!! :)

[TellingtonTTouch]

@prinsses9742

To do the TTouch, imagine the face of a clock on your animal’s body, half an inch to one inch in diameter. Place your lightly curved fingers at six o’clock on your imaginary clock, and push the skin around the face of the clock for one and a quarter circle. Place your thumb two to three inches from you forefinger and feel a connection between your thumb and fingers.

[TellingtonTTouch]

@prinsses9742 When possible, support the body of the animal with your other hand, placing it opposite the hand making the circle. Maintain a steady rhythm and constant pressure around the circle and a quarter, whether the TTouch is light or firm, and pay particular attention to the regularity of your breathing and the roundness of the circles.

[beautango1]

I cant wait to try!thank you!

[BluTacBitch]

Thank you so much for putting this up. My boys really appreciate it and its helped them so much! Thank you!

[TellingtonTTouch]

Hello Alexis, The Tellington TTouch method for horses can be very helpful for both of these horses.  For the mare, the TTouches can complement veterinarian care. I suggest Linda’s book: The Ultimate Horse Behavior and Training Book - Enlightened and Revolutionary Solutions for the 21st Century. Linda Tellington-Jones with Bobbie Lieberman Foreword by John Lyons. Introduction by Susan Harding, Publisher of EQUUS. 2006

[alexisfowler93]

Will this help relax my paint/arab mare? She has horrible heat cycles that aren't regulated and becomes very anxious and high strung under saddle. I've also got a proud cut gelding, could he benefit from it too? I'm really trying to find them some natural remedies like this.

[CheeseMink]

This was absolutely amazing! I tried it on a tense pony, and she relaxed so much you could see it within seconds! :)

[prettyprincessanime]

I read about this in the Heartland and Chestnut Hill books. I tried it out and couldn't ever really get it. There was a speaker about it a few years back, but I didn't really understand. I read in Amy's Journal about how to do it, and I tried it on a horse who hold his neck tight when he's going round the arena. He responded but I don't think I was doing it right. Thank you for posting this! I understand now!!!

[wbttk]

is that to soften the meat? 

[ForeverLoveIzzy]

I've been wanthing to try this with my tb mare, but lets see if I have it right lol, so you just do small circles with the three fingers in all different spots?

[superDarlene08]

this video gives it a pity not to German or German Subtitle,thats is so bad

[TellingtonTTouch]

Hello, Please visit our German site for information about books and videos in German. You will also see Practitioners and events in Germany

[CamperPonies]

I learnt about this off heartland too

[LuluIsBeautiful]

yes when my horse was young he was somewhere(i dunno where) where the people weren't very friendly... they hit him and did some stupid things with him i don't know... i didn't try it actually just because i am not a professional ttouch-maker my horse was friendly today... i am going to see him tomorrow again i'll see what happens

thank you for your answer

[haileybaybay13]

Im reading heartland to, Its a very good series.

[eventingjourney]

Look up the heartland tv show! It's awesome too! You can watch episodes on Heartlandx1x;s channel!!!

[FAITHandMADDIEshow]

@haileybaybay13 I love the Heartland series !

[LuluIsBeautiful]

i read heartland too... i am going to try ttouch tomorrow but i think its going to be a bit dangerous... if my horse isn't in a good mood he'll bite me

[TellingtonTTouch]

Safety first, please! The results we get while working with horses are often very influenced by the intent with which we do things as well as by our expectations. There are ways of TTouching a horse that will help the horse adapt to new situations. Perhaps there are reasons why your horse reacts to things??

[DeathKitty123456]

Thats bad maybe you should join up with him? Form a trust, bond and let him follow you.

[pwnrange345]

@LuluIsBeautiful me too

[HorseSafety]

@LuluIsBeautiful Are you joking about getting bit? Do you have a stallion ?

[LuluIsBeautiful]

@HorseSafety I'm not joking, he's very young and he still tries to bite me. it's annoying 'cause you always have to watch out what he's doing... :(

[WildAlaskanBlossom]

I'm just learning about this myself--I have read heartland, and I work with horses! after joining up it is amazing!!!!!! TTeam Rocks.

[Smokestar94Pal]

i like heartland they really give linda tellington alot of credit

[painhurtsallot]

heart land is very sad and TTouch started by Linda Telington

they wrote a little about this in the Chestnut hill sieres u should all read Chestnut hill its a nice sieres

[djsoogee]

@painhurtsallot

Yeah I love Heartland and Chestnut Hill there really cool books!

