Avalar Equine Therapy and Education

Our story

Every great journey begins with a story. Ours is no different. After years of working with young people who would benefit from a personalised approach to therapy, we embarked on a mission to provide high-quality personalised services at reasonable prices. What started as an idea is now in full swing, thanks to the hard work, dedication, and unwavering support of our team and community.

Our approach

Our vision is to offer support to all who may benefit from our approach, consistently delivering exceptional and personalised services.

We provide Equine Therapy based in Northallerton, North Yorkshire.

Our facilitator is a qualified teacher, specialising and teaching in Special Education for over 15 years. This along with over 30 years of Equine knowledge and experience, gives everything needed to offer personalised services.

We work closely with families, health professionals, schools and support services to enable us to provide the best care.

Equine therapy has been known to have a positive impact on both mental and physical health. It can play a huge part in supporting those with special educational needs, physiotherapy needs, PTSD, mental health difficulties, communication difficulties, anxiety and depression.

Our service is open to all.

What is Equine Therapy?

Equine Therapy is a form of therapy that uses horses to support the therapeutic process. In this form of therapy, people engage in activities such as grooming, feeding and leading a horse. This form of therapy has results including helping people develop skills such as emotional regulation, self confidence and responsibility.

Horses can offer an extraordinary amount of emotional support. Equine therapy brings people outdoors and offers an opportunity to use all senses whilst learning and processing through emotional challenges.

What are the benefits of equine therapy?

Many of the benefits of equine therapy are likely due to the nature of the horses themselves. Horses are naturally gentle and calm creatures, and are able to mirror and respond to human behaviour, meaning that they are highly effective at interacting and working with others in a patient and non-judgemental manner.

Those who struggle to articulate how they’re feeling often find equine therapy useful as they’re able to express their emotions and feelings with their horse. In addition, individuals who find it hard to trust others or be intimate with people, can often achieve a strong bond and a level of closeness with their horse, and experience affection, acceptance and mutual respect.

Equine therapy doesn’t just result in psychological benefits – it has physical benefits too. Equine therapy has been found to reduce people’s blood pressure and heart rate, and help to calm physical symptoms of conditions such as anxiety and stress.