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 […]
It would be helpful to have a second horse joining Mystic at Riding Beyond this year. If you know of a horse that might be able to participate one or two mornings a week, please contact me at 541.482.6210. The basics of what we need are: something like a Haflinger, about 14.2 hands, with a […]
If your club or association (or one you know) would like a short presentation, with a Power Point available for seeing Riding Beyond in action, please give volunteer coordinator Merrily Curtis a call at (503) 839-3101 to share more details. We’ve presented at support groups, Kiwanis and for the Anam Cara Center in the previous […]
Another piece of news, great news, in fact, is that Debbie Hansen Bernard and Little Creek Ranch have offered their beautiful facility for Riding Beyond’s use this summer and early fall. Debbie and her husband bought Little Creek Ranch about 15 years ago from the family of the original owner, and it has a history […]