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Horse Sense of the Carolinas, Inc.
6919 Meadows Town Road
Marshall, North Carolina 28753

Phone: (828) 683-7304
Fax: (828) 683-6281
E-mail: info@horsesenseotc.com

 

 

 


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Riding Programs

There are three different ways to ride at Horse Sense:

  1. Rhythmic Riding (as part of Trauma-Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy)
  2. Therapeutic Riding (for physical, mental and emotional challenges)
  3. Riding Lessons (for able-bodied folks wanting to learn or to continue to ride)

Read more about each method below!

Rhythmic Riding

Rhythmic Riding will be offered at Horse Sense beginning in Summer of 2012, as part of "Trauma-Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (TF-EAP)", a training available with Tim & Bettina Jobe of NaturalLifemanship.com. 

Studies show that functionality of the brain in people who have experienced trauma such as abuse, neglect, combat, or natural disasters is often compromised due to disorganization of connections in the brain. These people often struggle with emotion and impulse control, which results in the inability to appropriately handle even minimal stress. Natural Lifemanship utilizes the rhythmic, patterned, repetitive movement inherent in riding a horse to increase and reorganize the connections in the brain, thereby increasing the brain’s ability for emotion and impulse control. The horse is able to provide the rhythm required to effectively heal the traumatized brain until the client is able to independently provide that rhythm. In effect, clients passively learn to self-regulate through the use of the rhythmic, patterned, repetitive movement of the horse.

In Natural Lifemanship, we use horses to provide a safe, yet mildly stressful environment in which to practice these skills. Before the horse will appropriately control himself, the client must first be in control of his/her own thoughts, emotions, and actions. Many clients live in chaotic, dysfunctional environments, and riding helps them realize that in order to control the chaos around them, they must first control the chaos inside them. Many clients are unable to do deeper, insight-oriented therapeutic work until they are able to bring their level of arousal to a place that allows them to gain and retain insight, and benefit from higher level learning. This level of regulation is most profoundly learned on the back of a horse.

 

 

Therapeutic Riding

 

 

Riding Lessons