Where Horses & Nature Guide the Healing & Learning
Horsemanship and Riding Instruction
At Lasata Farm, we embrace the healing power of horses in a peaceful environment for growth. Here, you’ll find balanced seat riding instruction for beginner through advanced riders. Our staff is capable and qualified to work with riders with unique needs.
While we create the framework for physical and emotional wellness through quiet moments and gentle guidance, our experience is only part of the process. Our animals initiate kinships that lead to peaceful hearts and health in body, mind and spirit.
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Learning
Sharing the presence of an animal that communicates honestly and consistently builds confidence. Each interaction is meaningful. Each approach is unique. Learning to understand these cues affects other relationships in our lives.
Our team of equines and certified equine specialists offer equine assisted growth and learning along with psychotherapy sessions. We create space for learning and personal growth by partnering with licensed mental health professionals who incorporate equine assisted learning and psychotherapy to our clients as an adjunctive offering to their own.
Summer Camps For Children and Adults
Fostering a love of outdoor experiences can have a lifelong impact. Conquering an initial fear, or experiencing a newfound ability can generate the grit to face other barriers or unpredictable circumstances.
We offer summer camps for children 6 years old and older. Our programs are designed to be inclusive for those with disabilities, as needed. Our camp curriculum is a well-rounded horsemanship experience where no prior experience is necessary.
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Timing teaches what force never can.
Life doesn’t show up when we demand it.
It shows up when we’re ready to carry it.
Opportunities return.
People circle back.
Old ideas knock again — and this time, they make sense.
What feels like an ending is often just a pause.
A reroute.
A quiet preparation for the next version of you.
I’ve learned not to push the river.
To trust the rhythm.
To let things meet me where I am.
Because what’s meant for you doesn’t disappear.
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One day you realise… it’s not about having more time. It’s about noticing what actually matters while you still have it. We live like there’s always another chance.
Another day to say the words.
Another moment to start.
Another tomorrow to slow down and appreciate what we already have.
But life doesn’t move backwards.
It moves quietly forward — one ordinary day at a time.
And one day you look around and understand…
the small moments were the big ones all along.
The conversations.
The laughter you almost rushed past.
The people who made you feel at home without trying.
Life isn’t asking us to do more.
It’s asking us to notice more.
To stop waiting for the perfect time.
To be present now.
To love louder.
To live softer.
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Amen Amen!!!
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Love this and so true 🥰
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Turn. Out. Your. Horses.
Not sometimes.
Not when it’s convenient.
Not only when the weather is nice.
Daily turnout is not a luxury or enrichment add on. It is a biological requirement.
Horses evolved to move for most of the day. To walk, graze, socialize, rest, and regulate their nervous systems through motion and choice. When we confine them for long periods, we are not creating calm. We are suppressing natural behaviour.
Lack of turnout is strongly associated with increased stereotypies, gastric ulcers, musculoskeletal strain, heightened reactivity, and what is often mislabeled as “bad behaviour.” These are not training issues. They are welfare issues.
Exercise under saddle does NOT replace free movement. A one hour ride does not undo twenty three hours of restriction. Training does not compensate for unmet needs.
If a horse is “better” when kept in, that is not proof the system works. It is a red flag that the horse is struggling to cope.
Turnout supports physical health, emotional regulation, soundness, and learning. It is one of the most basic forms of harm reduction we can offer.
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💛💛💛💛💛Horses do not wake up with a to-do list.
They are not standing at the gate thinking, “Right. Big day today. Hope she finally nails that 20-metre circle and remembers her inside leg.”
They are thinking about: Is it safe. Is it predictable. Where’s my herd. Where’s my food. Why is that wheelbarrow looking suspicious. Can I nap later.
That’s it. That’s the full wellbeing strategy.
So when you choose not to ride, you are not depriving your horse of a vital life experience. You are not “letting them down.” You are not ruining their career.
You are, in fact, aligning beautifully with their priorities.
Most days, what your horse actually wants is you turning up without dragging your nervous system behind you like a rattling tin can. They notice everything. The clenched jaw. The stompy footsteps. The breath you forgot to take because your brain is doing its loud dial-up modem thing.
They clock it instantly. And they respond accordingly.
A horse would much rather stand with you quietly than carry you while you’re wound tighter than a baler twine knot.
They would prefer a calm groom over 45 minutes of schooling while the winter wind bangs the arena boards like it’s auditioning for a horror film.
They would rather feel you settle next to them than feel you trying to sort yourself out on their back.
Riding is a human idea. A hobby. A sport. A thing we invented. Horses did not put it on the agenda.
What they look for is harmony. A safe companion. Someone predictable enough that their body can finally unclench.
So when you decide not to ride because you’re tired, the ground is frozen, or your brain is shouting nonsense at full volume, you’re not failing.
You’re being fluent in horse.
A regulated human is infinitely more valuable than a mounted one.
They don’t keep score. They don’t measure commitment in hours ridden. They don’t care if today was a “walk to the field and snacks” kind of day. They dont care if you take them for hack inhand and not on their backs.
They care that you’re safe company. That you don’t bring storms into their space. That when you do ask something of them, it comes from clarity, not pressure.
And honestly? Some horses thrive when riding takes a back seat for a while. Their bodies get a breather. Their minds get space. The relationship stops being about tasks and starts being about trust again.
If you’re showing up kindly, you’re doing enough. If your horse is eating well, moving freely, and living a routine that makes sense to them, you’re doing enough.
And in the quieter seasons, the bond often deepens. Because horses remember who chose stillness over striving. And who sat with them when nothing needed to be achieved. 💛🐎 ... See MoreSee Less
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