Amalia “Mali” Hutchison will speak at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, October 18, at the Unitarian Universalists Fellowship of the Rappahannock (UUFR), 366 James Wharf Road, White Stone.
She will describe the rewarding experiences and memories she has of developing, managing and teaching a Horseback Riding for the Handicapped Program in North Carolina for nine years. Equine assisted therapy builds on the healing magic of the bonds and companionship among humans and horses when they learn to trust each other.
Horses have a degree of warmth, understanding, patience and gentleness that make Equine Therapy especially productive in soothing the physical and emotional trauma of those undergoing therapy, said Hutchison. Over the course of the program hundreds of handicapped persons, ages 1-77, from all walks of life, whose needs included a full spectrum of physical and emotional disabilities, benefited from caring for and being cared for by horses….
