EFT Tapping for Riders & Horses

Because your energy becomes your horse’s experience.

Horses are master empaths - they read you long before you ever pick up the reins. When we’re calm and grounded, they soften and connect. When we’re anxious, distracted, or holding emotional residue, they feel it too.

If you’ve ever struggled with anxiety or nerves in the saddle, fear after a fall, pressure to perform, inability to connect with your horse, or that frustrating sense that your horse is mirroring your stress, you’re not alone.

EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) - also known as tapping - can help both you and your horse release emotional blocks, regulate your nervous systems, and rediscover the trust, ease, and joy that makes the experience fun and rewarding for both of you.

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“The horse responds to what you feel long before it responds to what you ask.”

- Anonymous

How EFT Tapping Helps Riders (and Their Horses)

  • Calms performance anxiety before rides, lessons, or competitions
  • Processes fear, trauma, or grief after a fall or difficult event
  • Releases perfectionism, pressure, and self-criticism that block progress
  • Regulates your nervous system so your horse can relax and trust you
  • Deepens bond and communication through emotional congruence
  • Supports horses directly through gentle tapping or surrogate sessions

When you shift your internal state, your horse feels it.EFT Tapping gives you a practical tool for both of you to return to balance.

“When you regulate your nervous system, you give your horse permission to believe the world is safe.”

My Approach: A Balanced Partnership Begins With You

Every horse–human relationship is an energetic partnership. Your horse can only feel as safe as you do.

This is why I don’t work with the horse alone - because it’s unfair (and often ineffective) to clear a horse’s anxiety, trauma, or fear while the rider is still holding irritation, tension, guilt, or self-doubt.

When we calm and balance your nervous system first, your horse naturally releases energetic tension and anxiety. Then we tap on the horse - from a place of mutual calm, presence, and trust to allow them to process their own blocks or fears.

How We Can Work Together

You can choose from several ways to support your horse–rider partnership.

Individual EFT Sessions for Riders

Process fear, anxiety, or emotional residue that interferes with your confidence. Sessions with riders available virtually or in person.

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Horse + Rider Sessions

We work together with you and your horse, addressing a specific issue or event and the emotional feedback loop between you both. Sessions with horses are held in person.

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Custom Confidence & Connection Plans

Designed for show prep, competition days, post-fall recovery, or strengthening the emotional bond between you and your horse over time.

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Your Horse Benefits as Much as You Do When Emotional Tension Lifts

As you release your stress, self-doubt, and anxiety, your horse finally feels the safety and clarity they’ve been seeking from you all along.

Through EFT sessions that include your horse directly or through surrogate tapping, horses often show profound shifts - sometimes immediately, sometimes gradually - as their nervous systems reset and trust is restored.

What You’ll Gain

  • A calmer, more connected presence in and out of the saddle
  • Confidence that feels natural - not forced or hypervigilant
  • Release from fear, frustration, guilt, or self-criticism
  • A horse who feels less anxious and mirrors your peace instead of your pressure
  • Tools to regulate your emotions anywhere - in the barn, trailer, or show ring
  • Relief from specific issues or fears that are holding you back

What Your Horse Will Gain

  • A calmer, steadier energy - less startle, spook, or tension
  • Improved focus and responsiveness under saddle
  • Softer eyes, looser muscles, and deeper breathing
  • Emotional releases such as licking, yawning, or sighing during sessions
  • Renewed trust and willingness in your partnership
  • Relief from mirroring your stress - replaced with connection and peace When both you and your horse feel safe, present, and emotionally balanced, everything changes - communication flows, learning becomes joyful, and the ride feels effortless again.
  • Behavior improvement and relief from specific issues stemming from stressful experiences

When both you and your horse feel safe, present, and emotionally balanced, everything changes - communication flows, learning becomes joyful, and the ride feels effortless again.

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“You can’t fake calm around a horse. They’ll always show you what your body’s been hiding.”

-Jen DeMarco

Case Studies: Real Stories of Transformation

Each horse-rider pair carries a unique story - moments of fear, breakthroughs of trust, and the quiet healing that happens when both hearts come back into sync.

In these case studies, you’ll read about riders who:

  • Overcame fear after serious falls and rediscovered joy in the saddle
  • Helped anxious or “spooky” horses find calm through their own emotional regulation
  • Released years of self-doubt and perfectionism that once blocked true partnership
  • Experienced profound connection after working through grief, trauma, or performance pressure

These are real examples of what becomes possible when human and horse heal together - not through force, but through presence, compassion, and emotional freedom.

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“When you regulate your nervous system, you give your horse permission to believe the world is safe.”

Bring Peace Back to Your Ride

Whether you ride for joy, competition, or healing, EFT can help you and your horse move together in harmony - grounded, attuned, and free.

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