ASHVA HORSE-ASSISTED YOGA 4
SATURDAY, October 29, 10AM-NOON
at Spring Reins of Hope, 401 Main St, Three Bridges, NJ 08887
Spring Reins of Hope has partnered with TGR Yoga: The Great Remembering to create and provide
Ashva Horse-Assisted Yoga
Are you ready
for a unique, wonderful,
healing, inspiring
yoga experience?
Have an amazing yoga class led by Dan Fernandez in the company of horses and donkeys that have been helping people’s bodies and minds return to wellness, balance & peace.
Spring Reins of Hope is an equine-assisted services company offering both psychotherapy and life-skills coaching in NJ since 2009 alongside its sister nonprofit Spring Reins of Life 501c3 which has provided EAP for thousands of trauma survivors since 2012. Now, TGR Yoga has partnered with Spring Reins of Hope to offer Ashva Yoga with this special healing Herd. These equines have worked with humans loose in an enclosed space for 13 years and are very accustomed to this model. Additionally, there are scientific studies which support the fact that spending time in the presence of horses will lower cortisol / raise oxytocin levels as well as regulate our natural biorhythms to neutral.
Combining this unique power of horses with the practice and art of Yoga provides an expanded place of healing from the inside out.
In case you’d like to see aa little about what the 1st Ashva Yoga experience was like just click the link below to view some pictures from the event, We held the event in the inside arena due to the temperature outside, and it was very comfortable. But these may be held either inside or out.
CLICK HERE for Pictures
Spring Rein of Hope's unique Herd consists of 4 award winning horses, a family of 3 donkeys, one self-appointed therapy cat, 3 borrowed goats, and apparently a rooster (who just showed up one day). Meet Miss Molly, the 2019 Veteran Affairs Therapy Animal of the Year... https://www.njvirtualherd.com/njvhblog/2019/3/11/change-for-the-better
"Recent studies conducted by the Institute of HeartMath provide a clue to explain the biodirectional "healing" that happens when we are near horses. According to researchers, the heart has a larger electromagnetic field and higher level of intelligence than the brain: A magnetometer can measure the heart's energy field radiating up to 8 to 10 feet around the human body. While this is certainly significant it is perhaps more impressive that the electromagnetic field projected by the horse's heart is five times larger than the human one (imagine a sphere-shaped field that completely surrounds you). The horse's electromagnetic field is also stronger than ours and can actually directly influence our own heart rhythm!
Horses are also likely to have what science has identified as a "coherent" heart rhythm (heart rate pattern) which explains why we may "feel better" when we are around them ~ studied have found that a coherent heart pattern or HRV is a robust measure of well-being and consistent with emotional states of calm and joy - that is, we exhibit such patterns when we feel positive emotions.
A coherent heart pattern is indicative of a system that can recover and adjust to stressful situations very efficiently. Often times, we only need to be in a horse's presence to feel a sense of wellness and peace. In fact, research shows that people experience many physiological benefits while interacting with horses, including lowered blood pressure and heart rate, increased levels of beta-endorphins (neurotransmitters that serve as pain suppressors), decreased stress levels, reduced feelings of anger, hostility, tension and anxiety, improved social functioning; and increased feelings of empowerment, trust, patience and self-efficacy.
The Influence of Heart Rhythm ~ Horses have an extremely strong heart rhythm or heart energy field. Equine assisted therapies have conducted studies, using HeartMath, showing horses assisting in healing humans. This occurs when a horse's heart rhythm is strong enough to influence, like a magnet, the neurochemistry within the brain." - (HeartMath.Org)
to register click the link below...