Lazaris Nerve
Release Technique™
CERTIFIED PRACTITIONERS
Lazaris Nerve Release Technique ™ is a proprietary training created by Celeste Lazaris centered around releasing nerve compressions within the horse with a specific focus on the brachial plexus and lumbosacral plexus.
Common Symptoms Alleviated:
Head Shaking Syndrome
Lack of Locking Carpal Joints (Becoming Over at the Knee)
Locking Stifle
Cross-Firing
Undiagnosed Lameness
Thoracic Sling Dysfunction
Topline Syndrome
Dangerous Behaviors
Spooky Behavior
Chronic Anxiety
Search the directory of Nerve Release Practitioners below to find support in your area! Distance Sessions available here.
United States
Alexandra Liss Baigas
Dalton, Georgia
Lifelong ride and USHJA Certified Trainer. Alexandra ran a holistic boarding, training, lessons, and showing business for 10 years and specialized in re-schooling horses. In 2021, she became certified in PEMF and completed the Lazaris Nerve Release Training in Fall of 2022.
Travels to GA (Northwest to Atlanta), Alabama (Northeast), Tennessee (Southeast)
Kym Ferguson
Monroe, North Carolina
Hunter, jumper and equitation trainer/rider for the past 20 years. Specializes in strengthening sport horses through training and adding relevant exercises to keep them looking their best in the arena.
Available for travel within a couple hours of the Charlotte, NC area.
Chloe Lansing
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Chloe has been an equine bodyworker since 2017, integrating a variety of modalities in sessions including myofascial release, craniosacral, sports massage, nerve impingement release, MagnaWave (PEMF) & cold laser.
Travels up to 2 hours away for groups within Iowa. Haul-in appointments available in Mount Vernon, IA. Travels to West Palm Beach and Port Saint Lucie, FL. as well as Chicago, IL.
Heather Reinhart
Tigard, Oregon
Impassioned and fulfilled by helping our equine partners, Heather became a certified equine body worker by the Equine Natural Movement School in 2017 and since continuously looks for healing modalities.
Working within 1 hour of Tigard, Oregon. Outside of one hour will require 4-5 appointments at the same location.
Hannah Christian Post
North Georgia
Hannah uses modalities such as myofascial release, craniosacral therapy, Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMF), and Lazaris Technique Nerve Release.
Inquire for travel availability.
Meg Eades
Athens, Georgia
Meg has 35 years of professional experience with horses in multiple disciplines, with a common theme of improving connection and communication. Level one training in Masterson and Equine Structural Integration.
Available to travel anywhere to offer nerve release sessions in general area. Number of sessions required varies depending on distance and lodging.
Sue Lomenzo
Jonesborough, Tennesse
Sue combines craniosacral therapy, BTMM/nerve release, myofascial release, Masterson Equine massage and reiki. Beyond traditional equine massage, her work provides deeper way of tuning into the source of issues to help the horse release tension, trauma, and rebalance and realign.
Service area includes eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina, upstate South Carolina, Southern Virginia, and occasionally Charlotte, NC.
Robin E. Smith, DVM
Charlotte, North Carolina
"Dr. Robin", as she is affectionately called owns and operates her Equine practice, Yellowhorse Mobile Veterinary Service. She can approach a problem from the veterinary (science) side but equally as a "horsewoman." She feels strongly that physical dysfunction often has much deeper roots when you start peeling back the layers.
Available to tag-team with fellow Nerve Release practitioners in the North Carolina area.
Jamie Lyn Robbins
Benton City, Washington
ICU Registered Nurse, PEMF Pulse Centers Human and Equine Certified, also canines, swine, and cattle. Certified Double J Saddlery Saddle Fitter. 30+ years in Dressage/Show Jumping/Hunters/ Eventing and 5 years Barrel Racing. Extensive experience handling foals, OTTB/QH, and Stallions.
Available for travel throughout the PNW.
