Unbridled: Education & Personal Development

14/02/2025

Those beats providing the perfect rhythm for Archie to scratch to. 🐴🙏☀️🥕 Thanks Uncle Lenny.

28/09/2024

Thanks Uncle Gary for the chiro treatment today. These three won’t know themselves without their lumps, knots and tight spots.

14/09/2024

Stick with the journey…

12/09/2024

This is part of the Quarter Horse Journal that I read every month. When we got the magazine yesterday, it was the first page I turned to and to my surprise, I was reading my own quote!

31/08/2024

13/08/2024

Worldwide, there are 1000's of equine-assisted therapy programs designed for patients with a broad range of psychological and physical conditions [19]. Equine-assisted therapy is an adjunct intervention that incorporates experiential activities with horses within a traditional therapeutic framework (such as cognitive behavioural therapy or relational Gestalt therapy) to treat a range of psychiatric symptoms.

Research has assessed the effectiveness of equine-assisted therapy programs, equine-assisted activities as well as therapeutic horse riding aimed at reducing psychological symptoms.

Participants of these programs have reported reduced anxiety and depression symptoms reduced Post Traumatic Stress symptoms, elevated self-esteem and self-awareness, improved communication and trust, and increased overall well-being.

You can read more here:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6160012/

Photo Credit: The Path of the Horse - Equine Therapy

29/07/2024

So many powerful ways animals support us to explore our human experiences. 🙏🐴

"I went to equine-assisted counselling last week because I was struggling with a relationship that was starting to trigger my anxiety. I knew I needed to get help to put in place boundaries that supported my mental health in that relationship.

As soon as I started talking about my situation, I became very emotional. The counsellor helped me recognise the physical impact of my emotions and to process them.

As we sat on a rock in the paddock observing the horses, I noticed that when my anxiety was high, the horses didn't want to know me. When my energy calmed and I became more present the horses came over to me. "

When I left my session, I felt a greater sense of peace and I look forward to continuing my equine-assisted counseling sessions to build my resilience.

I definitely needed the counsellor to guide me and I definitely needed the horses to show me how to be more present."

28/07/2024

Thank you so much for your wonderful review Rhiannon! 🌟

We're thrilled to hear you had a positive experience with Unbridled at one of our wonderful retreats.

We loved your whole hearted participation Rhiannon. 🐴❤️