inspiration & Insight
By Jed Heneberry
ABMP Assistant Editor | jed@abmp.com
A Horse of a Different Color
Jessica Wahlert
painted Jackie
Gantner's horse
Peanut (pictured
below) with sidewalk
chalk to create a living,
breathing muscle chart
to help demonstrate
the bodywork she
does at Jessica's
Equine Wellness in
Eaton, Colorado.
"It brings the muscles off of a page and gives the most lifelike
vision to all those memorized words in your head," Wahlert says. "You
can watch the horse walk, see which muscles are being used, and
associate that visual memory with your stored word bank. Seeing these
muscles move makes it easier to watch any horse move, because
you immediately refer back to the different colors and sections."
No horses were harmed in the making of this muscle chart.
In fact, Peanut liked it. "He really relaxed while we painted
him," Wahlert says. "He seemed as though he was receiving
a massage, with a droopy lip and everything."
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Contact Wahlert at jessicasequinewellness@yahoo.com.
