Our Mission is to provide comprehensive riding and horsemanship programs and activities that bring horses and humans together to promote self -awareness, inspire confidence, provide emotionally transformative experiences and teach transferable skills all within a safe, clean and accepting environment.
Our holistic approach allows riders and non-riders, professionals and amateurs to confront their horse- fears, gain understanding, practice respect and experience compassion for horses and each other in a finely- tuned program using the values and principles of natural horsemanship.
Our method encompasses the physical elements of balanced centered horseback riding, the intellectual acquisition of natural training techniques, and the emotional aspects of fear and confidence. The program includes goal setting, managing expectations, establishing and maintaining standards and learning the seven steps to confidence. Humans and horses are paired so riders see first-hand how different personalities need different teaching methods to succeed. Safety, respect and gratitude are elemental to the ELS Program.
Our Clients are open-minded learners who want to connect with something outside of themselves. Their attitude is progressive and they are flexible in their thinking. The ELS client knows, or at least suspects, that the skills they learn and use relating to horses are transferable to relating to people. By increasing their awareness of how horses behave, the ELS client increases their awareness of their own behavior and the behavior of others. The ELS client’s attitude is “I am open to receiving new information and to exploring the possibilities that result”.
The moment a person engages with a horse they become a potential partner as part of a herd. For the partnership to be productive and maintain unity there must be trust between members. ELS facilitates positive relationship-building between humans and horses by helping students establish clear expectations of themselves, their horses, and others while giving them the knowledge and tools for effective communication that leads to a productive relationship and fulfillment. A productive horse-human partnership provides a safe way to learn and master skills that work equally well with people.