Will Friday
Topanga, California
Will Friday is a Masterson Method Certified Practitioner and Instructor, a Legacy Equine Nutrition Advisor and trained in Balance Through Movement Method Nerve Release. Will works with horse owners and trainers to help horses of all breeds, disciplines and backgrounds improve comfortable rage of motion and performance.
Available for travel throughout Southern California.
will@performanceequinebodywork.com
Frances Carbonnel
Castle Rock, Colorado
Frances has been teaching biomechanically correct riding to optimize equine performance potential for 40 years. She is a USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medalist as well as one of the founders of Western Dressage of America. She came to BTMM for answers to elusive soundness and training issues no one else had insight into.
Karen Laidley, DVM
Central Oregon
Karen is a Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine graduate and an avid dressage and 3-day eventing competitor. She utilizes farrier and saddle-fitting knowledge in combination with riding skills, veterinary training and experiences to evaluate horses in a unique and holistic way. She surrounds herself with a diverse team of experts to collaboratively problem-solve and create lasting solutions for equine partners and their people, all in a positive and constructive environment.
Available for travel in and around Central Oregon.
Marci Voorhees
Salem, Oregon
Marci focuses on releasing imbalanced emotions and tension patterns to help horses feel better in their bodies. She is a graduate of Northwest School of Animal Massage in equine acupressure based in Traditional Chinese Medicine concepts. She uses a unique combination of modalities including acupressure, myofascial release, Lazarus nerve release technique, emotional release via the meridian system and Reiki.
Shelly Callaghan
Bend, Oregon
Shelly is a second generation horseman with 45 years of experience including eventing, dressage, show jumping, western pleasure and trail. Listening to horses and being curious has led me to 25 years in high performance barefoot trimming, MS in Traditional Chinese Medicine, certified Magnawave practitioner, and Balance Through Movement Method Lazarus nerve release.
Available for travel.
April Wilson
Redmond, Oregon
April is a lifelong horse enthusiast, owner, and rider. She has dedicated 35 years to the veterinary field as a certified veterinary technician working with a variety of species, included horses.
Her focus is now on equine bodywork with certifications in Equine Massage and Acupressure through NWSAM and the Lazaris Nerve Release Technique. Her goal with each session is to ease equine discomfort through the release of muscle tension, opening a pathway to a settled mind
and improved quality of life.
Kalpana R. Meece
Canton, Georgia
Kalpana is an equine bodyworker and certified equine Pulse Centers Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMF) practitioner. Various modalities and hands-on techniques including myofascial release, PEMF, Equine Hanna Somatics, & the BTMM Lazaris Nerve Release Technique are used to encourage the release of tension patterns in the body and invite horses to explore more functional postures and patterns of movement. Strong focus on nervous system regulation and horse/human connection. PEMF sessions for humans and canines are also offered.
Available to travel for multiple horses/locations.
Sara Sammons, DVM
Molalla, OR
Dr. Sammons is an equine veterinarian that owns and operates Lavender Equine Rehabilitation and Veterinary Services in Oregon, USA. She became an Equine Internal Medicine specialist after a residency program that focused on internal medicine and lameness. Combining her internal medicine knowledge with her certifications in chiropractic, acupuncture, rehabilitation, and the Lazaris Nerve Release Technique, she offers complete and holistic examination and treatment of the horse at every visit incorporating diet, tack fit, environment, shoeing, soundness, posture, conformation, and overall health.
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Lisa Weiss
Pocahontas, IL
Lisa specializes in training performance horses while addressing individual issues, utilizing a holistic approach based on equine psychology, physiology, and biomechanics. She continually evolves as a competent partner to her horses on the ground and in the saddle allowing her to better read, understand, attend and facilitate each horse's physical, mental, and emotional development. Lisa combines BTMM, Lazaris Technique Nerve Release & her Class IV Laser into her program to maximize her horse's comfort and performance.
Available for travel throughout south central Illinois & St. Louis, MO.
