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Wild Heart Coach offers horse-assisted coaching for women who want to explore their goals and personal growth. The offer includes a 3-month coaching programme, a private weekend horse retreat and a group weekend horse retreat. Horses are part of the coaching process itself. Prospective clients can book a free 20-minute connection call or a 1:1 call.
Functionlust offers equine bodywork for horses, including massage, energy work and cold laser treatment aimed at physical and emotional well-being. The practice focuses on rehabilitation for large animals. The practitioner also offers mentoring and coaching sessions by phone or in person, with the help of equine teachers. The work is based on respectful partnership with horses.
Heavens Hoofprints Equestrian Center is a farm with 14 horses and two instructors. It offers riding lessons for all ages and abilities, including therapeutic horse lessons for students with physical, mental, and behavioral disabilities. The center also runs show teams in English, Western, gymkhana and trail riding, along with a home school horsemanship program. Visitors are welcome to visit the farm and meet the horses before booking.
Tally Riding Academy is a ranch in Silverado Canyon, California, offering adaptive riding and therapeutic horsemanship. The academy focuses on serving neurodivergent individuals and riders with disabilities, as well as children and adults. Students learn horse care such as grooming, stall cleaning, and horse anatomy and welfare alongside riding. Instructors follow PATH International safety standards.
Close to the Earth is an equine-assisted learning program run by Sara Gepp. Individual and group sessions pair people with therapy horses to build emotional awareness, grounding and personal growth. The business also offers Masterson Method certified bodywork for horses and holistic horse care and rehabilitation. Yoga and meditation classes are offered alongside the horse-based services. The home base is a ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains with barns and an equestrian arena.
Let's Ride is a therapeutic equestrian program in Los Angeles that serves adults and children with disabilities. It offers riding programs for people with physical, emotional and developmental disabilities. The program also offers traditional riding lessons and horse training. It states that it rehabilitates the horses it uses.
Simply Horse Sense offers Equine Assisted EMDR and equine assisted counseling for individuals, couples, families and groups. Sessions take place with horses at a horse ranch and are designed to help people with trauma and emotional difficulties. The founder is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist who is also EAGALA trained and EMDR certified. Office-based counseling sessions are also offered alongside the horse-based work.
Otra Mas offers equine-assisted programs in which horses are used for personal growth, learning and well-being for groups, individuals and families. Equine Assisted Psychotherapy sessions are facilitated by licensed therapists working alongside the horses. Team building, leadership development and wellness retreats use horses as the setting for experiential learning, and no prior horse experience is required. The organization also runs a horse rescue, rehabilitation and renewal program.
Equestrian Dreams For Youth is a nonprofit foundation that gives disadvantaged children the chance to work with horses. Its programs include hands-on horse care, guided horse and pony rides, miniature horse encounters, and riding demonstrations. The activities are designed to help children build trust, confidence, and kindness through their interactions with the horses. Volunteers support each visit alongside the animals.
Gentle Strides offers horseback riding lessons in Ventura County, California. The business also offers therapeutic riding lessons. Lessons take place in the arena or out on the trail. The horses are kept at Aliso Ranch Stables, on a 7,000 acre working cattle ranch just outside Ventura city limits.
8 Days West Horsemanship & Training offers natural horsemanship and liberty training for horses, including young horses, restarts, problem horses and tune-ups. Riding lessons are available for students from age four to adults at all levels, with a focus on Western disciplines and trail lessons. The business also offers equine wellness treatments using Pulsed Electromagnetic Therapy for horse injuries, sore backs and sore joints. Horse-assisted connection sessions for people and retreats for small groups are offered on a 52-acre ranch.
Happy Trails Riding Academy is a PATH International Premier Accredited Center based in Tulare, California. It offers equine-assisted services for children and adults with physical, cognitive, and emotional disabilities. Current services include Therapeutic Horsemanship, Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy, and Equine Services for Heroes. Each service is taught by a PATH International certified instructor, and participants are placed based on individual needs.
