About us
A dream between a girl and her horse, coming true one step at a time!
This journey started between me and my first horse Nova. She inspired me to always keep looking for new ways to help prevent and heal injuries. After fighting with her for over a year to get her feet under control from navicular disease and them crumbling out from under her she gave me the look. In boots day and night, she was tired and ready to go, I listened to her, I didn't give up. This business, that I'm working on growing, is my way of not giving up on her. My goal is to be able to help other horses where I couldn't help her. Always looking for new things to learn and new ways to grow in therapy for horses. Learning is never done even though the schooling might be.
A little bit about Mikayla
I'm a 22-year-old, working retail at a farm store while trying to grow my therapy business until it's possible to be full time. I love spending time working with my 2-year-old gelding prepping him to be a breed circuit level show pony, or at least that's the hope! Outside of the horse world I love spending my time with family, getting coffee with friends, reading and baking!
Credentials
What credentials do I have to work on your horse and make recommendations for their care? Personally, I'm picky with my horse's care and want nothing but the best. That's what my goal is to provide you with.
I spent a year working on obtaining my Equine Massage Therapy License through Langley Equine Studies Massage College. Learning how each muscle is intertwined with each other, and everything affects something else in the body even if its small. Covering each system in the body, bones, muscles, conformation and how to work each muscle to create releases that help horses improve.
Along with receiving my Equine Massage Therapy Certificate from Langley Equine Studies, I am certified under the National Board of Certification for Animal Acupressure and Massage and have my license from Washington State Department of Health.
I work in Swedish massage, acupressure points and manual manipulation of the muscles. I use just my hands and let the horse tells me where they need to go.