IF WISHES WERE HORSES, INC
Recreational Therapeutic
Activities With Horses - Unmounted
Life Coaching, Mindfulness Meditation, and Horsemanship Exercises
This Program is for adult-professionals with ADA recognized disabilities, conditions, diagnoses who could benefit greatly from a Therapeutic Horse Centered program that provides relaxation and recreation: a chance to de-stress, re-center, find balance, and re-discover your true self.
This Unmounted Therapeutic Horses Program, strives to reach many of the same goals as our mounted Therapeutic Riding Programs. With Goals for improvement and greater enjoyment across all spectrums of your life. There may be a variety of reasons that have brought you to explore this alternative therapeutic modality. Regardless of the reason, many of you already know that horses can help you to heal yourself and to improve your overall sense of wellness and health, just by being in their presence. What's more, participating in therapeutic activities with horses, allows you to be present: you won't be able to check out and get results!
Some of Benefits of this program include:
- Connecting with and Building Trust with Horses
- Building Self-Confidence with Natural Horsemanship Exercises
- Socializing in an accepting and open environment
- Getting exercise on the farm and with program activities
- Being out in nature on our peaceful 48 acre property
- Learning to move a horse with your body language, energy, and intention
- Learning how horses mirror you due to their high number of mirror neurons
- Relaxing with a variety of heart centered and mindfulness meditations with horses
- Developing and deepening your heart mind connection with horses
- Learning about the energetics of horses and horse communication
Future Plans for the Program -
Retreats for more in-depth exploration of therapeutic modalities that work hand in hand with horses
Expand programs into designated categories, to serve more adults and youth needing services.
Some of the Adult-Professional ADA recognized disabilities, conditions, and diagnoses we serve:
- ASD - High functioning
- ADD/ADHD
- ASD with ADHD - High functioning
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - mild to moderate
- Dyslexia
- Bipolar Disorder -mild to moderate
- Depression
- Behavioral, Social, Emotional diagnoses - mild to moderate
- Phobias
- Anxiety
- Panic Attacks
- Aphasia, Selective Mutism
- Visual Impairment - mild - individual basis
- Hearing Impairment
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Arthritis
- Autoimmune diseases
- Musculoskeletal disorder/weakness - mild (joints, muscles, bones, ligaments) - mild
- Weight Control Disorders
- Many Others
Session last 4-8 weeks each and meet on the same time and day each week.
Sessions are offered throughout the year and are geared towards each persons therapeutic goals.
We hope to start up with our very first group of participants this fall-winter.
1 hour
TBD
1. Contact me with your interest - text or facebook messenger - depending on where you find out about the program
2. Fill out registration enrollment form
https://form.jotform.com/242396525443056 Registration Enrollment for Therapeutic Activities With Horses
3. Your application for enrollment is reviewed
4. Wait for conformation of suitability to the program and placement options
$40 per person, per session
Tuition assistance may be available for those who are unable to pay the full amount for their sessions.
Beta Testing $0-20 donation
This program in therapeutic and recreational in nature and is not meant to take the place of any kind of medical treatment, psychological treatment, medication, or any other doctor recommended treatment or therapy. We do not offer any medical or psychological therapy, treatment, or advice of any kind. This is a recreational service only.
Any guided meditations are for entertainment purposes only; with the goal of relaxation, inner peace, and stress relief.
Please follow any and all medical advice given to you by your Doctors and medical team.
Suitability for the program will be determined by our ability to SAFELY serve you and space in each program session is limited.
***We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, for any reason, at any time.***
Sessions Under Construction