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Helen Klowss is a qualified Horse Massage Therapist and has been a leader in this field for many years. She has worked with horses in many aspects of the Equine Industry in Australia and overseas.
In 1968 Helen joined the stable of the legendary racehorse trainer "Melbourne Cup King" Bart Cummings as a strapper and spent many years acquiring knowledge and experience with the master trainer. Specialising in nursing and rehabilitating racehorses with training injuries, Helen discovered that she had an ability to see unsoundness in horses which seemed obscure to others.
Knowing there was more than the conventional treatment involved in healing, recovery and the ultimate return to racing, Helen set out to develop a form of treatment to compliment the training and veterinary treatment. After studying the available equine literature of the time she also studied massage for humans to extend her knowledge. During the course of her studies she discovered that she also enjoyed healing people which led to her studying many other healing modalities.
During 1979 to 1981 Helen traveled to Europe and studied with the Classical Dressage Trainer Egon von Neindorff in Karlsruhe, Germany and then later worked in an eventing stable in France. She has been breeding dressage, pleasure and event horses for many years specializing in the Percheron/TB cross and Warmblood breeds.
In 1992 Helen became a student of Natural Horsemanship with Pat Parelli and studied with him for 6 years during which time she traveled to his ranch in Colorado, USA to further her experience in training and teaching in that field.
Helen also trained for several years with David Simons who is an accredited John Lyons’ Trainer in Australia. She completed in September 2004, a two year Trainer Course covering all aspects of starting and training horses in that method with David.
Helen trains in her own right and teaches dressage and horsemanship with a connection to the horse's ongoing soundness both privately and in clinics. She has developed specific exercises which can ultimately effect the repair and soundness of the treated horse. Physical therapy is incorporated into ground and ridden exercises which is then becomes the basis for dressage and other sports.
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