Faithful Hearts is a Equine Facilitated Mental Health Learning (EFMHL) located just 2 miles away from the Compass Integrative Recovery residential property in beautiful Woodland Park, CO. Equine Facilitated Mental Health Learning (EFMHL) offers soothing, tactical experiences with the equines to generate a sense of physical wholeness and inner tranquility essential for mental and spiritual health. It is an activity mostly conducted on the ground (rather than mounted). The benefits, and case studies showing the fantastic long-term benefits for those recovering from substance abuse is overwhelmingly positive.
Activities are planned and guided by Certified Equine Professionals, and during sessions we strive to achieve peaceful, healing, relationships conducive to personal growth, spiritual growth, discovery, and well-being. EFMHL activities help participants slow down which creates a sense of composure and reduces stress, thus opening up the mind to learning. Countless case studies attest to the healing effects of horses. Working with a powerful, gentle, humble creature forces us to take a look at ourselves and explore who we are and where we need to go. The horses respond to us as unique individuals and somehow understand us at the most basic level of who we are.
Our Certified Equine Professionals can also partner with a licensed professional counselor who can offer processing insight and feedback from the results of the sessions. We also work with addiction recovery programs and provide an onsite certified instructor to supervise the equine-related portions of the activities in conjunction with the oversight provided by the facilitators of these programs.