Entry-Level Self-Study Course – for Personal Use Only

RTRT: Residual Tensions Release Therapy

Entry-Level Online Program

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The Science of Suppleness Begins Here

Residual Tensions Release Therapy with the Bit (RTRT) is the only bit-based relaxation technique developed to release deep, compensatory muscle tensions and restore neuromuscular balance through contact.

Originally developed by Anna Marciniak back in 2015, this course was first released in 2018 year and since then is changing lives of horses and horse owners worldwide. 

Developed at the intersection of biomechanics, neurophysiology, and energetic communication, RTRT is not a method of controlling the horse — it is a technology of communication on the biological level through relaxation.

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For Riders Who Are Ready for More Than Control

You’ve tried flexions. You’ve changed bits. Maybe you’ve even gone bitless.

But your horse is still…

  • Bracing against contact 

  • Locking the hips, jaw or poll

  • Biting or avoiding the bit

  • Losing balance in transitions (heavy and out of balance)

  • “Dropping” out of self-carriage moments after you soften

These are not behaviour issues.

These are signs of residual tensions — the silent muscular and fascial holdings that stay in the horse’s body after movement ends, and even after stress is gone.

The RTRT Entry-Level Course teaches you how to dissolve these tensions using precise, evidence-based techniques.

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What Is RTRT?

Residual Tensions Release with the Bit is a hands-on, bit-assisted method to:

  • Detect tension patterns in the jaw, poll, tongue, and those deeply seated along the entire spinal column of the horse

  • Influence the parasympathetic nervous system through contact that offers true connection and guidance to true release and relaxation 

  • Restore neuromuscular clarity via refined proprioceptive input

RTRT uses the bit not as a tool of submission, sponging, yielding or correction, but as a biomechanical interface — sending micro-adjustments through your muscle system to the fascial web of the horse to produce immediate and measurable changes in:

  • Mouth softness and elasticity through the spine 

  • Limb movement & balance coordination

  • Spinal fluidity & suppleness of the entire muscle system of the horse 

  • Heart rate variability (HRV) and breath regulation

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This course is grounded in principles of residual tensions release, neuromuscular feedback loops, and reflex arc modulation.

Who Is This Course For?

1. Dressage Riders Seeking Elastic Contact

Your horse goes behind the vertical, braces in transitions, or loses frame unless constantly corrected. RTRT helps unlock self-maintained contact by releasing jaw and poll restrictions that block thoracic lift and back usage.

“I finally feel like the contact flows both ways. My horse seeks the bit instead of fearing it.”

2. Owners Supporting Rehabilitation and Recovery

Your horse is recovering from ulcers, musculoskeletal injury, or systemic inflammation. You need a soft, at-home method to improve movement and relaxation without stress or force. RTRT uses parasympathetic activation and muscular decongestion to support healing and reduce compensatory holding patterns.

“We added RTRT during rehab from tendon injury. The difference in posture and attitude is visible every day.”

3. Riders with Sensitive or Complicated Horses

Your horse overreacts to rein aids, feels “electric” or disconnected, or shuts down mentally under pressure. RTRT builds trust through clarity. With every session, the bit becomes a space of comfort — not confusion.

“My mare now lets go instead of freezing. She starts breathing deeply after just 2 minutes of RTRT.”

4. Conscious Riders Committed to Growth

You want more than exercises. You want understanding. You want to feel when something is off — and know how to release it. RTRT gives you tools to feel fascia, influence tone, and read relaxation signs scientifically — without guesswork.

“I learned to recognize real relaxation — not just quiet behavior.”

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This Course Is For Private Use Only

If you’re a professional trainer, instructor, or planning to use RTRT in your professional offer,

Please contact us at Anna@OneHorseLife.com to discuss joining our RTRT PRO Education Path to bring these techniques to your clients and their horses. iscuss joining our RTRT PRO Education Path.

We’ll guide you through formal training, mentorship, and certification to deliver RTRT safely and effectively in client work.

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What’s Included

  • Core Video Lessons with Theory lectures, equipment analysis and demonstrations and Horse Training Demos 

  • Detailed Step-by-Step Protocol

  • RTRT Bit Progression explained decoded + Recommendations

  • Lifetime Access to All Course Materials + all future updates to this course included! 

