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by Mary Debono
Do you want to create a life of movement, connection, and well-being for you and your animals? Whether you’re an equestrian, a dog lover, or both, this podcast is for you! In Easier Movement, Happier Life: For You, Your Horses & Dogs, Feldenkrais® teacher, international clinician, and bestselling author Mary Debono shares insights, tips, and techniques to help you improve movement, mindset, and connection for yourself and your animals. Each week, we explore topics like body awareness, flexibility, and balance, focusing on how these elements impact both you and your horse or dog. We’ll dive into how anxiety and tension affect both species and share gentle strategies to promote relaxation, confidence, and well-being for everyone involved. Your thoughts and emotions influence not only your own body but also your animal’s. That’s why we’ll also explore emotional awareness, mindset, and intuition, helping you build a deeper, more harmonious relationship with your horse or dog. Whether you’re helping your horse become more balanced and fluid or supporting your dog’s mobility and comfort, this podcast will provide the tools to nurture a thriving connection with your animal, improving their quality of life—and yours. Mary brings over 30 years of experience to help you and your animals live with greater ease, joy, and connection.
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- 3 days ago12 min
What Do You Believe About Aging?
Send Mary a message Our culture has a lot to say about aging, and most of it undersells what's actually possible. For you and for your horses and dogs. In this episode, I challenge the story most of us have absorbed about inevitable decline and share why your capacity for change is far greater than you've been led to believe. The foundation most movement advice skips turns out to be the most important part. If you've ever wondered whether things really have to get harder as you and your ho...
- 1 weeks ago13 min
Why Debono Moves Might Not Be Right for You
Send Mary a message Why does improving your own movement and awareness matter when helping your horse or dog? In this episode, I share why the human side of this work is not optional. After a conversation with a horse owner who wanted to learn “just the techniques” without exploring her own awareness or movement, I realized this distinction needed its own episode. Debono Moves is not about memorizing protocols or mechanically following steps. It’s a responsive, co-creative process that depen...
- 2 weeks ago10 min
How to Support Your Aging Dog
Send Mary a message Whether your dog is aging, recovering from surgery, or simply deserves the best foundation possible, this episode explores how gentle hands-on support can help reduce tension, improve movement, and create greater ease, confidence, and well-being. 💫 Key Takeaways Many dogs develop habitual movement patterns and compensations that now create unnecessary strain.Gentle hands-on support can help the nervous system feel safe enough to release chronic muscular tension.Last...
- 3 weeks ago9 min
Slow Is Smooth, Smooth Is Fast: A Simple Practice for You and Your Animals
Send Mary a message Autopilot is efficient, until it isn't. Most of us move through our days holding unnecessary tension, shortchanging our breath, and repeating patterns that work against us. Our horses and dogs do the same. But there's one concept that can begin to shift all of it: slow is smooth, smooth is fast. In this episode, Mary explores how slowing down and doing smaller movements opens the door to self-awareness, and why that awareness is the foundation for healthier movement, bett...
- May 5, 202616 min
The Smarter Way to Help a Stiff or Uneven Horse
Send Mary a message Trying to “fix” stiffness, crookedness, or other movement issues often creates more guarding. In this episode, learn why physically supporting what your horse already does can help the nervous system feel safe, release habitual tension, improve movement, and deepen trust. Applying this concept can change your relationship with your horse. I hope you give this episode a listen. Resources: 💥Learn how the Feldenkrais MethodⓇ can help improve your seat, position,...
- Apr 28, 202612 min
Are You Trying Too Hard to Help Your Dog?
Send Mary a message What if your strong desire to help your dog is making it harder to help them? It sounds counterintuitive, but when we become attached to a specific outcome, we often bring hidden effort, worry, and mental rigidity into the interaction. And your dog feels all of it. In this episode, I explore why caring deeply is not the problem, but gripping tightly to a predetermined result often is. In this episode, I discuss: Why attachment to specific outcomes narrows your thinkingWha...
- Apr 20, 20269 min
What You're Missing When Your Horse Relaxes
Send Mary a message If you've spent any time in the horse world, you've probably been taught to watch for releases — the yawning, blinking, eye-rolling, and head-dropping that signal your horse is relaxing. But what if chasing those moments is actually getting in your way? In this episode, Mary digs into why relaxation alone — even genuine relaxation — is only half of what your horse's nervous system needs. Drawing on a relatable human example (that stubborn tension at the base of your neck?...
- Apr 7, 202611 min
Stop Trying to Fix What's Wrong (And What to Do Instead)
Send Mary a message What if the starting point for real change wasn't finding what's wrong, but finding what's already right? In this episode, Mary reflects on a critique of self-help culture by author Tim Ferriss, who observed that to continually improve yourself, you must continually locate the ways you are broken. Mary explains why the Feldenkrais MethodⓇ and Debono Moves take a fundamentally different path. Rather than searching for dysfunction, this work begins with ease. For people, th...
About Easier Movement, Happier Life
Do you want to create a life of movement, connection, and well-being for you and your animals? Whether you’re an equestrian, a dog lover, or both, this podcast is for you! In Easier Movement, Happier Life: For You, Your Horses & Dogs, Feldenkrais® teacher, international clinician, and bestselling author Mary Debono shares insights, tips, and techniques to help you improve movement, mindset, and connection for yourself and your animals. Each week, we explore topics like body awareness, flexibility, and balance, focusing on how these elements impact both you and your horse or dog. We’ll dive into how anxiety and tension affect both species and share gentle strategies to promote relaxation, confidence, and well-being for everyone involved. Your thoughts and emotions influence not only your own body but also your animal’s. That’s why we’ll also explore emotional awareness, mindset, and intuition, helping you build a deeper, more harmonious relationship with your horse or dog. Whether you’re helping your horse become more balanced and fluid or supporting your dog’s mobility and comfort, this podcast will provide the tools to nurture a thriving connection with your animal, improving their quality of life—and yours. Mary brings over 30 years of experience to help you and your animals live with greater ease, joy, and connection.
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