About Harmony Horses Equine Assisted Therapy
What we do
In the interaction with our well-trained very responsive assisted learning therapy horses there are a lot of activities we can explore together over time.
Every one of them will be first and foremost about relationship and connection in a joyful manner. As we are opening up to equine assisted learning, it is playful and a lot of fun! That is a great foundation to expand our confidence and settle with a sense of agency and leadership as an effortless outcome.
Self-development unfolds as we go while moving in beautiful natural surroundings. New ways to express simply happen.
In all of this, we become aware that a sense of humour and laughter is the best medicine there is.
At this stage, these experiences will happen on the ground always with hands-on involvement of the animal assisted therapy practitioner. Please refer to our short clips of previous sessions under the video section.
What's happens in an equine assisted therapy session?
A few activities in the first session might be:
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Learning to safely move around the horse
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Grooming and brushing the horse – our horses love to be pampered. Focussing on the shiny coat of the horse is very stilling, almost like giving an equine massage
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Walking with a horse on a lead with close support of the practitioner, learning how to stop & walk on.
Other activities in later sessions can include:
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Asking the horse to back up and turn
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Moving over cavalettie (posts) in walk and trot
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Jumping the horse over small obstacles
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Lunging/moving the horse in a circle
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Taking the horse for a walk around the 25ac farm
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Extensive Liberty (free) work in a secured area
All these activities are building relationship and confidence
in a light hearted way!
At the end, we finish the session with a celebratory carrot for our new equine friend.
