Kankakee River State Park Riding Stables

12/11/2023

Can you find Ms Bellah the potbelly pig?

12/11/2023

Supervising is hard work!

12/11/2023

Please let us help!

11/02/2023

Now here is a girl who Loves her yogurt!

10/22/2023

We haven't been able to ride the past several weeks due to rain and mud but Heza still eats like he is taking people down the Trail!

08/06/2023

07/14/2023

I shall
Gather up
All the lost souls
That wander this earth
All the ones that are alone
All the ones that are broken
All the ones that never really fitted in
I shall gather them all up
And together we shall find our home

“Gather up” A Poem written by Athey Thompson
Taken from A Little Book Of Poetry
By Athey Thompson

Photograph taken from “Through the back door” by J Pickford and A Green

07/07/2023

Ms Belah got her yard increased, she made herself a cool mud hole and actually decided it was hot enough to lay in her pool!

07/02/2023

"I believe this study makes sense, I can also see how riders and people touching animals have an electron exchange from the animals being grounded…

Recent studies conducted by the Institute of Heart-Math provide a clue to explain the two-way ′′healing′′ that occurs when we're close to horses.
According to researchers, the heart has an electromagnetic field larger than the brain: a magnetometer can measure the energy field of the heart that radiates from 2.4 meters to 3 meters around the human body.

While this is certainly significant, perhaps more impressive than the electromagnetic field projected by the heart of a horse is five times larger than that of a human being (imagine an electromagnetic sphere around the horse) and it can influence straight into our own heart rate.

Horses are also likely to have what science has identified as a "coherent′′ heart rate (heart rate pattern) that explains why we can feel better when we're close to them. Studies have found a coherent heart pattern or HRV to be a solid measure of well-being and consistent with emotional states of calm and joy-that is, we exhibit such patterns when we feel positive emotions.

A coherent heart pattern is indicative of a system that can recover and adapt to stressful situations very efficiently. Many times, we just need to be in the presence of horses to feel a sense of well-being and peace.

In fact, research shows that people experience many physiological benefits by interacting with horses, including lower blood pressure and heart rate, higher beta-endorphins (neurotransmitters acting as pain suppressors), decreased stress levels, decreased feelings of anger, hostility, tension and anxiety, better social working; and greater feelings of empowerment, confidence, patience and self-efficacy."

06/30/2023

Usually when finished both what I fixed and how I look is just like this - a hot mess!

06/30/2023

Doesn't this mini mule look like he is up to no good - looks very sneaky!

06/29/2023

Who else feels like a staff member most of the time 😂

06/29/2023

This is Maple our old mini horse! He needs to have Senior Grain everyday - his supervisor decided to let him graze a little! Looks like he might be asleep on the job!