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All about Equine Rhythm Beads
Want to buy your horse or pony a really special and unique gift ?
Then Angel Horse Rhythm & Mane Beads are the perfect answer!
Stunning turquoise, cream & gold Rhythm Beads with matching detachable
gold tassel and centre charms - made for Kim & Moose
Pink, lilac & white Equine Rhythm Beads with matching mane beads & bracelet
This set is made from beautiful pearlised pale pink, lilac & white acrylic pony beads, offset with
natural wooden beads, copper metallic acrylics & tiny copper bells for lots of gentle jingles.
The focal centrepiece is a 60mm rose quartz gemstone pendant.
Visit our Shop to find out about Pricing, Sizes and Ordering
Maddie our Angel Horse wearing her first ever set of 'Homecoming' Rhythm Beads - Spring 2008
What are Rhythm Beads?
Rhythm Beads are horse necklaces! They consist of strings of beads and bells which the horse wears around his neck, just like a necklace.
Rhythm Beads can be made, and decorated with, many different materials,
such as acrylic, textiles, metals, bone, horn, shell, wood, seeds, feathers and nuts.
Where do Rhythm Beads come from?
Ever since we domesticated the horse, cultures the world over
have decorated and celebrated their horses
. 
Mediaeval Knights covered both themselves, and their horses, in Armour; their horses were also decked out in beautiful barding, in their Knights colours.
The sight of a beautifully turned out Draft Horse, complete with horse brasses, harness and mane ‘toppers’, is one most of us are familiar with.
For thousands of years the Arabian horses have been revered by their tribes for their bravery, hardiness, beauty and spirit. They were, and still are, decorated with exquisite trappings and decorations.
Even in the Bible there is reference to the decoration of the horse.
The prophet Zechariah said that:
‘Bells upon horses shall be holiness to the lord'.
However, the culture most well known for their decoration of the horse, are the
Native Americans. They decorated both themselves and their horses with shells, beads, feathers, painted symbols and protective amulets.
These decorations were not only beautiful they each served a specific purpose; the more common ones were to protect both horse and rider from danger in battle, to bring good luck, help ward off evil spirits, and show the status, and acheivements, of both horse and rider.
It is from the Native Americans that the origins of Rhythm Beads,
as we know them today, are thought to have come from.
Visit our Picture Galleries to see some of the Rhythm Beads we've made
Visit our Shop to choose & order your own Rhythm Beads
Click here to see how to ask your horse what he beads he/she would like !
What are the benefits of Rhythm Beads?
« Rhythm Beads help to encourage and improve the focus of horse and rider by helping them to find, and maintain, consistency of cadence and rhythm within a particular gait, more easily. This is invaluable to both novice and experienced riders alike.
« Experienced riders and horses will find Rhythm beads a useful tool to encourage a horse to move out, extend or increase / decrease their pace / speed to the rhythm of the bells.
« There have been many studies undertaken into the benefits of Colour and Crystal Therapy for humans and animals. Rhythm Beads are an ideal way to introduce alternative forms of therapy and healing to your horse. This can be done by inlcuding beneficial colours and crystals into your horses Rhythm Beads, and changing them as required.
« Gaited horses have been noticed to accentuate their gait considerably when wearing Rhythm Beads.
« Endurance teams have reported they feel better able to maintain focus and stay relaxed more easily when using Rhythm beads
« Barrel racers are known to use Rhythm Beads to encourage a faster, harder run during competition, their beads are sometimes known as ‘Speed Beads’!
« Rhythm Beads are particularly useful for both nervous horses and riders. The gentle jingle of the bells calms, soothes and relaxes both horse and rider.
« The bells are also extremely useful for providing a distraction for the nervous and spooky horse by blocking out those sounds with the gentle jingle of the bells
« Bells are also an ideal way to signal your presence to others in the area, particularly if your horse is barefoot!
« Rhythm Beads are a very useful tool when working with their horse on the ground as they sit on the horse's natural 'drive line'. ( This is where the horses neck meets his body. ) For those who are just starting out on their groundwork, Rhythm Beads makes it much easier as they identify the horse's drive line clearly.
« Last but not least …. the best reason we can think of for using Rhythm Beads is that they are beautiful & fun and make an ideal ‘I love you’ present for your horse or pony!
A polite note to the lady who copied our text from this page and is using it to advertise her Rhythm Beads for sale on Facebook:
We would have preferred you to have asked our permission before copying our website content.
We do wish you well selling your beads. Please use our work with the love & good intent it was written with. Thank you.
But don’t take our word for it …. during a communication session
with Maddie, our Animal Communicator, Holly Davis, began laughing,
then she said:
’ Maddie's singing to you ... she's singing .....
' Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells , Jingle all the way, tell Mum I love my beads! ‘
Well ..... there's nothing like getting it straight from the horses mouth!