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Just Being Around Horses Was Changing Them with Melissa Jarzynski | Episode 4
Melissa Jarzynski was using horses’ movement to help children in physical therapy when she noticed something she wasn’t treating: their parents were changing too.
They arrived rushed, stressed, and overwhelmed. While their children attended therapy, they spent time around the farm and near the horses. Forty-five minutes later, Melissa often returned to a noticeably calmer caregiver. They hadn’t ridden a horse or participated in a session. What was happening?
Melissa had felt a similar change herself. Growing up with an alcoholic father had left her familiar with feeling constantly on alert…
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