[snuske102]

Yes i love them :D i read them for 2'nd time now :D

[djsoogee]

@snuske102

Yeah there the best books ever!

But I've never read the first Heartland book =[ lol

[Ntrlhrsgrl]

I tried this today with a three year old mare who hadn't been out of the paddock for half a year. Every time I started she dropped her head and went all droopy- it was amazing!

[jessaluvshorses111]

this is on heartland! haha

[outdoorfreak100]

also ertmalm t-touch bringt was. ich kenne ein sehr nervöse pferd nach ein paar min t-touch und pferd sit urhiger.. und heartland! ist so toll♥

[michaelidisFamily]

iv read heartland books and tried it on a horse but i didnt know how to start!!! lol!

[PowerOfHorses]

buy you the book t-team and t-touch for horses

[fixedsys2]

Same To Me!! XD

[prettypegasus100]

@michaelidisFamily ive read heartland books personally i love the books amy is a cool character im on book 10

[EbonyFriesian]

yay, finally a demonstration on ttouch!

[mattisonp]

Thanks! I've been looking for a demonstration for ages!

[Icelandica]

Thank you so much! For showing how to do the ttouch, thank you thank you thank you thank you soooooooooooo much!!!

[daphneouellette]

the T-touch is specifically for horses, ponies,zebra's and donkey's !

[ArcherGirl2812]

no, it's not. you can use it on dogs, cats, and probably any other animal as well. just so you know!

[XSpinDriftedX]

people too

[daphneouellette]

you are suppose to do it on the horses neck and use lavender oil ! the T-touch is excellent for very stressed horses but it takes up alot of time.

[LuvxTiboxdexkleinexs]

Thanks i rood the heartland books (too) and i tried it jesterday at my horse it really works !

[stinkyhat14]

thank you so much! I have read the Heartland books too but never really knew what T-touch was

[123massey123]

same here lol, but now i have tried it on th horses i look after i no it really works!!

[Vison2008]

very helpful thank you! I've read Heartland books and want to try t-touch on a horse at my barn that seems edgy but didn't know how to do it!

[barbaraaae]

I have read some books about ttouch and started to practice on healthy rabbits and also on rabbits with behavioral and neurological problems with excellent results(i'm a voluntary ) ! Do you have any book, video, info or advice specific to rabbits? THANKS!

p.s.Excuse my English, I'm italian:-PP

[equinewonderland]

Im so glad that i came across this method of training it has helped me no end of times and im sure that the horses are just as greatful! I'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone at Tilley farm!!

[PONYHORSEGIRLXxxX]

I find this method very useful!

[remedios1998]

I bought the book and tried to follow instructions to help my dog, however I found the book very confusing and several parts didn't make sense at all, it was like a fantasy book for children. I then tried Reiki with a local master and my dog responded very fast. Maybe I'm not getting the right idea of what Ttouch really is...

[equinewonderland]

Me and a friend did our work experience in the uk ttouch centre. I also bought the book and its hard to learn without watching& experiencing the ttouch for yourself. I use ttouch on horses and get amazing results. I worked on a horse in my riding school(behind the scenes)and was told by a friend that an adult had noticed a huge change in him and had been watching me work with him without me knowing. As a result she researched the method and now uses it on her dogs and horses.

[MillionDollarPetPix]

This makes perfect sense and will no doubt build a greater bond with our horses. Thank you.

[bluey456]

thanks so much! i've read about this in books and its really cool to see it done

[TellingtonTTouch]

you are so welcome! check back often as we are uploading new videos regularly. this is a lovely opportunity to see TTouch® in action.

[pwnrange345]

@bluey456 me too



[namastehorsemanship]

excellent, thorough demonstration of the basics. thank you!

[Fractelle]

I live in Australia, so can't attend the clinics, so videos like this are very helpful, thank you.

[BlazingAva]

Thank you for posting some of these up on youtube. I have quite a few books about it for horses but was never sure how to do it. I look forward to seeing more from you!

Mary&Bear

[stild]

TTouch is great and very life changing. I look forward to more techniques demonstrated on You Tube with the horse. Thank you.

[horseluver114]

Hi,

this would really help a very disstressed horse ! oh and thank you for demonstrating !

[kcampion101]

I LOVE this method, along with join-up. Very useful, thanks for posting it! :)

[stephanienoga11]

amazing,

[sweetoats]

I took a TTouch/Centered Riding clinic over the summer with Robyn Hood in Vernon. It's totally changed the way I ride, train and even think. Truely amazing.

[kzuegner]

I've read about this, but it's amazing to see it done. Thanks for posting.