For anyone seeking a better Quality of Life
Evolving in Equus - Equine Assisted Learning
LEAP’s equine experiences invite participants to engage with horses on the ground in a non-clinical setting. These experiences focus on awareness, skill building, communication, and relationship rather than performance, history or outcome.
Through guided interaction and reflection, participants explore patterns of connection, boundaries, and presence—supported by the honest and responsive nature of horses. Learning for horse and human happens in an environment free of expectation, judgement, or grudges born of past mistakes. Horses always let us try again.
Learn critical life skills and integrate lessons learned through equine activities into real-life experiences. Interactions with the horses are based off of Natural Lifemanship principles and the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH) International safety standards.
Sessions can be offered to individual, couple, family or group options. Whether you have experienced difficulties in the past, are seeking to improve your quality of life, to live more authentically as yourself, or have a disability and are looking to learn a better way to navigate life's challenges, this program has helped people with different abilities throughout all different walks of life.
For those seeking purpose and connection
Operation Equus
At Liberty Equine Assisted Program, we believe everyone should have a chance to make a difference. Adults are invited to work with LEAP's equines to learn not only more about themselves but to learn more about the horse they partner with.
No horse experience necessary. Learn about grooming, basic horse care, and work on personal goals without speaking a word about your past. Participants of Operation Equus play a vital role in the mental health and physical vitality of the horses here at LEAP. By working horses in the round pen, lunging them, stretching them, and learning about how to behave around our equine partners while mirroring consent, choice, and communication, participants can pour back into their horses the way our horses pour into them.
Come and see how the horses can change lives - one interaction at a time.
Life, Social & Vocational Skills
The Lead Change Program
Our "Lead Changes" program offers neurodiversity-affirming, hands-on learning experiences in a supportive barn environment. Designed for individuals who are seeking greater independence through recreational activities with horses, this program focuses on building practical life skills, meaningful social connections, and real-world work abilities through guided interaction with horses and daily barn routines. Participants are supported in developing confidence, responsibility, communication, and problem-solving skills at their own pace, in a setting that values choice, respect, and individual strengths.
PATH Certification Mentorship Program
Regina is a PATH certified Mentor able to offer mentorships for the Equine Specialist for Mental Health and Learning (ESMHL) and Certified Therapeutic Horsemanship Instructor (CTRI) certification process through the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship.
Originally certified as a riding instructor to individuals with disabilities in 2016, Regina became certified to facilitate equine assisted learning sessions in 2022. With 20 years of horse experience across multiple disciplines and theologies, there are many avenues of education to explore and a sliding scale for affordability.
This industry needs more diversity and people who have a fire in their heart for healing and a strong love for horses. In this program, there is a strong emphasis on foundational learning, groundwork, hard work, empathy, patience, and Natural Lifemanship principles to understand equines and the people commonly worked with in the therapeutic horsemanship industry,
Contact us to set up a meeting to see if our Mentorship program is a good fit for you!
For Anyone Willing to Take a Chance
The Lore Project
The Lore Project is LEAP’s long-term, relationship-based initiative focused on the development of exceptional therapeutic riding and program horses—while supporting meaningful experiences for the people involved in their training.
Rescue horses are partnered thoughtfully and developed over time using relationship-based methods refined through more than a decade of practice. Participants are actively involved in the process, gaining skill, confidence, and agency alongside the horses they work with.
Participation in the Lore Project is by invitation and reflects a shared commitment to the work involved. Individuals are considered for this phase after spending meaningful time within LEAP’s program and demonstrating the readiness, confidence, and consistency required for long-term horse development.
This work calls for skill, presence, and follow-through. Participants must have the desire to engage deeply, the emotional steadiness to support a horse through complex learning, and the scheduling flexibility to show up reliably over time. The Lore Project is not a short-term experience—it is a commitment to relationship, responsibility, and care.
Horses developed through the Lore Project may eventually be placed with, donated to, or made available to equine-assisted and therapeutic riding programs that share LEAP’s values—helping address a widespread shortage of truly suitable therapy horses.
