Hannah decided she wanted to wear her butterfly wings to hippotherapy last weekend. She hadn't been in a few weeks and seemed kind of anxious about going ("I don't want to go see Tara, Mommy") so I told her that the wings would give her courage and strength.She was still pretty tentative when she was up on the horse but she did manage to whisper a few commands to Tara and give her a hug at the end which was great. And of course as soon as she got off the horse she was talking a mile a minute again. ( "I did a good job, Mommy. Where did Tara go? Where's the other horses" etc etc)
I can see the value in consistency with hippo, because when we haven't gone in awhile it takes Hannah almost the full session to get warmed up and relaxed enough to gain something from it. But even when she's tense, her posture still looks great and she is able to straddle Tara pretty easily.
Hannah the courageous butterfly perseveres!
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Her posture looks better than great! She looks posititvely serene up there, with her wings, contentendly looking down at her horse. That's a great pic! I am so glad she is getting this opportunity and it looks like it is really paying off big time!
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