Benefits

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