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Jake's Flat Farm and Stable
1454 Houston Mill Road, Conover, NC 28613 (828) 256-2707 |
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Jake’s Flat Farm promotes personal growth and development through equine experiential learning. Our horses are important participants in the exploration and mastery of life themes and developmental tasks. Through interacting with horses, we learn to be more effective in our lives. We serve both children and adults. All of our work is based on the following principles.
 Safety
We recognize the size and power of horses, and their potential to injure humans. We realize that most people have heard or personally experienced “horror” stories of terrible experiences with horses. Many base their fear of horses on this information. At Jake’s Flat, we explore safety issues and ways to keep ourselves safe with our clients. We believe that safety is more than physical safety, but also includes emotional and psychological safety.
Dignity
Our horses love greeting and interacting with people. We respect our horses and the integral role they play in making us better human beings. We also recognize that our horses are in the process of overcoming their own obstacles and life events. Therefore, we incorporate our horses in a way that best uses their special qualities. We plan games that are equally enjoyable to horses and humans. We avoid activities that degrade or traumatize our horses. We also believe that everyone is entitled to be treated with dignity and respect regardless of age or ability.
Holistic
We teach to the whole person. We design effective learning experiences that promote well-being in all areas of life: mentally, emotionally, socially, physically, creatively, and spiritually. Our clients will gain self awareness, emotional intelligence, new knowledge, and transferable skills.
Participation
Participants won’t find themselves sitting on folding chairs for hours listening to someone lecture on and on or talking endlessly with a therapist. As active learners, they’ll spend lots of time with the horses, play games, talk in pairs, and/or discuss as a group.
Change
Participants will experience an innovative dynamic approach to learning that takes them through a process of connection, motivation, definition, experience, self-reflection, imagination, application, and transformation.
Individualized
Each program is tailored to promote your personal development. We pair interaction with the horses with horse related expressive arts activities, play therapy, or other modalities as is needed by the individual. As with any other type of therapy, client progress is carefully monitored to ensure that the program effectively addresses treatment goals. Let us design an individualized experience for you or your group. Click on the links to find out more about our programs for children and adults.
No previous horse experience or riding skills are required.
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