Equine-assisted learning, therapies, personal development and healing are often used interchangeably. This analysis by Sharon White-Lewis provides well researched insight for those people searching for greater detail.
Imagine having a prosthetic leg. Imagine being a 6-year-old boy. Do you think it would take some time to gain control over your body and your movements? How would that impact your confidence?Now… imagine being with a 900-pound horse… you have her following you, sniffing you, being close and gentle. The vulnerability, excitement, aliveness!!!! Yesterday,…
When sixteen-year-old Dee (not her real name) started coming to Emerge Equine, her mom was looking for a program that would help with Dee’s confidence and anxiety. Dee experiences life through the filter of ASD, developmental coordination disorder and Social Anxiety Performance-Based disorder.
People often think anxiety is being worried or stressed out about something, like a relationship, a test at school, job performance or a life change. They think there is a specific cause of worry, and fixing the situation will fix the anxiety. This isn’t typically the case. Anxiety can inhibit one’s ability to speak or think…
The client, a young woman in her twenties, was clear on what she wanted in life and how to get it. She could envision her future, her business and her property. But she was stuck. Something was in the way of her reaching for her dreams.
We were approached by the dad of two kids, aged 7 and 12. The younger child was a tiny and gentle nurturing type of person. Her older brother was analytical, determined, and intense. The parents found that the little girl was often overpowered verbally by her brother. When they started coming to Emerge Equine, there…
Although the session started with a discussion about the upset in the area of her marriage and divorce, it circled back to something that happened prior to the marriage. Something devastating that had never been talked about. Never put to rest. As Sally (not her real name) shared her experience, upset and grief, the horses…