10/09/2026
What is this simple sign on our entrance door doing to help promote equine welfare? 🚪🐴✨
Equine welfare can be viewed from many angles, but there’s one topic that deserves far more conversation in EAS centers: our energy.
Our horses are incredibly intuitive, and that intuition is what makes them so profoundly valuable as our partners. But it also means they absorb everything around them. The average horse in an EAS center interacts with multiple participants, volunteers, instructors, and therapists every single day. Imagine carrying the physical and emotional weight of everything all those people are experiencing in a single afternoon.
It’s heavy work, and because our horses give so much, it’s up to us to protect them and show up as our best selves.
Have you ever rushed into a stall after a stressful day, running late, hungry, or tired? Our horses don’t know why we’re stressed, they just feel the urgency. That’s why we put up this reminder on our barn doors for our team and leaders to "leave their outside baggage in the parking lot." Negative energy sets the tone for the entire barn, and being conscious of what we bring through those doors directly impacts our horses' health, happiness, and longevity.
While managing our energy is one simple step you can easily prioritize in your center, there is so much more to discuss when it comes to equine welfare.
🎟️ That’s why you should join us in Illinois on October 24th for HETRA University Live Therapeutic Riding , where we will talk all about how to keep your horses happy, healthy, sane, and sound!
Register today: https://pci.jotform.com/form/252226497568166
