Equine therapy: Mindfulness with horses


Did you know? Mindfulness is a horse’s natural state. It is because of this that mindfulness with horses is the new trend in equine therapy and horse coaching; it allows patients to achieve full conscience of here and now. Find out more of this rehabilitation therapy with horses.



The Horse is the Coach

The horse pays attention to what happens at the moments and takes it without judging or trying to change it. That is the mind state patients must reach, just like the coach did.

Individual or group therapies, contrary to what most people believe, are not about meditating, but to calm the mind and to experiment what is happening around you with breathing exercises, techniques for full attention, and interactions and activities lead by the therapist. From this mindfulness on, is all about extracting knowledge for the patient’s personal growth to achieve his objectives.

Benefits of Horse Mindfulness


  • Developing concentration.
  • Betterment of the action call, rather than the reaction call.
  • Improving depressive state, stress management, and pain management.
  • Strengthening emotional control and decision making process.
  • Change of consciousness.
  • Transforming how the patient bonds and experiences his life and his surroundings. This means: it improves his interpersonal relationships.
  • Connecting senses, emotions, and feelings with the horse and nature.
  • Well-being.
  • Mindfulness and finding your life’s purpose.
  • Improving quality of life.


Nowadays, there many studies researches on affective neurology which seek to prove how mindfulness can improve the brain’s neuronal structures related to emotions.




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