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Sanctuary Stables is an Equine Assisted Learning Center, and a horse rescue & retirement facility, located in the beautiful high country of Anza, California. Our mission is to provide therapy horses for equine assisted activities and horsemanship experiences to children and adults who are at risk or living with emotional or physical disabilities. We are passionately involved with helping end the abuse, neglect, and slaughter of horses and ponies, and other animals, through education and community outreach programs, and provide permanent Sanctuary, foster homes and/or adoption for those equines and animals. Sanctuary Stables Therapy Horses-
Our horses and ponies provide physical, emotional, and behavioral benefits through their therapeutic interactions with humans. Research has validated that interactions with animals can reduce our stress levels and increase our levels of well being. More recently, the benefits of using horses in animal assisted therapies and activities has been well documented, by being an integral component in the success of treatments and educational programs. Our team of therapy horses work with people of all ages suffering from grief and trauma, people suffering with post traumatic stress disorder, the elderly, and with adults and children with disabilities. They also work with foster children, at risk and abused children, and Veterans. Emotional and mental wounds can be mended by bonding with these large, gentle animals. Sanctuary Stables is available for onsite sessions and visitation in a peaceful and beautiful park-like setting. Sanctuary Stables Horse Rescue & Retirement
Sanctuary Stables Rescue provides a safe home for unwanted, abused, neglected, and slaughter- bound horses and ponies, where they can live in a natural herd environment and receive veterinary care, rehabilitation, socialization, proper nutrition, and most of all…Love. We teach compassion and responsibility for horses through education, outreach and intervention. Equines are our focus, but our doors are always open to ANY animal in need. Sanctuary Stables is proud to offer our:
Sanctuary Stables Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Equine Assisted Learning Programs
Sanctuary Stables offers EAP and EAL programs that are experiential forms of psychotherapy and learning in a safe and fun environment. The equine is a critically important partner in the work of both EAP and EAL. The concept that horses might be helpful or healing to people struggling with mental health issues is based on the idea that horses (as domestic prey animals) are extremely sensitive to changes in the human being (as a predatory creature). Due to their sensitivity, horses react and respond to people differently based on a person's emotional state. The horse acts as a large biofeedback machine, providing the client and therapist with information regarding the client's moods, and changes within those moods. If a client arrives anxious, the horse will act and respond one way. If the client is able to reduce his or her anxiety, the horse's behaviors will also change. This provides a plethora of information and skill building opportunities for both the client and the therapist. In an educational setting, horses and the lifestyle that goes along with maintaining horses, provides opportunities to teach critical life and communication skills. Horses mostly use non-vocal communication, and thus are wonderful teachers to help us better understand and learn how our non-verbal communication might be impacting or influencing others in our lives. Horses also demand that we are aware of our surroundings at all times. In order to stay safe around horses we must be observant and present in our bodies. We have to listen to each other and the horses. We have to stay focused and attentive. To care for horses takes dedication, time, and effort and our clients can learn a strong work ethic that may transition back into their daily lives. Furthermore, clients gain self-esteem and self-confidence while learning how to work with such a large and powerful creature. In all, horses provide us with a way to see our internal landscape and modes of operation exposed. They offer us humility, compassion and challenge- all critical elements to supporting self-growth and self-awareness.
