This article is a continuation of a prior and general commentary, which can be found here: “A Powerful Combination for Health & Wellness Development,”
However, within this article, I’ll explore and share some specific benefits of owning your own Arabian horse.
Plus, …some strong and worthy advantages that can be gained by engaging with Arabian horses while going through our Equine Assisted Mentorship Coaching program.
I’ll list types of challenges that we all commonly face in our daily lives.
I’m also going to give you the reasons, and potential outcomes that can result in being an Arabian horse owner, or when you get involved in our Equine Assisted Mentorship Coaching, with Arabian horses as an intricate part of the program.
Here ya go, with a quick helping hand,
…as you read the following, notice how I’ve listed common challenges, but please be aware, all of the below listed challenges are often found to be linked to each other: Thus, when one area experiences healing and wellness, it’s not unusually for additional areas to receive benefits simultaneously.
Note: I am using Arabian horses in this program, because I have breed, raised, trained, and known the amazing spirit within them as Partnership-Companions for over 55-years.
Here is an “Equine Dozen Of Common Human Challenges” that can effect us all for different reasons, …because life, simply put, is character challenging as well as character building, and your uniqueness proves that to be true.
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- Anxiety and Stress Management: The gentle nature of Arabian horses can have a calming effect on individuals that are suffering from anxiety and/or stress.
* Horse are sensitive to emotions and can help people develop coping mechanisms through bonding and communication.
- Developing Empathy: Equine assisted mentorship coaching can help people develop empathy by teaching them to recognize and respond to the horse’s non-verbal cues.
* This skill to develop empathy can translate to other relationships in the individuals life.
- Building Trust: Trust is the foundation of “ANY” worthy relationship. Horses require trust to build a connection with humans.
* By working with Arabian horses, individuals can learn to build trust with others.
- Communication Skills: Horses communicate non-verbally. Working with them can teach individuals to communicate more effectively.
* This skill can be applied to other relationships, including personal & professional.
- Overcoming Fear: Fear can hold individuals back from reaching their potential.
* Working with Arabian horses can help individuals develop a stable level of confidence & assist them to overcome fears.
- Developing Leadership Skills: Horses are herd animals and require a strong leader to thrive.
- By working with them, individuals can develop leadership skills and apply them to other areas of their lives.
Now, at this point, I want you to just take a short break, as you look back on the first 5-points that we listed.
Can you easily see how overcoming Anxiety and Stress, Developing Empathy, Building Trust, Having Good Communication Skills, and Overcoming Fear, can all be fantastic benefits towards # 6: Developing Leadership Skills?
Yes, …they are all enrichments, to being an effective and respected leader. Stay aware how each of the challenges on the list of 12, all relate to each other…
OK, let’s move on…
- Anger Management: Horses can mirror an individual’s emotions, including anger.
- By learning to appropriately control their emotions around horses, individuals can learn to control their emotions in other areas of their lives.
- Enhancing Creativity: Arabian horses have a long history of inspiring creativity, from art, to literature, to natural stimulation during the development of building the equine-human relationship.
* By working with them, individuals can tap into their own creativity and enhance their ability to think outside of the box.
- Developing Patience: Horses can, at times, be unpredictable, and working with them requires patience.
By learning to be patient, individuals can develop this important skill and apply it to other areas of their lives.
- Improving Self-Awareness: Arabian horses are vey attuned to energy and body language.
* During relationship between the individual and the horse, a mirror of energy and body language increases awareness, making it so much easier for a persons behaviors and emotions to be observed and learned from.
- Building Confidence: Working with an Arabian horse is often a new experience for most people, that newness increases yours Self-Trust factors step-by-step.
* Each Self-Trust step can help individuals develop confidence in themselves and their abilities to be applied in all areas of life.
- Improving Decision-Making Skills: Horses require individuals to make decisions at varied paces: Quick, Analytical, & Meditative…
- Learning from these experiences can improve their decision-making skills in other areas of life.
There you have it, a quick equine dozen of amazing inner strength building skills and improvements, that can be ongoing benefits for you on a daily bases, in all walks of your life..
In summation, Arabian horses and Equine Assisted Mentorship Coaching programs offer a unique approach to personal growth and development.
By addressing a wide range of human development pain points that can challenge us all, individuals can develop important life skills and improve their overall health and wellness.
Engaging with an amazing Arabian horse can help individuals overcome their fears, develop communication skills, and build confidence, grow their leadership abilities, and much, much more.
You can see the daily benefits of Arabian horse ownership, but the benefits of equine-assisted mentorship coaching are numerous as well, and working with Arabian horses can be a life-changing experience.
The Very, Very Best To You.
“ Lock Into Your Dream, Take Action, and Succeed! ”
Ray Hill: Owner & Trainer
El OwRah Arabians