New Beginnings Therapeutic Riding (NBTR) provides well-trained certified instructors, healthy horses in a safe, positive environment and a recreational outlet for children and adults with behavioral, emotional, mental and physical disabilities. Therapeutic riding allows individuals to experience the rhythmic motion of a horse. Riders move fluidly with the horse to improve balance, muscle strength and flexibility. This movement, which mimics the human gait, allows those with limitations to enjoy the same freedoms we take for granted. At the same time it builds self-esteem, confidence and coordination. Certified riding instructors and various volunteers oversee the individualized therapeu...