SERVICES
In addition to treks we offer several other services:
LIVERY SERVICE
We offer full livery care at our stables, including:
- Open fields for horses to roam as a herd or individual field if preferred.
- Hay adlib, daily feed, regular de-worming, access to stable, school, water, tack room, storage are for equipment in barn, parking.
- Our stables, drinking water and fields are poo-picked and cleaned daily by the team.
Price: € 450 per month*
with one month paid in advance when contract is signed.
*Tuition lessons and Dental visits (by a qualified vet) are additional fees.
EQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPY
Equine-assisted therapy or horse therapy, is a form of experiential therapy that involves interactions between individuals and horses. Our extensive experience with horses and passion for combining our love for horses with therapy, we hope to bring a deeply integrated approach to equine-assisted therapy. Here are the benefits and aims of equine-assisted therapy, along with insights into our approach:
Benefits of equine-assisted therapy
- Emotional Regulation: Interacting with horses can help individuals learn to regulate their emotions effectively. Horses are highly sensitive animals that can mirror human emotions, providing immediate feedback to clients' emotional states.
- Communication improvement: Equine therapy can enhance communication skills, as individuals learn to communicate effectively with the horse and, in turn, improve their interpersonal relationships.
- Building trust: Establishing a connection with a horse requires trust-building, which can translate into improved trust in oneself and others.
- Increased self-awareness: Through interactions with horses, individuals can gain insights into their own behaviour, thoughts, and emotions, leading to greater self-awareness and consequently enhance problem solving skills.
- Stress reduction: Spending time with horses in a natural environment can promote relaxation and reduce stress levels, benefiting overall mental wellbeing.
Equine-assisted therapy combined with Biosynthesis (somatic-oriented psychotherapy)
Equine therapy aims to promote emotional healing and resilience by providing a safe and supportive environment for clients to explore their feelings. Biosynthesis therapy is a body-oriented psychotherapy that focuses on integrating body sensations, emotions, and cognition to promote holistic well-being. When paired with equine therapy, which utilises horses as co-therapists, this approach can offer unique benefits and outcomes.
Here's how the combination of Biosynthesis and equine-assisted therapy works:
Equine-assisted therapy combined with the Biosynthesis approach can be particularly beneficial for individuals who have experienced trauma, as it offers a non-verbal way to process and integrate traumatic experiences. Through the interaction with horses the clients’ nervous system can get regulated and the release of stored trauma in a gentle and supportive manner is facilitated. Biosynthesis techniques can further deepen this process by helping the clients to access and integrate unconscious material, leading to profound personal transformation.
The combined therapy approaches empower individuals to take an active role in their healing process, promoting a sense of agency and empowerment. Overall, equine therapy emphasises empowerment, self-discovery, and holistic healing, aiming to help clients overcome psychological challenges and enhance their overall well-being.
If you have further questions or you would like to book an equine-assisted therapy session feel free Maria’s Horse Trekking. We are happy and prepared to provide you with more information or arrange an appointment for an equine-assisted therapy session.
Please note: To benefit from the equine-assisted therapy you do not necessarily need to have riding skills.
A typical session is 1.5hrs and our content is:
- Grooming your horse
- Showering your horse
- Walking and talking with your horse
- Riding your horse and even bareback riding your horse
- Stroking, petting, feeding and having time on your own with your horse. This is your time, for you!
- We do not count the minutes for you with your horse, just enjoy your time and enjoy the peace and tranquility with our gentle, intelligent, intuitive and highly emotionally aware horses.
- They themselves are rescued, they are intuitive and sense when we are in need of some rescuing too! They sense what we are going through, they are even tuned in to our heartbeat.
FEES FOR EQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPY:
Prices are per session and only payable by cash:
| 1 hour | € 50 |
| 1.5 hours | € 60 |
| 2 hours | € 70 |
PHOTO: ERGENC KORKMAZAL
WEDDING & BIRTHDAY PHOTOGRAPHY SESSIONS
We often have wedding bridal couples choosing to have photographs riding our horses or our horses cantering around them. A spectacular and dramatically unique photographic environment and setting for the utmost sophisticated wedding photographs. Bride and groom dress in their full wedding bridal attire and even book a visit to the hair/makeup salon and florist in preparation for their photos surrounded by our horses.
