Horses put you on the right path

The innate ability of horses is being harnessed in a science-based program at Cooroibah to help a diverse range of people’s needs from assistance with physical and mental health issues to corporate team building.

Positive Pathway Lifeskills is an equine-assisted learning program established last year by Suellen Brooks that with the help of Business Mentoring Noosa is achieving results and growing rapidly.

Research has shown that appropriate interaction with horses can be therapeutic to both adults and children.

Humans have long known that horses sense fear. Inversely, they sense calm. Horses are herd animals used to taking in slight adjustments in mood from others in the herd. When they are interacting with humans…