Denise Bean, owner of "Exclusive Equestrian Services," was privileged to attend the Royal Mounted Canadian Police Department's dinner reception held in Topsfield, MA on October 8, 2008. She was thoroughly impressed with the officers' performance, as well as their good nature. It was an honor to meet and dine with them. She wishes them well on the rest of their tour.

Denise is pleased to formally announce that her book titled, "The Illustrated Guide to Holistic Care for Horses." will be globally released and available for purchase in February 2009. A schedule of book signing appearances will be posted on her site www.exclusiveequestrianservices.com.

She would like to take a moment to welcome all of her clients from Canterbrook Equestrian Center in Hamilton, MA and JettsetEndevers Show Horses in Norwell, MA. It is wonderful to work with such a fine group of horses and owners.

Author Denise Bean, owner of "Exclusive Equestrian Services", an equine alternative therapy practice, offering equine acupressure therapy and equine massage therapy, is pleased to formally announce that Quarry Books/Rockport Publications has signed her to author an equine therapy book. The publication discusses holistic care for horses. Equine massage, equine acupressure, equine stretching, equine exercise and equine herbal remedies are among the topics that are included in the publication. Writing is complete and the book is due out in February 2009. For more information please visit www.exclusiveequestrianservices.com

Denise Bean, owner of Exclusive Equestrian Services , warmly welcomes all of her new clients from Green Castle Farms in Georgetown, MA, and Birchmere Farms in Georgetown, MA. She is thrilled to be able to offer her equine massage and equine acupressure therapies to such a wonderful group of horses and equally as grateful to have so many wonderful owners supporting her equine alternative therapy practice!

Denise would like to thank all of the many souls that stopped by to visit her at her booth at the Equine Expo and Paraphernalia Sale held in April at the Topsfield Fairgrounds. She had an extremely busy day meeting new clients and reconnecting with familiar faces!

Denise is proud to announce that her manuscript for her holistic health care guide for horses is now complete! Quayside Publishing Group will be releasing her book in February 2009. Be sure to visit her website, www.exclusiveequestrianservices.com, for updates regarding book ordering and book signings.

Alternative therapies, such as massage, are some of the first forms of healing, with records dating back over 5,000 years. A true test that the therapies are effective is that they are still in use today throughout the world. Exclusive Equestrian Services brings the benefits of massage therapy and acupressure therapy to equines through Denise Bean, a certified equine massage therapist and acupressure therapist.

Sports massage therapy is incredible beneficial to horses, due to the fact that sixty percent of a horse’s body weight is skeletal muscle. With so much muscle, horses develop difficulties such as pain, tightness and knots, which prevent them from performing their best. Massage therapy relives stress and tension and keeps the muscles loose and working, to not only improve performance, but to reduce the chance of injury. Other benefits of massage are that it lengthens connective tissue, which increases range of motion, it prevents the buildup of lactic acid, which causes fatigue, and it increases blood flow. Massage benefits injured horses by increasing circulation, which promotes healing, and reducing inflammation in joints to relive pain. Denise notes that Western medicine and Eastern medicine (Alternative Therapy) should be used in conjunction. The veterinarian should be the first professional to be contacted if a horse is ill or injured.

Another alternative therapy that Exclusive Equestrian Services provides is Acupressure Therapy, a non-invasive healing art that uses the practitioner’s touch to stimulate acu-points, which is turn stimulates the body to heal itself. Acupressure is an asset in treating arthritis, muscle soreness, anxiety and digestive problems. It also improves the immune system and is a great preventative therapy.

Because Denise is a state licensed hunt seat riding instructor, nationally certified by the American Riding Instructor’s Association, she has the unique ability to visually detect movement issues and performance related problems that arise in horses. She is then able to treat the horse accordingly, providing the best results for your equine partner.

Exclusive Equestrian Services provides barn and show calls, furnishing pre-event, post-event and maintenance massage and acupressure treatments.

