<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Sound Equitation & Mobility ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sound minds, sound bodies, sound advice. Est 2007 Nancy is the Peel Region expert in equine behaviour & movement providing evidence founded solutions.]]></description><link>https://www.resetequine.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:47:36 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The codependency  of Central Pattern Generators &#38; Self Carriage.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Self carriage is a state of independence in locomotion rhyth to stimulus, facilitated by central pattern generators in the horses spine.]]></description><link>https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/post/the-codependency-of-central-pattern-generators-self-carriage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66f37c9bdeb37a003b4d3c1c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 03:07:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/50804b_0c64efb3c9504c9a9700542adee3ba1f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_834,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nancy Ellison-Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer Holidays 2023-2024]]></title><link>https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/post/summer-holidays-2023-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6579814e0e89228cd9182a00</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:02:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/50804b_a71f0a65b46144b48a899fcee45859b1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nancy Ellison-Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ReBlog 3/1/2018 : Stop segmenting the horse.]]></title><description><![CDATA[3/1/2018 Newsflash ...Bones are held in place by ligaments and muscles. Those muscles are held to the bone with tendons. Joints function...]]></description><link>https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/post/reblog-3-1-2018-stop-segmenting-the-horse</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64b9fe6ac4bb2cf5176333b5</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2023 04:25:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/50804b_d20fbca9cca64a50b7cafafd141c0920~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_750,h_750,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nancy Ellison-Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fee &#38; Booking structure changes for some bookings:]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many of the ways in which I work now, still in the 16 years I have been in this career have changed vastly from the work I used to do. I...]]></description><link>https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/post/fee-booking-structure-changes-for-some-bookings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64b76d6cd8936dec55f868cb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 07:14:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/50804b_da51a41cf9fc4de0ad1f7da442c7e349~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nancy Ellison-Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evidence based relaxing music for Horses: A new &#38; powerful tool in the box. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stressors can be broad, and undefined in the horses environment - and when we say undefined, we are referring to the human capacity to...]]></description><link>https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/post/evidence-based-relaxing-music-for-horses-a-new-powerful-tool-in-the-box</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64a5192397a120dceafdf901</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 08:45:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66Z1cGh3qi0" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Nancy Ellison-Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Payment options: ClearPay now available.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bookings can be made 24/7, via the online booking system: All bookings require prepayment. Reset Equine SE&#38;M offer a broad range of pre...]]></description><link>https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/post/payment-options-clearpay-now-available</link><guid isPermaLink="false">649e3e9c310d5d5c8562e695</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 03:29:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/50804b_3d622d7177454fceae0627939e010534~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nancy Ellison-Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Muscular Contraction, a symphony of neurological signals, a cacophony of 'Dwaynes'.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Muscular Contraction, a symphony of neurological signals, a cacophony of 'Dwaynes'.]]></description><link>https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/post/muscular-contraction-a-symphony-of-neurological-signals-a-cacophony-of-dwaynes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">645b0ebcfe2bc17da14727d5</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2023 05:12:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/50804b_0e8e587c79454c079aa00132645ca82b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nancy Ellison-Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Q+A of the day: Exercise timing.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Q: When is the best time to do the mobility exercises? before or after a ride? A: As most of the prescribed exercises are to take the...]]></description><link>https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/post/q-a-of-the-day-exercise-timing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6438bf11f67e929f6736edd5</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2023 02:52:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/50804b_e7ac099b74d24cc68f4e92e6b3bb06d7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nancy Ellison-Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bias of us, trainers.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The hardest thing in training any animal, to change, or encourage a behaviour is the human bias of what we feel about the behaviour. But...]]></description><link>https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/post/the-bias-of-us-trainers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6413a7e0aba594fdd0ec3fbd</guid><category><![CDATA[SEM Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Movement + BioMechanics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine Behaviour]]></category><category><![CDATA[Science. Movement. Behaviour.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine learning]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine cognition]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equitation Science]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 01:04:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/50804b_d0800ff4e48f4678996aed0753ce1ed1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nancy Ellison-Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions over the years. Topic: DM Exercises.]]></title><description><![CDATA[“But I didn’t do that exercise? Why didn’t you tell me to do that??” Your horse, under the expectations you place on it, doesn’t need...]]></description><link>https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/post/questions-over-the-years-topic-dm-exercises</link><guid isPermaLink="false">641263998f8b1f8df67e0765</guid><category><![CDATA[SEM Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Movement + BioMechanics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine Exercise Physiology]]></category><category><![CDATA[Operant Conditioning]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine learning]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine cognition]]></category><category><![CDATA[Science. Movement. Behaviour.]