Mandy Hawkins
Pacific, MO
Mandy is a lifelong equestrian with a background in hunter/jumpers and natural horsemanship. After working at a rehab barn for 12 years, she began searching for ways to help the rehabilitation process. Mandy is certified in equine massage and is an Equi-Tape practitioner. She uses a variety of modalities in addition, including myofascial release and Masterson Method.
Available to work within 1-2 hours of St. Louis, MO, and will travel further for groups of 4 or more.
Tracey Westegaard-Gunlogson, DVM
Clarkfield, MN
Tracey is a mixed animal veterinarian in the upper Midwest with a passion for horses and a special interest in podiatry, dentistry, and biomechanics. In addition to practicing conventional veterinary medicine, she does Lazaris Nerve Release, craniosacral, energy healing, nutrition, and horse-keeping consulting. She feels a whole-horse approach is the only approach to addressing concerns and solving problems. Tracey has the advantage of being able to see the horse as a veterinarian, horsewoman, equine bodyworker, and intuitive.
Available in the upper Midwest but open to any travel requests, collaborations, and events.
Danielle Crowell
Nova Scotia, Canada
Danielle considers herself a horse-first equestrian with a human-first approach. She is a registered 500-hour Yoga Teacher, Pilates Instructor, and Personal Trainer. Danielle is also a certified Life Coach and Girl's Self-Esteem Coach™, studying to become an NLP practitioner, and most recently, she is a Lazaris Nerve Release Technique™ certified practitioner. Her desire to combine human and equine methodologies came from her own struggles with her horses and the need to connect with her own mind and body before she could expect her horses to connect with theirs. Danielle understands that in order to help our horses, we must also help ourselves. She is proud to be able to offer a combination of human and equine services to clients to help build a thriving partnership.
Claudia Ettlin
Andalucia, Spain
Claudia is a certified equine osteopath, human physiotherapist and Lazaris Nerve Release Practitioner. She specializes in treating dysfunctional patterns in the biomechanics of both horse and rider with manual and movement therapy to create sustainable alignment.
Service area also includes Switzerland, Southern Germany and Alsace, France.
Bérénice Roussel
Loir et Cher, France
Bérénice is a lifelong horse lover. Her passion is to help horses find balance and comfort for them as well as at work and under saddle. Dressage and jumping rider, she is a licensed trainer and runs a training center and boarding place in the middle of France (North Loir et Cher). She always wants to learn new skills because "when we know better, we do better."
Available for travel in and around France (minimum 4/5 horses depending on the distance)
Victoria Hautmann, DVM
Munich, Germany
Victoria is a Veterinarian specialized in Chiropractic, Osteopathy, and Acupuncture. She is also a Lazaris Nerve Release Practitioner who feels passionate about helping horses feel more comfortable in their own body and to move in a healthy way without pain. Therefore, she supports both horse and owner in the process of rehabilitation.
Available to travel for a minimum of 5 horses depending on the distance.
Kirsty Rawden
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK
Kirsty qualified as a Veterinary Physiotherapist in 2015 and believes in taking a holistic approach to treating and improving the welfare of horses. She utilises energy work, manual techniques, groundwork and electrotherapies (Laser/ PEMF/ therapeutic ultrasound) in her sessions to optimise results and help reducate movement and posture. Kirsty enjoys competing in eventing, dressage and working equitation.
Based in West Yorkshire. Willing to travel outside the area for 4 or more horses (travel charges may apply)
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Leona Boeck (Böck), DVM
Austria
Leona is an Equine Veterinarian, Animal Chiropractor, Bodyworker and Lazaris Nerve Release Practitioner from Austria, Europe. She grew up breeding and showing arabian sport horses. Leona has a passion for rehabilitation, improving soundness and overall life quality in horses.