Special Spirit offers equine-assisted therapy and activities with horses in a safe, nurturing and inclusive environment. Its programs serve people of all abilities, including children and adults with special needs, underserved youth, people in recovery, and those seeking emotional healing. Adaptive riding lessons for individuals and groups follow PATH and EAGALA protocols and teach horse behavior, grooming, tack, and safe riding. The organization also runs equine-assisted coaching and team building sessions.
Ride On provides adaptive horseback riding lessons to children and adults with physical and cognitive disabilities. It also offers physical, occupational, and speech and language therapy that uses the movement of the horse to address specific medical conditions. The organization runs several locations in the Los Angeles area, including a ranch in Chatsworth. Specially trained PATH certified instructors teach horsemanship skills to riders with varying ability levels.
As One Equine offers horsemanship lessons that take a holistic approach to the horse's physical, mental and environmental well-being. The business provides equine nerve release sessions focused on nervous system regulation and postural and fascial techniques. It also offers equine red light sessions, which are used as a standalone option or alongside nerve release. The owner also co-facilitates equine assisted learning with people.
Kingfisher Farms is located in California's Santa Ynez Valley. The farm provides boarding and lay-up care, with individualized daily care and monitoring for horses resting or recovering. It offers rehabilitation and treatments for horses, including veterinarian-directed therapies. The farm also runs a breeding and foaling program with stallions available for mares, supported by 24-hour foaling care.
Eclipse Equine is a thoroughbred farm in the Santa Ynez Valley near Buellton, California. It trains young horses for the track, with work in long lines, the arena, a half-mile training track and a starting gate. The farm also offers breeding with stallions, mare care, pasture care and retirement, and layup and rehabilitation. Its therapies for horses are part of the service offering.
Halleck Creek Ranch offers equine-assisted services to children and adults with disabilities. Its Adaptive Riding program provides therapeutic horseback riding, and the ranch also runs a Horse Skills Program and a Summer Horsemanship Camp. Equine Assisted Learning and a Vocational and Life Skills program are also offered. Ranch staff pair trained horses with volunteers to carry riders into the Nicasio countryside in Marin County, California.
Brady Therapeutic Riding is a nonprofit program in San Francisco that uses horses to support children and youths with special needs or who are systems-impacted. It offers adaptive riding lessons, horsemanship instruction and ground work tailored to each participant's strengths, goals and needs. Participants can start as young as four, and the program also runs volunteer and summer camp activities.
The Yard Equine Center is dedicated to horse rehabilitation, rest and retirement for sport horses. It also offers reproductive services for sport horses. The site lists transportation among its services and mentions therapies and conditioning. It serves the Greater California area.
Giant Steps is a therapeutic equestrian center that has used horses to support people with disabilities since 1998. It offers adaptive riding lessons, unmounted horsemanship activities that build confidence and life skills, and customized half- to full-day experiences for community partners. Its equine-assisted programs are delivered by PATH Intl. accredited instructors. The center serves people of many ages and challenges, including members of the military.
Kalember Equine is a horse training business run by Melissa Kalember, a USEF R judge. Training is offered for riders and horses across disciplines, including horsemanship, flatwork, hunters, equitation, and jumpers. The business also runs clinics, such as an equitation riding clinic and an equine bodywork clinic. Equine sports massage is offered as part of the holistic approach to training.
Horse and Heart offers equine-assisted learning built on relationships between people and horses. Its programs include Intuitive Horsemanship, Certified Therapeutic Coaching, and Equine Experiential Learning. Online Intuitive Horsemanship Coaching, educational and team building retreats, and consent-based equine clinics are also offered. Equine-facilitated experiences and Eagala-certified therapeutic sessions are supported by a rescued equine herd.
Solutions Through Horses offers equine-assisted psychotherapy for adults, led by a licensed clinical psychologist working with a horse co-therapist. The sessions aim to help clients set and reach goals, build skills for handling emotions and stress, and establish boundaries. The practice provides its services at a private location in San Diego. It also offers equine therapy groups and staff development workshops for organizations and companies. The excerpts note that the practice is not currently accepting new individual clients.
