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Winslow Therapeutic Center Invites The Equicizer & Equipony To A Special Event
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07/13/06
Winslow's executive director Chistine Tawpash
had an opportunity to win her first race! |
Peter Groenendaal (aboard the Equicizer) &
Leo Kaytes President of Winslow's Board,
pose inside the beautiful indoor arena
where the Equicizer & Equipony were displayed |
Warwick, NY – On July 9th, as part of the Warwick Summer Arts Festival, Winslow Therapeutic Center, “Healing with Horses” hosted an event called “Know No Boundaries through the Healing Arts”. This free event was created to help the public gain knowledge and awareness of integrative health modalities that are being used with modern medicine to promote optimum health.
Practitioners from the Source of the Healing Arts set up information/relaxation stations and gave demonstrations on Acupressure, Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy, Integrative Health, Whole Foods Cooking, Stress Reduction and Management, the Alexander Technique, Massage Therapy and Guided Imagery. Winslow Therapeutic Center’s Riding Instructor’s gave demonstrations in Therapeutic Horseback Riding and barrel vaulting, and The Winslow Quadrille Team performed a beautiful show in the outdoor riding ring.
Winslow’s staff and volunteers welcomed parents, children, health care professionals, mental health and direct care professionals, service coordinators, teachers, caregivers, children and adults with special needs and others looking to improve health and wellness or reduce stress. These people were able to experience workshops about the new field of Integrative Health, get a tour of Winslow’s facility, meet the therapy horses.
Another special guest was Eclipse Award winning jockey/inventor Frank Lovato Jr., inventor of “The Equicizer”, the # 1 mechanical horse world-wide for riders building strength, skill, balance, flexibility, fitness and confidence. Frank and his wife Sandy brought several Equicizers and Equiponies for people to ride and learn about.
“Know No Boundaries” was organized by The Source of the Healing Arts, Warwick Arts Festival coordinator, Liz Reese, the Orange County Developmental Disabilities Education and Training Consortium, St. Anthony’s Community Hospital and Winslow Therapeutic Center.
Winslow Therapeutic Center is a not-for-profit NARHA (North American Riding for the Handicapped Association) premiere center. Children and adults improve their physical, cognitive, social, and emotional well being by learning to ride horses in a therapeutic environment. Winslow’s well trained and caring staff and volunteers have made it possible to offer a unique and often life-changing horseback riding experience to children and adults in the community since 1974.
The Source of the Healing Arts, also located in Warwick, NY, is an Integrative Health Collaborative, a wonderful group of Traditional and Complementary professional providers. The mission of The Source is to inspire individuals of all ages to achieve optimal wellness through the development of physical, emotional, psychological and behavioral health.
Thank you to everyone who participated and gave demonstrations and for the volunteers who helped to make this event available to the public. For more information, call Winslow Therapeutic Center at 845-986-6686, or visit http://www.winslow.org and www.warwickarts.org.
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