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Council Member Holden praises GallopNYC's therapeutic horseback riding program
1:39:37
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Council Member Robert F. Holden expresses strong support for GallopNYC's therapeutic horseback riding program for veterans. He emphasizes the program's benefits in helping veterans bond with family members and providing a peaceful environment for healing.
- Holden notes the program's ability to help veterans forget about negative experiences
- He compares the program's therapeutic value to that of arts programs
- The council member describes the program's environment as peaceful despite nearby expressways
Robert F. Holden
1:39:37
And that program should be expanded, by the way, because it it doesn't you know, the horses like some people who say, well, what does a horse going do.
1:39:46
It actually gives gives them something to bond with their family members like you mentioned with their spouses, but it it also gets them to to forget about you know, their experiences, their bad experiences, and gets them on.
1:40:06
I mean, it could be the arts, which which our our next hearing will be about, how to connect with the arts.
1:40:11
But this is a I've seen the program.
1:40:13
It's a wonderful program.
1:40:15
It's It's very peaceful there too.
1:40:17
You wouldn't think because it's right by the you know, this is To
Alicia Kershaw
1:40:20
me, it's kinda chaotic, but yeah.
1:40:21
Yeah.
Robert F. Holden
1:40:21
It's I mean, it's a it's a hear the expressways and
UNKNOWN
1:40:25
Yeah.
Robert F. Holden
1:40:25
But it it it actually is very, very peaceful there.
1:40:29
So I could see how that could be such great therapy and
Alicia Kershaw
1:40:32
Thank you for for those kind words.
1:40:34
It's it's very calming to be around a horse.
1:40:36
And if you want, the horse is very empathetic and reactive to people.
1:40:41
We've been partners with horses for thousands of years.
1:40:44
So when you approach a horse and you want that horse to be comfortable with you and spend time with you, you need to be calm and you get a very positive sort of feedback loop of of that calm, like we we have we have done research on anxiety with NYU Child Center and show dramatic decreases in anxiety of people being around horses.
1:41:06
So there is come out and visit.
1:41:09
There's something we'll get you calm down to.
1:41:11
There's something very Well,
Robert F. Holden
1:41:12
you, you know, you have space to expand too, which would be