Denise is also available for clinics, lectures and demonstrations. Quarry Publications has signed Denise to author an equine book that discusses holistic health care for horses. She is currently writing the manuscript. The book is due out in February 2009.

Alternative therapies are an invaluable tool for every horse, whether competing, injured or a companion that deserves the best. For further information, call 978-828-1974.

Alternative therapies, such as massage, are some of the first forms of healing, with records dating back over 5,000 years. A true test that the therapies are effective is that they are still in use today throughout the world. Exclusive Equestrian Services brings the benefits of massage therapy and acupressure therapy to equines through Denise Bean, a certified equine massage therapist and acupressure therapist.

Sports massage therapy is incredible beneficial to horses, due to the fact that sixty percent of a horse’s body weight is skeletal muscle. With so much muscle, horses develop difficulties such as pain, tightness and knots, which prevent them from performing their best. Massage therapy relives stress and tension and keeps the muscles loose and working, to not only improve performance, but to reduce the chance of injury. Other benefits of massage are that it lengthens connective tissue, which increases range of motion, it prevents the buildup of lactic acid, which causes fatigue, and it increases blood flow. Massage benefits injured horses by increasing circulation, which promotes healing, and reducing inflammation in joints to relive pain. Denise notes that Western medicine and Eastern medicine (Alternative Therapy) should be used in conjunction. The veterinarian should be the first professional to be contacted if a horse is ill or injured.

Another alternative therapy that Exclusive Equestrian Services provides is Acupressure Therapy, a non-invasive healing art that uses the practitioner’s touch to stimulate acu-points, which is turn stimulates the body to heal itself. Acupressure is an asset in treating arthritis, muscle soreness, anxiety and digestive problems. It also improves the immune system and is a great preventative therapy.

Because Denise is a state licensed hunt seat riding instructor, nationally certified by the American Riding Instructor’s Association, she has the unique ability to visually detect movement issues and performance related problems that arise in horses. She is then able to treat the horse accordingly, providing the best results for your equine partner.

Exclusive Equestrian Services provides barn and show calls, furnishing pre-event, post-event and maintenance massage and acupressure treatments.

Denise is also available for clinics, lectures and demonstrations. Quarry Publications has signed Denise to author an equine book that discusses holistic health care for horses. She is currently writing the manuscript. The book is due out in February 2009.

Alternative therapies are an invaluable tool for every horse, whether competing, injured or a companion that deserves the best. For further information, call 978-828-1974.

Denise Bean, owner of "Exclusive Equestrian Services", is pleased to announce that she has been invited to be a guest on the weekly Internet radio show Animal Talk Naturally. This show discusses various holistic means concerning care for our animals. Denise will be talking about "Equine Massage Therapy". The show aired on Tuesday, November 06, 2007. Please visit www.exclusiveequestrianservices.com to listen to the program. Thank you and stay well!!

Denise Bean, owner of Exclusive Equestrian Services, is pleased to announce that despite the heat...and the rain, her equine massage/acupressure therapy booth at the Fidelity Jumper Classic Horse Show proved to be a success! She would like to commend all of the faithful patrons that came out despite the weather conditions. She is greatly looking forward to next year! Denise would also like to extend heartfelt congratulations to her long-time student, Jill Ritchie, on her 2nd place finish at the BTA/BOLT horse show. This was Jill's first effort in the show ring, and she and her mount, It's My Turn, affectionately known around the barn as "Lieutenant" could not have had a better showing!

April 2007 was an extremely busy month for Exclusive Equestrian Services. Denise Bean held an Equine Massage Therapy clinic at Twisdenwood Farm in Georgetown, Massachusetts, performed an Equine Massage Therapy demonstration at the Equine Expo and Paraphernalia Sale in Topsfield, Massachusetts, hosted an Equine Acupressure Therapy Clinic at Littlehorse Farm in North Andover, Massachusetts, and performed an Equine Massage Therapy demonstration at Senator Bell Farm in Chester, New Hampshire. Denise would like to thank all of the wonderful volunteers ( human, horse and donkey!! ) that assisted with all of these events. All were quite successful!!

