Programs

Links to types of classes offered:

• Hippotherapy

• Therapeutic Riding

• Equine Facilitated Mental Health

• Horses for Heroes

Equine Assisted Activities offer exceptional physical and psychological benefits enabling individuals with disabilities to achieve the control and mobility they may not otherwise experience.  A horse’s gait, similar to the human walk, helps strengthen spine and pelvic muscles, improves posture and coordination, and increases joint mobility and psychological well-being.  The three-dimensional movement of the horse stimulates parts of the brain that control vocal and motor skills rewarding many riders with improved speech as well as mobility.  This stimulus as well as the sights and sounds that the riders experience cannot be duplicated in the traditional clinical setting.