There have always been lovers of horses, but the original philosophy behind many traditional horsemanship cultures was mainly exploitative. Horses were domesticated to serve humans: horses for transportation, horses for plowing, horses for war, horses for a variety of work tasks. In the modern world there is not much daily use for horses. However, I agree with the Old Masters that each horse should have a meaningful purpose in life. My philosophy of horsemanship is based on a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship between horse and human. It consists of two parts:
- humans helping horses and
- horses helping humans.
Riding horses should be a mutually therapeutic past time providing health benefits to both horse and rider. My Riding School project is focused on part-1: humans helping horses. My Therapeutic Riding project is is focused on part-2: horses helping humans. I aim to elevate therapeutic riding to new and more effective level through a synergistic union between traditional equine assisted therapy, physical therapy, classical dressage, neuro-science, and neuro-athletics; while at the same time increasing the health and resiliency of the horses themselves.
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