Anyone in the Equine Assisted World had heard of the legendary EAGALA program – perhaps the first organization to really bring the field out of the realm of purely therapeutic or adaptive raiding and into the realm of the neuro-psychiatric, at least on a level outside certain isolated mental health institutions.
What many in the Equine Assisted fields may not know is that EAGALA was the brainchild of Lynn Thomas, a mental health professional who didn’t know much about horses but who from a very young age, through being drafted into a series of outward bound programs for at risk youth, some of which had horses,observed the radically positive effect that nature, movement and horses, even when one didn’t ride them, had on people.
Here on Equine Assisted World Lynn recounts the fascinating story of how these early insights morphed into the EAGALA program and how that grew exponentially into the giant we know today.
But then, as all innovators do – she pivots – creating two new programs that are no less fascinating . Arenas For Change – a new cutting edge approach to well being for the equine practitioners themselves, addressing the burnout that so often goes with the demands of this field. And Horses For Mental Health, which – get this – helps therapeutic equine programs tell their story and get both recognition and more crucially, funding.
This podcast is also time sensitive, as if writing this, on December 15th 2023, Horses For Mental Health is calling for submissions from programs in need of having their stories told. If your program could use a helping hand, and whose doesn’t, then perhaps you should listen all the way to the end..
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Horses for Mental Health Charity Partner Sign up Starting in January
If you are a charity in the USA (for now) the Horses for Mental Health Charity Partner Sign Up is starting in January. There are a few informational calls and the goal is to join together for fundraising in May. There are many people behind this effort which will give each charity more visibility and possibility to increase their fundraising.
There is a ton of information on https://horsesformentalhealth.org But for details and application check out and fill out this form:
🔗🔗🔗 https://form.jotform.com/ARCH_Admin/2024CharityPartnerApplication 🔗🔗🔗
Contact Lynn
https://horsesformentalhealth.org
https://arenasforchange.com
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