Sirona Therapeutic Horsemanship Open day

Sirona are celebrating their 10 year anniversary with an Open Day! This is a chance for people to come along, meet the team (animal and human) and learn more about what Sirona has to offer.

The welfare of the animals is at the heart of Sirona’s ethos and at their open day this year. Dr. Yuki Itaya will do a demonstration of how she uses Shiatsu and Moxa to support the horses’ wellbeing. Highlighting care of the animals is beneficial to the participants; by learning to recognise and take care of the animals’ needs, young people who come to work with them are able to develop their own sense of empathy, self-worth and responsibility.

Some of Sirona’s participants will be doing an agility demonstration, which is a chance to see what they have learnt during sessions. It also illustrates the relationship and confidence they have built with the horses and their practitioners, which is central to the work the charity does.

There will be refreshments available and cake, plant and bric a brac stalls – including tack and horse items, to raise money for Sirona’s valuable work. There will also be a raffle, with a top prize of a £250 voucher for Toad Hall Cottages and many other lovely prizes. In addition there are children’s activities such as horse shoe painting and a lucky dip.