HorsePowered Life Skills

Communication requires not only listening but also hearing.  Join our herd in learning how communication plays a vital role in learning horsemanship skills or husbandry skills (as they are called in the equestrian world.) Your child will have the opportunity to enter into the “unspoken” world of a horse as they learn and practice what it takes to take care of them.

Did you know that spending time with horses isn’t always about “doing” but it is also about learning to be present and staying focused which translates into developing “self-organizing” habits?  Each student will be tasked with focusing on one horse to learn horse markings, breeds, color and its unique characteristics. Students will be responsible to organize their time each day in order to complete each “necessary” task working toward the final goal. On the final day, students will show-case their “self-organizing” skills by presenting a detailed report describing their horse to their teammates.

Your child will apply their skills as they learn to trust not only their horse, but, also their other teammates as they travel through the challenge course.

We have often heard that there is no "i" in team. However, a "team" is made up of individuals to complement each other's strengths and weaknesses. By partnering with a horse, your child will change the way he looks at his individual strength to make his team stronger.

Stable Relationship program is a six-week program designed specifically for youth in currently in grades 5-8. This program harnesses the incredible power of horses to equip youth with positive character and leadership traits needed to develop healthy relationships at home, school and life through social and emotional equine-assisted learning activities. The program focuses on a different goal each week while partnered with the same horse each week. A graduation ceremony will be held to celebrate accomplishments and learnings on the final day.

Stable Relationship program is a six-week program designed specifically for youth in currently in grades 5-8. This program harnesses the incredible power of horses to equip youth with positive character and leadership traits needed to develop healthy relationships at home, school and life through social and emotional equine-assisted learning activities. 

If your youth could learn a thing about changing the mindset from entitlement to gratitude, then this is course for him!  Your youth will partner with a horse to engage in some pretty fun activities - so fun, he won't even know that his is learning this super valuable life skill!

Parents, is your youth a bit anxious, uncertain or timid about making new friends as the new school year approaches? With the help of the LyonHeart herd, your youth will practice and learn the importance of working through and accepting each other's challenges and differences when making new friends.