Sensory Soundness Mapping
Unlock the Secrets of Your Horse's Mind with the World’s First Psychosensory Mapping System
Your horse’s Sensory Soundness is the foundation of everything—from performance capacity to breeding potential. What is defined by nature can now be nurtured by man. This groundbreaking Sensory Soundness Mapping service offers an unparalleled look into your horse’s psychological and sensory dynamics, providing you with a comprehensive understanding of how they interact with and perceive their world.
Discover how your horse’s sensory system functions across the six Standard Aspect Zones (SAZ) of sensitivity. This evaluation reveals the alignment and efficiency of your horse’s sensory sequence, crucial for harmonizing with their environment, mitigating emotional stress, and achieving true contentment. Receive your horse’s unique sensory mapping profile, uncover how they distribute emotional energy, identify which zones harbor stress, and so much more. Get mapped, and you’ll never see your horse the same way again!
What Will Your Mapping Reveal?
Explore these fascinating sensory mapping revelations and concepts:
- Sensory Lead Change (SLC):
SLC occurs when stimuli identified in one sensory zone are handed off to another for sequence completion. This psychological transaction is vital for maintaining harmony and fluidity in your horse’s movements.
- Psychosensory Zone Alignment:
Proper alignment of psychosensory zones with the SAZ is essential for ideal sensory soundness. Misalignment or exaggeration in any zone disrupts your horse’s ability to sustain harmony, leading to delays in SLC and increased stress.
- Individual Herd Dynamic (IHD) & Group Herd Dynamic (GHD):
IHD focuses on stimuli detected in the forward aspect (zone 1), representing the horse’s ability to direct emotional energy toward singular targets. GHD manages stimuli in zones 2 through 6, responsible for absorbing multiple stimuli simultaneously and coordinating responses within the herd structure.
- Interpretative Ratio & Cushion:
The Interpretative Ratio measures how quickly your horse processes information relative to their physical pace. The Cushion represents the mentally perceived space between your horse and external stimuli, acting as a buffer for stress. The elasticity of this Cushion is crucial for sustaining athletic efficiency and minimizing mental fatigue.
- Psychological Pace Index (PPI):
PPI assesses the duration of stress accumulation by comparing your horse’s rate of interpretation with their physical pace. It determines how long, at each gait—walk, trot, canter, gallop—your horse can filter environmental stresses before requiring a reset of mental focus to maintain efficiency.
- Sensory Sequence:
The six-part sequencing process that blends the physical world with the emotional horse:
1. Survey → 2. Orienting → 3. Investigatory → 4. Absorb → 5. Interpret → 6. Respond
- Primary & Supporting Senses:
Efficiency in each independent zone relies on two key senses: the primary sense, which leads within its zone, and the secondary sense, which supports the primary. The supporting sense acts as a bridge between zones for SLCs, serving as a natural checks-and-balances system to mitigate accumulative stressors.
- The Sensory Egg:
The Sensory Egg is the mentally perceived space where a horse “thinks” they are relative to any targeted obstacle or object. This cushion of space between mind and body functions as a mental shock absorber, with its degree of elasticity determining the horse’s ability to handle situational chaos and uncommon stresses without losing physical fluency. The Sensory Egg is a crucial component of the sensory sound horse, guiding their depth perception and emotional self-awareness.
"Horsemanship is not itself a physical action; it is the pursuit of knowledge measured by the thoughtfulness of the acts that follow. When you have a pure and sincere love for horses, your pursuit of that knowledge and desire for personal growth is limited only by the freedom you allow yourself in the pursuit of them."
—Kerry M. Thomas
Get Started Today:
Email #GetMapped to Daphne@sensorysoundness.com for booking availability and a personalized quote. Whether you’re looking for a fully comprehensive sensory mapping experience or just the basics, we will tailor this service to fit your needs.
