Mission Statement

IN A NATURAL SETTING:

• ~ Encourage resilience, emotional control and positive attitudes to new challenges
• ~ Introduce motor skills (balance, rhythm, coordination)
• ~ Introduce responsibility and rules of etiquette for handling horses
• ~ Develop core skills in communication through voice and body
• ~ Nurture a positive attitude towards valuing participant efforts and respect for the horse
• ~ How to set and achieve simple goals
• ~ Learn to deal with moderate lack of control of outside or unforeseen influences and consequences
• ~ Expand social skills by functioning in a group during the lesson and also outside of the stable
• ~ Foster the building of confidence through self-challenges inherent in games
• ~ Inspire the feeling of independence through succeeding with the horse
• ~ Introduce independent decision making and fundamental mental training such as visualisation and relaxation
• ~ Foster self-awareness and individual style
• ~ Adapt tactics to achieve results