Snapshots of what it’s like at Riding Beyond from a participant’s perspective, someone new to horses. (Activities for experienced horse people are designed with a respect for their expertise, offering a new relationship with horses as sentient beings who bring remarkably perceptive heart- and mind-opening interactions.) Getting Going I woke up early the morning of […]
FUNDING CAMPAIGN DONORS 2014 (Donors as of July 16, 2014) Our thanks to those who contributed to our campaign for funding Riding Beyond for 2014, including several anonymous gifts! (If you don’t see your name on this list and it should be there, please contact Trish Broersma at 541 482 6210.) Ann Alden Debra Allen […]
Last month a friend shared a message about Riding Beyond to her circle of friends. One of her friends replied and this is what she had to say. This is why we are inspired to offer Riding Beyond:
Regarding Mystic by Patty CrumrineJuly 8, 2014 We were strangers, you and I,Each brushed onto our own canvasUnder a sun-bleached, far-west sky. Each of us designed for connections yet untoldAnd guided by others of our own kind,Destined to walk togetherFor a gift to yet unfold. A dreary day with a persistent drizzleHeld no match for […]
Here are a few words I received yesterday from two of our participants lauding their experience. Patty had over two hours pain free as a result of her time on Wednesday: Roan experienced a time of persistent joy that grew over the four weeks: Roan’s creative writing: Horses, dreams of childhood Healers today Poetry needs […]
We are on the home stretch for Riding Beyond, just a few days left in our funding campaign–so far over $4000 raised in the Indiegogo campaign,and $7000 in other contributions. We are so grateful for all of you who have contributed! If you are reading this,you know the power of horses for people’s lives.You know […]
We’ve Hit the Trail Riding Beyond’s first summer session began this past week with four women enrolled, kicking things off last Sunday with a clinic by Galen Miller as a benefit for Riding Beyond. SundancingI have been privileged the past 25 years through Jean Houston’s Mystery School community to know Tom and Loretta Cook and […]
Great news for several women who have contacted us! We have two tracks available now for participating in Riding Beyond.Track One: for those able to mount a horse. Requirements: Doctor’s Statement (form provided by Riding Beyond)Ability to mount steps and straddle a horseAbility to push upper body into sitting position after lying on horse’s rumpSigned […]
We’ve started our first week of Riding Beyond with a clinic offered by Galen Miller of Venturing Awareness and the Arabian Nights Dinner Show, who has donated her services to us for these first two weeks. Sunday afternoon had ten of us learning from Galen about working with horses for corporate settings: team building, problem […]
