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Benefits

How does it help?

There is growing evidence that human interaction with horses can improve an individual's mental health and physical ability. Studies most often note the following benefits:


  • Better communication skills, such as direct communication and assertiveness
  • Improved interpersonal relationships and stronger teamwork skills
  • Greater ability to build trust
  • Improved self-awareness and self-control
  • Stronger focus and concentration on tasks
  • Greater relaxation
  • Improved self-esteem
  • A sense of empowerment and leadership ability
  • Stronger sense of responsibility
  • Improved balance, strength, range of motion.
  • Improved coordination/motor skills, faster reflex
  • Improved respiration/circulation
  • Sensory integration

RESOURCES

Author and horsewoman, Linda Kohanov, has written several books on the therapeutic impact of horses. A link to her website is provided below for those who would like to learn more.

Find out more

Starlight Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc.

5401 Polo Club Drive, Midland, TX 79705

432.741.5773

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