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Equine therapy topic of Sunday talk

Amalia “Mali” Hutchinson will talk about the rewarding experiences and memories she has of developing, managing and teaching a Horseback Riding for the Handicapped program in North Carolina for nine years in a program at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Rappahannock, 366 James Wharf Drive, White Stone.Equine-assisted therapy builds on the healing magic of the bonds and companionship that forms between humans and horses when they learn to trust each other. Hutchinson said that horses have a degree of warmth, understanding, patience and gentleness that make equine therapy especially productive in soothing the physical and emotional trauma of those undergoing therapy.Over the course of the program, hundreds of handicapped persons ages from one to 77, from all walks of life, whose needs included a full spectrum of physical and emotional disabilities benefited from caring for and being cared for by horses, a UUFR release stated.In addition to her love of hor...

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