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Johanna Janatuinen
Espoo, Finland
Johanna is a licensed physiotherapist and animal physiotherapist
working mainly with horses and riders. She's also a riding instructor
with a long background of training horses and riders. She's a Lazaris
Nerve Release Practitioner and has also studied Stecco Animal Fascial
Manipulation (levels 1 and 2). In her work she likes to use a
combination of manual and movement therapies and is passionate in
helping horses and riders feel and move better and be more comfortable
in their bodies.
Based in southern Finland, open to travel requests.
Camille del Marmol
Brussels, Belgium
Camille specializes in holistic equine wellness, blending cranio-sacral therapy, Lazaris Nerve Release Techniques, and equine massage.
Her unique approach honours the innate intelligence of the body, helping horses release tension, and achieve better health and comfort.
She is a lifelong learner, endlessly curious about the enchantment that arises when we venture beyond conventional boundaries.
Available for travel in and around Belgium.
Suz Crichton-Stuart
Clyro, Powys, Wales UK
Suz (rhymes with Buzz) blends Equine Touch, Craniosacral, energy work, Amnanda and now Lazaris Nerve Release. Also studying Equine Osteopathy at the Vluggen Institute in Germany she will graduate as an EDO in December 2024. This multifaceted approach blends the physical, emotional, environmental and spiritual to help you and your horse regain joy in movement together.
Based on the mid Welsh border and regularly working along the M4 corridor into Hampshire. Available to travel around the UK for a minimum of 5 horses.
Beccy Smith
Egremont, Cumbria, UK
Beccy is an open-minded, independent Integrative Equine Podiatrist, Lazaris Nerve Release Practitioner, Equine Facilitated Learning Practitioner and HeartMath Coach. Her passion is in helping empower horse owners and professionals to support horses in their care via evidence based and equi-centred, whole horse focused solutions and educational resources aimed at promoting ideal hoof morphology and posture.
Beccy travels throughout the UK and also offers combined equine podiatry consults and nerve release. Open to work in collaboration with other professionals in supporting the well-being of both horse, and human.
Australia
Erin Taylor, DVM
Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Erin is a small animal veterinarian and horse woman in South Australia. As a life long horse lover she was led to the BTMM Lazaris Nerve Release Technique as an avenue to help her own mare who had on-going and unresolved physical issues. She is now excited to help other horses using BTMM Lazaris Nerve Release Technique, with a strong passion for not only competition athletes but also pleasure and retired horses alike.
Available in the Adelaide Hills and surrounding areas. Open to travel requests.
Erin.mairead90@gmail.com
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Ann Maastricht, BVSC
Kilmore region, Australia
Dr. Ann Maastricht is an Equine Veterinarian that has focused solely on Veterinary Bodywork for the last 10 years. She has ridden horses since 5 years of age and has a special interest in Dressage, horsemanship, correct biomechanics, rehabilitation and finding the hidden reason for poor performance and unhappy horses. After an internship in Equine Medicine and Surgery and then General Equine Practice Ann saw Veterinary cases that General Veterinary Medicine was unable to treat and with her personal experience with horses with performance issues she became interested in Veterinary Bodywork. Ann now specialises in Chiropractic, Osteopathy, Craniosacral therapy and Acupuncture. Ann is excited to also now be offering Lazaris Nerve Release Sessions to her repertoire.
Open to travel requests.
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Felicity Davies
Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Felicity is a Horsemanship Mentor, NLP Practitioner, EFT Facilitator, Animal Communicator, Intuitive Healer, Human Design Reader, Lazaris Nerve Release Practitioner, and the host of the Equestrian Perspective Podcast. Felicity empowers horse owners with practical resources and guidance to help themselves and their horses feel more confident in ANY environment with a from-the-ground-up approach.
Available in the Adelaide Hills region in South Australia.
Interested in learning more about the Lazaris Nerve Release Technique™?
Nerve Release Self Study Course and Nerve Release Practitioner Certification
Whether you are looking to support your own horses or are looking to add Nerve Release to your professional toolbox, this comprehensive course will teach you both manual techniques and in-hand exercises to help the horse find immediate relief for nerve compression as well as extensive education around causes and preventions.
