Farm Therapy Is No Joke

A crash course in nature, healing, and expansion

Photo by Simon Fanger on Unsplash

I teach people how to ride horses for a living, and I also partner with horses in helping humans achieve self-growth. Very little of that growth happens when we’re actually riding the horse. Most of it occurs when we’re doing mundane tasks that help keep the horses alive.

And you know what we’re doing around the farm when we reach the most trance-like familiarity with the genius of our subconscious mind?

Shoveling poop.

Yep. Something magical happens when we’re cleaning horse manure out of the barn.

We might be moaning about having to get started with this thankless task, but whatever we’re worrying about when we pick up the manure fork will seem a lot less important when the horse stall is cleaned.

And the crazy thing is — science is starting to give us an answer for why we feel better after filling up a wheelbarrow with a big, steaming heap of equine byproduct.

Here is what you can gain by pulling on some muck boots and contacting a local farm to see if they need extra hands.

Ecotherapy

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