The Tellington Touch

I first came across The Tellington Touch when I saw  a programme on ITV called 'Talking To Animals'  The programme was fronted by Sarah Fisher, who is the uk's highest qualified Tellington Touch practitioner.  Sarah was also an old friend who I'd not seen for many years  as  we had once worked together at the National Theatre.

I got in touch with Sarah, and booked on to a two day workshop that she was teaching at Tilley Farm.   It was a wonderful weekend meeting up with Sarah again after all those years, and the work just blew me away.

 ©Photograph by kind permission of Racheal  Bunn

TTouch taught us to  look beneath the actual behaviours that an animal was exhibiting, not to make judgements, and to give  the animals every  chance to choose a different  way to be. 

It was on the two day workshop that I booked on to the Practitioner Training Clinic.  I needed to learn more!

On the Practitioner Trainings, we were taught to recognise areas of tension within an animals body,  we do this through a mixture of flat hand exploration, and observations.   The tension patterns can then be released with specific hands on TTouches, lifts and slides,  which release the tension, improve circulation and promote a greater sense of well-being.   We were also  taught to use groundwork exercises where appropriate © Photograph by  kind permission of Rachael Bunn

Ground exercises enable the dog to  over -ride old patterns of  movement and behaviour without the use of fear or force.  The ground work  improves co-ordination, co-operation, confidence, focus and self-control.

Always with TTouch, we break down the work into small stages, so that the animal that we're working with has time to assimilate the information before moving on.

After three years of training,  I now  work on a one to one basis with clients and their animals.  Give talks about The Tellington Touch and teach one day workshops.

Please contact me on

 Landline 020 8668 4326 mobile 077 316 34471                               

email Jacquittouch@o2.co.uk