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Equest Therapeutic Riding Center
P. O. Box 935, Kennebunk ME 04043
www.equestmaine.org
Equest is a 501(c)(3) non-profit therapeutic horseback riding program founded in 1998 to serve children and adults
with disabilities in York County, Maine. Our aim is to foster positive horse and human interaction within an experiential
learning environment in order to facilitate physical, mental, and emotional well being. Equest is an Operating
Center of the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA). We offer a safe, inclusive and professional
program to address a variety of challenges both seen and unseen. With the help of trained therapy horses and a
team of instructors, therapists and volunteers, students are taught the foundations of equine behavior, horse care
and horsemanship skills appropriate for their age, needs and level of ability. Physical and occupational therapists,
retained for consultation and evaluation, work with instructors and primary caregivers to develop individualized
riding plans with educational, recreational and therapeutic goals. |
Flying Changes Center for Therapeutic Riding
Route 201, Topsham, ME 04086
www.flyingchanges.org
Flying Changes Center for Therapeutic Riding, Inc. is a non-profit therapeutic riding center accredited by the
NARHA. Flying Changes offers services geared toward improving the lives of people of all ages who are physically,
emotionally, or developmentally challenged. One of the most graceful and powerful moves in dressage, the flying
change, is the mid-air transition requiring the same strength, confidence, and patience necessary for the building
of Self and taking control of one's life - the very essence of therapeutic riding. |
Hearts & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center
63 Justin Merrill Road, Buxton, ME 04093
Contact Person: Stephanie Keene, Executive Director
www.heartsnhorses.org
Hearts & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that was founded on the belief
that experiencing and riding horses can significantly improve the lives of individuals with physical, emotional,
and developmental disabilities.
For our physically challenged riders, therapeutic riding improves balance, muscle tone, range of motion and strength.
Our riders who are working through emotional difficulties quickly learn to understand their horses, a first step
in understanding themselves. Our riders with learning disabilities and cognitive challenges benefit from the sensory
integration provided through the horse. All of our riders develop an increase in concentration, self-perception
and sense of empowerment.
We would love to introduce you to the healing world of therapeutic horseback riding. Please visit our website for
more detail on the programs we offer and directions to our facility or contact us at the information listed above.
Hearts and Horses is an affiliated member of the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA). |
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