RFG Horse as a healer

"A horse is a child’s dream, a child’s inspiration and a child’s independence. A horse can teach responsibility, patience, hard work and determination. A horse can teach loyalty, courage, kindness and hope. A horse can be a child’s friend when there is no one else to turn to. A place to seek solace when the rest of the world is troubled or a place to dry a child’s tears. A horse will always keep a child’s secret and a horse will always be a child’s friend. A horse can be many things to a child but above all, a horse is a child’s imagination."

-Krysta Moxon

Trainer Krysta Moxon
Horse Person of the year
Outstanding work with children and horses

Northern Illinois Hunter Jumper Association

"There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man" - Winston Churchill

Benefits:

Collage of some of our children

Horses are a reflection of a soul. They sense and respond to a person's intentions and emotions. As prey animals, their flight istinct becomes a mirror for our subconscious body language.

Equine Therapy benefits children with...

· Emotional and behavioral disabilities
· Muscular Dystrophy
· Down Syndrome
· Rett Syndrome
· Attention Deficit Disorders
· Hearing Impairments
· Autism
· Visual Impairments
· Spina Bifida
· Paralysis

... by improving their...

· Balance
· Coordination
· Motor Control
· Muscle Tone and Strength
· Respiratory Control
· Visual and Auditory Differentiation
· Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
· Attention
· Responsibility
· Trust
· Social Skills
· Empathy

Equine Therapies

Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy
Equine facilitated psychotherapy promotes psychological healing for individuals with mental health and psych-social challenges, including anxiety disorders, behavioral difficulties, post traumatic stress disorder and depression.

Economically Disadvantaged Children
(At Risk Children)
Emotionally, the relationship a rider develops with a horse builds confidence, self esteem, motivation, patience and the realization of cause and effect. Riders learn practical life skills, cooperation and team work through the use of a horse.

Therapeutic Riding
Therapeutic riding teaches actual riding skills to children with disabilities. Certified therapeutic instructors work with speech, psychological, physical and language therapists for the purposes of treatment planning.

Hippotherapy
(Hippo - Greek term for horse)
Hippotherapy is used by licensed physical, occupational, and speech pathologists that use the horse as a therapeutic tool. The movement of the horse gives the child’s neurological system a form of “normalized” movement.

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