The Equine Hanna Somatics® BLOG

The Green Light Reflex (posture)

The Green Light Reflex (posture)by: Alissa Mayer BSc(Equine) C-EHSEPublished on: 01/01/2026

Horses stuck in the Green Light Reflex tend to be high-headed, hollow backed and 'strung out behind,' have difficulty tracking up or lifting their back and withers, are predisposed to developing Kissing Spines and...

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The Green Light Reflex (posture)

Your Horse Doesn't Have a Weak Thoracic Sling

Your Horse Doesn't Have a Weak Thoracic Slingby: Alissa Mayer BSc(Equine) C-EHSEPublished on: 11/07/2025

...BEFORE you 'teach' a horse to LIFT their withers or *thoracic sling* 🙏 help them FREE their tight spinal extensor muscles!

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Your Horse Doesn't Have a Weak Thoracic Sling

Equine Brachiocephalic Muscles (part 2)

Equine Brachiocephalic Muscles (part 2)by: Alissa Mayer BSc(Equine) C-EHSEPublished on: 03/16/2025

Upside-down or Ewe-neck and chronic tension in the brachiocephalicus is part of a whole-horse compensatory postural pattern...

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Equine Brachiocephalic Muscles (part 2)

Equine Brachiocephalic Muscles (part 1)

Equine Brachiocephalic Muscles


(part 1)by: Alissa Mayer BSc(Equine) C-EHSEPublished on: 03/05/2025

Understanding the Brachiocephalic Muscles and what causes an "Upside-down" neck is crucial to helping horses regain awareness and function in their thoracic sling and topline.

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Equine Brachiocephalic Muscles


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