Equine companionship goes beyond riding, offering individuals with disabilities a path to empowerment.
“Up, over, up, over,” instructor Diana Harris said into her headset’s microphone as she moved participants through the motions, encouraging each one by name. To the untrained ear, the instructions at the barn centering 77 bucolic acres sounded like a typical exercise class. For those participating, it was. But instead of exercising just their own bodies, participants with physical, development and intellectual disabilities are also commanding another one about 10 times their size.
Along with a rigorously certified instructor and many volunteers, the horses at Miracles in Motion in Swisher, Iowa, the United States make this adaptive riding class a little more different from ‘jazzercise’ or zumba.Keaton Wright, 32, has been attending the adaptive riding classes at the non-profit for more than 20 years. With physical and intellectual disabilities, his doctor recommended it to help his balance and mobilit
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