We had a great horse therapy or hippo-therapy session.
Crystal the O/T rode with Jewel. My friend's daughter who is graduating high school came as an observer. She is an avid horse girl, involved in the local rodeo and roping club as well.
She has thought about being a P/T or an O/T so we figured we would invite her to observe and ask the O/T any questions she may have. There is nothing like witnessing the real thing to get a true taste of hippo-therapy.
It took a while for Jewel to settle down and her tone was active, but then the magic happened and Jewel settled into her seat and the gait of the horse became her gait. Jewel's hips moving with the horse. She was sitting tall with Crystal as her back rider and therapist, hardly holding Jewel, just gently stabilizing her head at the temples. So wonderful, I encourage any one with a special needs label to look into hippo-therapy! Our session was ended with Jewel doing push-ups on Billy aka Cookie Dough. Animals are a wonderful healing dimension in our lives. The goat had twins and they were a sweet sight to behold. We love going to visit the horses.
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