Ayden Bresee, 8, of Coulee City holds up his arms to work on his core strength and balance during a ride at Alatheia Riding Center. According to his dad, Steve, he has cerebral palsy and the riding has helped Ayden develop his core strength and it also helps to stretch leg muscles.
Ayden Bresee, 8, of Coulee City holds up his arms to work on his core strength and balance during a ride at Alatheia Riding Center. According to his dad, Steve, he has cerebral palsy and the riding has helped Ayden develop his core strength and it also helps to stretch leg muscles.
WENATCHEE — Changing lives with the healing power of horses, that’s what Alatheia Riding Center does.
The therapeutic horseback riding center serves people with a wide variety of special needs, including physical, social or learning disabilities.
They’ve had riders ages 3 to 85 at center in Sleepy Hollow Heights, west of Wenatchee.
Nancy and Glenn Grette started the center in 2011 with 12 riders. Now they have over 80 riders a week.
The horses used for the therapy are Norwegian fjord horses, picked because of their gentle and calm nature.
“The lives that are changed here are not only the riders that participate in the program but the volunteers who come to support the work and activities that we do,” Nancy Grette said.
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