Fitness for Health and Relaxation

Therapy with horses can develop things like self-esteem, assertiveness, safety, self-respect, self-concept and ability to develop healthy relationships. The Association Vincula2 equestrian therapy work with different groups such as disabled, women in vulnerable conditions, business schools, to enhance aspects of leadership and teamwork, and adolescents at risk.

The horse is an animal suitable to help people to interact naturally with the world around them, because, by virtue of his prey, are animals of flight, giving them specially developed an instinct to perceive events happening around them through the signals emitted by the nonverbal communication, body language and intonation of words.

The secretary and psychologist Vincula2 Association, Veronica Racal, explained that horses are animals that “can not be fooled, they are always careful around him, which requires a consistency between what you think and what is done you can not pretend. This is useful for working with assertion, since it is necessary to act firmly and consistently, “says Racal. From Vincula2 explain that what they do is “applied ethnology of these animals, their herding behavior when they are released,” the relacióncon humans., Exercises and experiences that you work with self-esteem, control and neglect situations, using appropriate body language and nonverbal communication.

The association is composed of a team of physiotherapists, psychologists, therapists and volunteers equestrian. In Vincula2 working with horses both from the ground, in the execution of orders, and from the saddle, so with that exercise issues of abandonment or delegation of responsibilities. Maximal Equestrian Center has about 55 horses, but the association uses only twelve copies specially trained for therapy. Meet qualities like having the appropriate morphology to be able to support two people dragging a cadence and right step, in addition to being gentle, but active.