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 00:49:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/50804b_ab9888dbedf04e37ac58a5328ad6dea7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nancy Ellison-Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer plans - is the break worth it?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s definitely coming up to that time of the year where people are considering their summer plans for both themselves, and most...]]></description><link>https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/post/summer-plans-is-the-break-worth-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6389689870399ea9f6c33ded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 03:11:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/50804b_26359ca087524e68aecfbb4aa237008c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nancy Ellison-Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Directional predominance - forelimbs.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Horses show strong indicators of being predominant in forelimb directional influence - therefore, the forelegs tend to define the...]]></description><link>https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/post/directional-predominance-forelimbs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6413afe6b0d0b9fc31a95238</guid><category><![CDATA[Equine Exercise Physiology]]></category><category><![CDATA[Movement + BioMechanics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine Behaviour]]></category><category><![CDATA[SEM Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equitation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equitation Science]]></category><category><![CDATA[Science. Movement. Behaviour.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine learning]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine cognition]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2022 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/50804b_850b07b9b169415580f3dc5f9fef9d49~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nancy Ellison-Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stopping the flight response: or teaching the flight response.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Commonly misunderstood ’trained expressions of flight’ used in the corrective approach to overwhelming, or overshadowing fear responses...]]></description><link>https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/post/stopping-the-flight-response-or-teaching-the-flight-response</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6413b2cccb83eb1edccf83d9</guid><category><![CDATA[Equine Exercise Physiology]]></category><category><![CDATA[Movement + BioMechanics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine Behaviour]]></category><category><![CDATA[Science. Movement. Behaviour.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine learning]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine cognition]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equitation Science]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2022 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/50804b_647401597bdb4f03aee5adb7b478f744~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nancy Ellison-Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA['They should know better.']]></title><description><![CDATA[“It’s been doing xyz for xyz length of time, The horse should know better, they should be doing better by now. ” Well. They do. At that...]]></description><link>https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/post/they-should-know-better</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6413b4078a817e10792d2dfd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2022 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Nancy Ellison-Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stimulus will be followed by a response, we can define what that is.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The more a particular stimulus leads to a predictable outcome, the more likely cognitive relaxation (reduced mental &#38; physical load) will...]]></description><link>https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/post/stimulus-will-be-followed-by-a-response-we-can-define-what-that-is</link><guid isPermaLink="false">640ee191c661f19b65156070</guid><category><![CDATA[Equitation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Operant Conditioning]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equitation Science]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine cognition]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine learning]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine Behaviour]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine Exercise Physiology]]></category><category><![CDATA[Science. Movement. Behaviour.]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2022 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/50804b_706d1504ac374a26a8f8e646c19bd9dc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nancy Ellison-Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rosie rules.]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Rosie came to me, &#38; we began to unwrap what she had trained herself in over her first 4 1/2 years of life - there were 2 distinct...]]></description><link>https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/post/rosie-rules</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6413b46aa0f0c9ad2f008aa5</guid><category><![CDATA[Equine Behaviour]]></category><category><![CDATA[Operant Conditioning]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equitation Science]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine cognition]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine learning]]></category><category><![CDATA[Science. Movement. 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This can be developed extrinsically...]]></description><link>https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/post/a-sense-of-agency</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6413b58bd0e381d71b2a95e4</guid><category><![CDATA[Movement + BioMechanics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine Behaviour]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine Exercise Physiology]]></category><category><![CDATA[Operant Conditioning]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equitation Science]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine cognition]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equine learning]]></category><category><![CDATA[Science. Movement. Behaviour.]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2022 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/50804b_2bed30b4785b4800b315420f250b8f20~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nancy Ellison-Murray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The meaning behind the whinny]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Katrina Merkies, researcher and associate professor at the University of Guelph, and her master student Haley Belliveau haver...]]></description><link>https://www.soundequitationmobility.com.au/post/the-meaning-behind-the-whinny</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6413b6bd19b00d330c051402</guid><category><![CDATA[Equine Behaviour]]></category><category><![CDATA[Science. Movement. 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