Denise Bean of Exclusive Equestrian Services offered an Equine Sports Massage Therapy clinic on November 18, 06 at Littlehorse Farm in North Andover, Massachusetts, owned by Joyce Mckew. The clinic included a lecture and demonstration. It discussed various aspects of equine massage therapy including the history of massage, muscle components, muscle function, muscle issues, reasons/benefits of massage, muscle locations on a horse, massage strokes, massage sequence, and basic strokes for horse owners. It proved to be quite a success with many local horse owners in attendance. Another clinic discussing Equine Acupressure Therapy is going to be offered late winter/early spring 2007. The date for this clinic will be posted on the website at www.exclusiveequestrianservices.com.

North Andover-Call her the antidote to your horse’s Charlie Horse. Denise Bean , 32, of Exclusive Equestrian Services spends her days rubbing out the aches and pains of 1,000-pound clients. Trained in both horse massage and acupressure, Bean has the remedy for a variety of equine maladies.

We caught up with her at her home base, the barn at little horse Farm off Boxford Street.

When did you know you wanted to work with horses? I’ve been passionate about horses my entire life. I can recall being a toddler and wanting to learn how to ride horse. I’ve been riding and competing for 27 years now.

Are horse massage and acupressure new therapies? They’ve become really popular over the past 10 years. As people started taking better care of themselves and loaded to alternative therapies, they did the same for their animals. But horse massage isn’t anything new. The process itself dates back some 5000 years. It’s very well documented during the Renaissance.

How long does it take to massage a horse? A good massage takes about 1 ½ hours. Acupressure treatments vary anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes.

Is it hard to do? It’s a very physical job. I do weight training, cardio, yoga and Pilates to stay in shape. My strength helps theirs.

What ailments can you treat? Arthritis, muscle spasms, adhesions, inflammation, chronic pain and diseases. It stimulates proper organ function and helps build the immune system.

What’s the best compliment you can get from a horse? If he falls asleep, that means he trusts me and he’s been open to the treatment. Unlike humans, horses aren’t guarded. They let you know what they like and what they don’t.

Are there any occupational hazards? Oh yeah. Sometimes the horses will try to bite you or kick you. And massage and acupressure both stimulate bodily functions, so I always have to be careful near their hind ends.

How do people react when you tell them what you do? People are generally very, very curious, very intrigued. Then, their next question is usually, “Do you do people, too”’ And I have to say, “No.” A woman recently asked me if my services could help her quit smoking. I had to laugh.

-- Jill Harmacinski

Alternative therapies, such as massage, are some of the first forms of healing, with records dating back over 5,000 years. A true test that the therapies are effective is that they are still in use today throughout the world. Exclusive Equestrian Services brings the benefits of massage therapy and acupressure therapy to equines through Denise Bean, a certified equine massage therapist and acupressure therapist.

Sports massage therapy is incredible beneficial to horses, due to the fact that sixty percent of a horse’s body weight is skeletal muscle. With so much muscle, horses develop difficulties such as pain, tightness and knots, which prevent them from performing their best. Massage therapy relives stress and tension and keeps the muscles loose and working, to not only improve performance, but to reduce the chance of injury. Other benefits of massage are that it lengthens connective tissue, which increases range of motion, it prevents the buildup of lactic acid, which causes fatigue, and it increases blood flow. Massage benefits injured horses by increasing circulation, which promotes healing, and reducing inflammation in joints to relive pain. Denise notes that Western medicine and Eastern medicine (alternative Therapy) should be used in conjunction. The veterinarian should be the first professional to be contacted if a horse is ill or injured.

Another alternative therapy that Exclusive Equestrian Services provides is Acupressure Therapy, a non-invasive healing art that uses the practitioner’s touch to stimulate acu-points, which is turn stimulates the body to heal itself. Acupressure is an asset in treating arthritis, muscle soreness, anxiety and digestive problems. It also improves the immune system and is a great preventative therapy.

