Equine assisted learning is working with people to find solutions for successful living.

Today's youth face a society that is increasingly unstable. Families are in crisis, job shortages, more violence in school and home; they also lack the influence of strong, positive role models. Many youth and families do not have the support systems or coping mechanisms to face challenges let alone overcome them. They often feel unable to communicate or bond with family members. Peer pressures can cause youth to engage in risky and illegal activities. Youth are seeking to gain acceptance and a sense of "belonging". At earlier ages, youth engage in sexual liaisons, drug and alcohol abuse, drop out of school and join gangs.

Learning Life’s Lessons through Horsemanship is primarily an equine assisted learning program. Sessions can include recreational riding for all ages and horse training workshops for horse owners, or focus individually upon the need of the client in un-mounted horse work. Leadership sessions for youth and adults are customized according to the needs of the group. Our purpose is to give participants useful tools and strategies. With these they can increase communications, positive life choices, manage disruptive behavior, and set goals for themselves.

This program can be useful to overcome shyness and concentration problems, learning disabilities, dealing with bullies, development of confidence. Learning Life’s Lessons through Horsemanship can serve children, adolescence and adults. Although the program is especially useful children age eight to16 and their primary caregivers.

Clients receive the enjoyable experience of engaging in activities with horses. The horse or horses are used as a tool to help clients work through many various issues. When horses exhibit behaviors such as stubbornness, crankiness or lack of cooperation, the behavior is used as a metaphor to teach children and adults how to manage their own behavior, or solve the problem in a manner that is in the best interest of the horse and participants. Horse professionals and educators help the clients to manage the horses properly and use new skills to improve and resolve their own life issues.