Elena Rabinkova

"ЛОШАДЬ - большое, теплое, четырехкопытное счастье"

Соня Шаталова, 8 лет

This story is an attempt to overcoming a fear. I always considered that there is nothing so terrible as a disabled child. And I still think so. But when I've come up closer, I have seen a lot of joy, achievements, smiles in this world of "peculiar" children. I have seen so many love, caress, tenderness - all things, that don't be found often in ordinary life. Hippotherapy is a science-based method of treatment. But besides that it teaches children to contact with their bodies and with all things around, it gives them an opportunity to feel themselves "on horseback", to break away from illness and find another way.