Along with other Evening Activities including Yoga, Acupuncture, Tai Chi, Music, and 12 Step Groups, our Rio Retreat Center workshop participants now have the opportunity to take part in an Equine Experiential. Jean Collins-Stuckert, Executive Director at Rio, had a plan to add this next piece into Rio’s evening activities, “we have access to these beautiful, healing horses at our Retreat Center and this experience fits right into the flow of what we do here at Rio, it can help to integrate the work our participants have been doing in group all week with a mindful self-awareness.”
Christie, equine specialists at The Meadows, spent Thursday evening with twelve of our Rio Retreat workshop participants. Working with Black Jack and Phantom, participants engaged in round pen activities building relationship, communication and trust with the horses. On the first evening, the feedback was phenomenal -
“This experience was amazing! My horse helped me to feel grounded in my Survivors workshop experience”
“I was so engaged with the horses, I loved the interaction with them, I had so much fun!”
“There’s a quote on the wall at the corrals - I may not speak your language, but when you spend time in my presence and listen with your heart – you will hear my voice. This rang so true for me.”
This post first appeared on Tied Up In Knots: The Anxiety Of Living With Unresolved Grief, please read the originial post: here