Bring your own appointed photographer and book a photography session any time of the day or at sunset. Stay for as long as you require until the sun sets. We also provide props such as cowboy hats for the photography sessions. Choose as many horses as you require while our team assists and manages the horses for you.
PHOTOS: HARIS NEOPHYTOU
PRICES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY SESSIONS
Prices are per horse:
| 1.5 hours | € 50 |
| 2 hours | € 80 |
| 2.5 hours | € 100 |
PHOTOS: ERGENC KORKMAZAL
TEAM-BUILDING CORPORATE EVENTS
Maria’s Horse Trekking Corporate events at our stables are private outdoor team building events that have been designed to build higher functioning and higher performing teams. Our equine corporate events can be designed for 5 to 20 participants and can provide activities that will challenge the team and individual spirit and team skills of participants. Team building for any corporation is an important investment. At Maria’s Horse Trekking, we tailor your event course to suit the physical abilities of participants and their preferred level of difficulty while we will accommodate your business objectives and budget.
By participating in our equine day/weekend events, we aim to develop corporate team skills that work together, taking actions and thinking outside of the box and come together as one powerful force. This helps individuals to park their competitiveness, collaborate and communicate more and value each other’s worth and contribution, whilst not forgetting to have a lot of fun and giggles along the way, connecting to our horses!
Occasional Corporate events with a genuine business requirement and objective are more likely to qualify for tax deduction. So, a win, win scenario! So long as your costs align with the norms or prudence and business necessity and show the event has a reasonable expenditure, then you can let us handle the logistics and planning.
At Maria’s Horse Trekking stables, we foster a sense of team and individual accomplishment, boosting team morale, giving something back to nature and animals, whilst taking your team out of their comfort zone of the business/office environment, creating a memorable and enjoyable experience which should enhance and promote your business productivity with a happy team. Team building can help develop positive relationships amongst your employees and our horses are easy to connect with and they will certainly help to build trust and confidence. This will help to promote more open communication amongst your employees and encourage more natural conversations between them in problem solving and discussing ideas. Building trust with our horses is a huge aspect of self-awareness and challenges one’s courage. It is a two-way exchange between your team and our horses, but totally positively rewarding. This will help you identify your team members’ strengths and weaknesses.
Our activities include: riding out on a trek in the mountains, riding in our school, feeding, cleaning, picking out the horses’ hooves, grooming the horses and leading and interacting with the horses in their herd environment.
We provide a beautiful, tranquil and peaceful location in the stunning mountains of Lysos surrounded with pine trees and nature trails. Away from the hustle bustle of city life, just quiet nature. We also provide the catering of food and refreshments to suit your budget from a team BBQ on site to a hotel buffet. We can offer a day or weekend event course with breakfast included, whichever suits your requirements.
Please feel welcome to call our stables to discuss your requirements and ideas for your tailor-made corporate event. We are open all year.
CHILDREN’S BIRTHDAY PARTIES
Maria’s Horse Trekking birthday parties at our stables can accommodate your children’s preferences and your budget. We can cater for parties of 10 children, creating a memorable and enjoyable experience with our gentle ponies and horses.
Our activities include: riding out on a trek in the mountains, riding in our school, feeding, cleaning, picking out the horses’ hooves, grooming the horses and leading and interacting with the horses in their herd environment. We can also provide drawing and painting children’s activities with our qualified art teacher. We can offer a buffet, picnic or BBQ under shade from the sun with drinks provided.
We are located in a beautiful, tranquil and peaceful setting in the stunning mountains of Lysos surrounded with pine trees and quiet nature trails. Please feel welcome to call our stables to discuss your requirements and ideas for your tailor-made corporate event. We are open all year.