HEAL Sessions Stories from Google Reviews Part 1
HEAL RESPITE SESSION
“I had the most beautiful day out in Ōtaki on Friday at the amazing Horse Sense Aotearoa HEAL Human Equine Assisted Learning farm.
Evie is so genuine and authentic in her warmth and manaakitanga, she really has the knack of making people feel comfortable quickly.
I love that her vision for this place is for it to be a community supported healing space and resource for, and with, the community. For all those who would enjoy and benefit from the healing power of Horse assisted healing and learning to have access to it.
I love that her kauapapa is different from something like Riding for the Disabled programs, (no dis to them, they're great at what they do), in its flexible, responsive, relational approach, and its basis in Aotearoa and te ao Māori ways of working, healing and growing.
The horses blew me away with their unique personalities, their own histories of healing from trauma and their ability to attune to me, and make me attune to them, and myself!
I suppose attunement, through breath, heartbeat and herd dynamics awareness, is their survival super power, and it gives them this massive advantage as therapy animals. Apparently some sciency research has indeed confirmed that it regulates our nervous systems just to be around horses, even (perhaps especially when) we aren't riding them.
This was certainly my experience on Friday. I just felt so aligned in myself, so calm and grounded and settled for the rest of the day.
Like you feel after a good therapy session with a therapist, but without the emotional hangover!
So, if you, your clients, whanau or friends are in need of some nourishment, cup filling, confidence building, skill development, emotional regulation, etc! (little kids too!!) I couldn't recommend this mama daughter duo more highly, and, Moose of course, my new favorite boy”
HEAL Respite Session - No riding just connection
HEAL Non-Verbal Autistic Session
HEAL AUTISTIC TAMARIKI
The way the children can connect and be present is something you can only see to believe.
HEAL UNDER 5 YEAR OLD SESSION
It has been amazing to see how much our 3yo’s confidence has grown since starting at HEAL Aotearoa. Not just during her riding sessions, but in other areas of her life too. She is becoming much more resilient and willing to try new things, even when they are challenging.
Evie is incredibly patient and encouraging. Every session is different and follows whatever pace is needed that day. The sessions are really flexible. One session our daughter really wanted to try and ride on a diffeent horse that day and Evie happily saddled up the second horse just so she could give it a try. On other days, our 1yo has also been able to join in with her big sister.
The horses at HEAL are talked about endlessly in our household and have brought our girl so much joy. It’s clear she has developed a special connection with the horses and genuinely loves being there.
Can’t recommend the kaupapa highly enough 😊
HEAL UNDER 5 YEAR OLD SESSION
It has been amazing to see how much our 3yo’s confidence has grown since starting at Horse Sense Aotearoa. Not just during her riding sessions, but in other areas of her life too. She is becoming much more resilient and willing to try new things, even when they are challenging.
Evie is incredibly patient and encouraging. Every session is different and follows whatever pace is needed that day. The sessions are really flexible. One session our daughter really wanted to try and ride on a different horse that day and Evie happily saddled up the second horse just so she could give it a try. On other days, our 1yo has also been able to join in with her big sister.
The horses at HEAL Aotearoa are talked about endlessly in our household and have brought our girl so much joy. It’s clear she has developed a special connection with the horses and genuinely loves being there.
Can’t recommend the kaupapa highly enough 😊