#THERAPEUTIC RIDING
Standing Ovation by Ovation Riding: GallopNYC
Every week Horse Nation teams up with Ovation Riding to recognize those doing good in the horse world. This week we recognize Gallop NYC, which is raising $30,000 (initially — additional fundraisers are happening) to care for their horses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s how you can help.
Tips for Those Considering Starting an Equine Therapy Business
By Devin Morrissey.
WANTED: Tall & Buff (Dark & Handsome Optional)
Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding (S.T.A.R.) wants YOU — if you are a draft-type horse in good health who could help carry a veteran in the organization’s therapeutic riding program.
Radical Acceptance
Tessa Biggs reflects on her weekly sessions with a young autistic student at the Square Peg Foundation, where she herself has learned that life’s little victories can lead to the greatest truths.
Inside EquiCenter: Part II
Yesterday, Megan Kaiser gave us the grand tour of the New York therapeutic riding center where she has volunteered. Today she introduces us to the center’s highly skilled therapists, who happen to be horses. (more…)
Inside EquiCenter: Part I
Megan Kaiser is a volunteer at EquiCenter, a New York facility that offers therapeutic riding, hippotherapy, vaulting and horsemanship (equine facilitated mental health) sessions. In her first of a two-part series, she takes us on a visit to the center. (more…)