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What You Will Learn

  • Scientific Theory: The role of residual tension in biomechanics, contact dysfunction, and behavioral expression

  • Bit Design Fundamentals: How different bit shapes, materials, and cheekpieces influence muscular response

  • RTRT Protocol: Step-by-step application, hand positions, pacing, and feedback analysis

  • Reading the Body: Interpreting breath, tongue movement, jaw softness, and spinal reaction

  • Before & After Analysis: How to see and document physiological changes from RTRT

  • Daily Integration: Use RTRT in hand, at standstill, or post-riding

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What Students Are Saying

“RTRT has changed my view of riding. I finally understand how to feel tension & release it before it becomes a problem.”

– Clara, Italy

“After years of fighting my gelding now stands calmly for the saddle up, follows me with his head when I hold the bridle and opens his mouth softly when I want to put the bridle on him, such a game changer!”

– Ben, UK

“The difference in my horse’s walk after RTRT is jaw-dropping. Looser, freer, and finally engaged from behind.”

– Karin, Netherlands

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. RTRT can be done at a standstill or in hand. It’s ideal for rehab, groundwork, and connection-building phases.

You will need a gentle bit (starter models recommended in the course), a halter, and a lead rope or reins. No gadgets.

No. This self-study course is for personal use only.

To use RTRT professionally, you must join the RTRT PRO Education Path. Please contact us for more information.

RTRT goes deeper. It works on the level of residual, unexpressed tension that flexions often cannot reach. It’s not a variation — it’s a different mechanism altogether.

Begin transforming your contact, your horse’s relaxation, and your understanding of biomechanics today.

You’ll receive immediate access to the RTRT Entry-Level Self-Study Course and all learning materials.

525 €

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What Are Residual Tensions – and Why Do They Matter?

Residual tensions are involuntary muscular contractions that persist after the original stimulus (movement, stress, trauma, or posture) has ended. They form in deep, stabilizing muscle chains—especially those along the spinal column, jaw, and poll—and are governed by subconscious neuromuscular pathways.

Unlike movement-induced fatigue or temporary tightness, residual tensions are tonic activations. They arise from outdated commands in the central nervous system (CNS) that have not been “switched off.” Over time, they become invisible barriers that:

  • Restrict range of motion and joint articulation

  • Compensate through asymmetry and imbalance in kinetic chains

  • Impair respiratory rhythm and gut motility (gut-brain axis)

  • Create emotional rigidity, blocking curiosity and learning

  • Flatten facial expression, lip mobility, and postural responsiveness

In performance horses, this results in:

  • Delayed or blocked transitions

  • Loss of throughness or impulsion

  • Weakness in hind-end articulation

  • Bracing against contact or “falling” into it

  • Emotional withdrawal or reactivity

RTRT directly targets these tensions, triggering neuromuscular reprogramming via precise sensory input through the bit. The result is a system-wide release: the spine decompresses, the diaphragm regains its rhythm, and the postural tone rebalances from poll to tail.

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Why RTRT is really something new, not just “Jaw Flexions”

Most riders believe that jaw flexions will release tension…

But what if we told you: jaw flexions are often just cosmetic? Yes, the horse chews. Yes, the contact might feel “softer.”

But the true residual tensions — the ones stored in the interspinal ligaments, suboccipital muscles, and deep fascial chains — remain untouched.

Here’s what makes RTRT fundamentally different:

  • We don’t sponge or mobilize the bit

  • We don’t “do jaw flexions”

  • We don’t stretch or flex the neck

  • We don’t focus on movement or muscle use

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Instead, RTRT works in stillness — yet it engages the entire postural and neurological system.

Through a proprietary 4-Step Protocol, RTRT uses micro-sensory input through the bit to:

  • Activate CNS-based tension release mechanisms

  • Resolve micro-spasms in the deep spinal muscles

  • Awaken the digestive tract and parasympathetic system

  • Change breath patterns from guarded to relaxed

  • Stimulate the reorganization of the postural map

You’re not just “softening the jaw.”

You’re inviting the horse to release itself — from the inside out.

No other method works at this level of neuromuscular depth, and no other technique offers such systemic transformation through a bit.

RTRT is not a trick. It is a technology.

And when practiced with awareness, it changes everything.

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The future of equestrian training is not about control.

It’s about communication through softness, precision, and trust.

RTRT is your gateway to that future — grounded in science, guided by connection.

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