Because Denise is a state licensed hunt seat riding instructor, nationally certified by the American Riding Instructor’s Association, she has the unique ability to visually detect movement issues and performance related problems that arise in horses. She is then able to treat the horse accordingly, providing the best results for your equine partner.

Exclusive Equestrian Services provides barn and show calls, providing pre-event or post event massage and acupressure treatment. Denise is also available for clinics. Alternative therapies are an invaluable tool for every horse, whether competing, injured or a companion that deserves the best.

Things have been busy for licensed equine massage therapist, licensed equine acupressure therapist, and freelance trainer Denise Bean. First, Denise and her horse have been selected to be in SmartPak’s spring catalog. She will also be featured in the Spotlight Section of the International Association of Animal Massage and Bodywork newsletter. And to top it off, Denise will have a massage and acupressure booth at Groton House and Fidelity Jumper classic this summer. For more, contact Exclusive Equestrian Services at 978-828-1974 or visit ww.exclusiveequestrianservices.com.

Dense Bean, a certified equine massage therapist and licensed riding instructor, will be leading a 25 minute demonstration over lunch describing equine massage and the types of strokes that are used. She will also cover the benefits of massage and perform a few sequences on a horse, targeting the most common sore areas that she encounters on a daily basis in her work.

Denise has 25 years of experience with horses at her Equine Sports Massage Therapy practice. She is also a Massachusetts licensed riding instructor, who is certified nationally by the American Riding Instructor’s Association. Observing horses working in lessons with various horse and rider combinations allows her to visually detect various movement issues, confirmation flaws and performance related problems that arise consistently in horses. Denise specializes in teaching Hung Seat riding. She has an extensive record competing and showing horses that spans over 20 years. She is certified in and practices Equine Sports Massage Therapy, where she travels from barn to barn and provides treatments. Her certification programs were completed at Round Hill, Virginia and also in Denver, Colorado. She is currently completing a certification in Equine Acupressure Therapy through a program based out of the Animal Acupressure massage training Center in Nevada City, California and she will be offering those treatments in the near future. Denise is a firm believer that it is vitally important to continuously educate oneself, and as a result travel throughout the US to attend various clinics and seminars that discuss equine business, equine health, equine training, etc. She will be conduction clinics this year discussing the topics of Equine Massage and Equine Acupressure.

And speaking of equine massage therapy, trainer Denise Bean has become certified in Equine Sports Massage Therapy, She is also currently completing her certification in Equine Acupressure Therapy and will be adding that to her practice in the near future. Denise’s business is called Exclusive Equestrian Services and she is based out of Littlehorse Farm in North Andover, Mass. If you would like more information about Denise or her practice, visit: www.exclusiveequestrianservices.com.

Denise Bean, a Massachusetts Licensed instructor (Specializing in hunters) and a certified American Riding Instructor’s Association hunt seat instructor, is pleased to announce that she has become certified in Equine Sports Massage Therapy and is now offering treatments. She is currently completing her certification in equine acupressure therapy and will be adding that to her practice in the near future.

Denise’s business is called Exclusive Equestrian Services. She is based out of Littlehorse Farm in North Andover Massachusetts, and travels throughout the state, as well as New England, to offer her services. If you would like more information about Denise or her practice you may go to www. Exclusiveequestrianservices.com or call her business line at 978-828-1974

“SmartPak has revolutionized supplement feeding- it was a concept that the equine community has needed for some time. SmartPak is quite reasonable in their pricing, and they sell consistently top quality products. Ordering and updating is simple and convenient. It has been and continues to be a pleasurable experience to buy product from such a company. It inspires me to see SmartPak growing so rapidly. I recommend SmartPak to all of my clients who feed supplements to their horses.”

-Denise Bean and “It’s My Turn”