Learn with Me: The Equine Bodywork Knowledge Network (EBKN)
Practical Knowledge. Professional Growth. Compassionate Support.
The Equine Bodywork Knowledge Network (EBKN) is a learning space designed to empower equine professionals with knowledge, tools, and real-world insight. Whether you’re seeking to expand your practice, deepen your anatomical understanding, or communicate more clearly with clients and colleagues — you’ve come to the right place
What Is EBKN?
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EBKN is the educational arm of Equine Bodyworks (EBW) and a core component of the larger Know More. Help More. initiative (KMHM). It exists to bridge the gap between formal certification and confident, compassionate practice in the field.
We support equine bodyworkers and professionals through:
- High-impact continuing education courses
- Learning materials that are practical, printable, and usable in the field
- Opportunities for reflection, refinement, and resilience
- Community events and discussions that foster peer learning and growth
This is a learning space that respects what you already know while helping you fill the gaps, evolve your understanding, and increase your ability to help horses — and their humans.
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Why EBKN Was Created
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Through her years as a bodyworker, educator, and mentor, Becky Tenges saw a pattern: brilliant equine professionals often left training programs still unsure how to integrate what they’d learned into real-world work with horses.
So she built a better way — rooted in three core beliefs:
1. Knowing more changes how we see, feel, and respond.
2. Learning never ends, especially for those who care deeply.
3. Safe, respectful spaces are essential to effective professional growth.
EBKN is where these principles come to life. It’s a knowledge network designed by a bodyworker, for bodyworkers — with heart, humor, and humanity at the center.
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Course Offerings
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Current courses are crafted to be accessible, effective, and immediately useful. They offer a blend of theory, field-tested techniques, and communication tools you can use tomorrow.
Available Now:
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Beneath the Leather: A Professional’s Guide to Tack Fit Issues
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Coming Soon:
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Palpation & Skeletal Landmarks for Equine Bodyworkers:
Build your anatomical literacy from the outside in, through landmark-based learning and targeted palpation practice. -
Deep Ventral Myofascial Kinetic Line (DVMKL):
A study of this key kinetic chain — in both horse and human — with a focused exploration of the psoas complex and diaphragm. This course helps bodyworkers identify, understand, and support imbalances in this deeply integrated line, using safe, appropriate, and non-diagnostic approaches.
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Each course includes:
- Practical learning you can apply immediately
- Downloadable resources
- Real-world examples and communication strategies
- A safe community of peers and mentors to grow alongside
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A Note From Becky
“When you speak for the horse, when you work with your hands and your heart, and when you step into another layer of learning — I want you to feel seen, supported, and equipped. That’s why EBKN exists.”
— Becky Tenges, EBKN Founder & Educator
Something to think about:
This integrative practice is rooted in one central principle:
“Follow the horse. Let them show us what needs attention — and then meet them there.”