A Letter To Our Mentors~Without Them There Would Be No ELP

Hello everyone, I hope you are all enjoying the March session of ELP! I think we have seen great progress with many of our kiddos. I see our little ones starting to push some boundaries and test a bit. Our teen group challenged us for the first few weeks, but I think things fell into [...]

All Systems That Are Symptom Based Fail ~ Treat The Cause NOT The Symptom

It seems our SYSTEMS today, all of them are symptom based, which we all know treating the symptom of anything will never end the cause of the symptom. No this is not a riddle it is fact and a sad fact at that. Here are some examples that we at Zuma’s face every day. Symptom: [...]

ELP~ Words about the Horse from a Kid

Zuma’s Experiential Learning Kids ~ Straight from the mouth of a child. Why I like horses: “They are really big animals.  They are amazing.  In my heart they are sacred.  Like the sacred dog.”  (reference to the book, “The Gift of the Sacred Dog” that we both love) What I do at Zuma’s: “I’m learning [...]

Join Zuma’ this weekend at the Rocky Mountain Horse Expo.

Rocky Mountain Horse Expo

Zuma’s is on CO CO Today 10:00 am channel 9

Zuma’s Recuse Ranch, Denver University’s Phil Tedschi and Felecia Trembly from the Experiential Learning Center at Zuma’s will be guests on the Colorado and Company Show March 4th from 10:00-11:00 am Please Tune in. The show’s host, Denise Plant will interview the trio about the exciting new things happening with Zuma’s Rescue Ranch. Big Thanks [...]

Foster Children participate in training horses

By Michael Wren & Amanda Davis Meet Josh and Joey.  Can you tell which one is wearing the mask? Joey is the 9 year old rescue Arab cross and Josh is the young man wearing the mask. Both feel the need for protective masks due to some challenging times in their lives. Joey arrived at [...]

Team Work

Taken during an afternoon with Zuma’s After School Program, the child and mentor worked together to push the wheel barrel up the hill. The goals of the program are to enhance identity development, increase self-confidence and build on coping skills. It includes therapeutic, educational, and recreational activities with rescued horses.  The program focuses on increasing [...]

Horses Helping Humans

Darcie Kelly can learn a lot about people by the way they interact with her horses. A longtime horse person, Kelly, 38, decided in recent years to earn her master’s degree in social work. Last summer, she started a business on Green Meadow Drive that uses horses to help with the therapy process. Fresh Steps [...]

Check Out Our Fall Newsletter!

What Zuma’s Means to Me

Over the next few weeks, we will be featuring stories from children who have participated in Zuma’s Wellness with Horses Program.  These children were asked “What the Horses Mean to Me.”  Their responses are clear examples of why Zuma’s believes in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and is committed to the success of our Wellness with Horses [...]