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Why Therapy on a Farm? The Journey to JenLo
There were my father's nightly bedtime stories about Grampa Turtle or Grampa Catfish who warned against hurting their "babie"; shortcuts through the woods on my way home from school... read more
JEN-LO FARM

"At our house, we have to make up the chores, but here, they're real," commented a 7 year old boy during a farm therapy session. Welcome to Jen Lo Farm! read more

Brennan on the Farm

“Can I help you with farm chores?”

Farm chores are so much more fun when you have a friend to do them with you.  And what better friend than a 9-year-old boy who comes to ask “Can I please help you take care of your animals?”
When a child is interested in having a real connection with animals, that interest needs to be honored and fostered.   read more

SALLY

The soul is universal.  My Sally chicken is proof of that.  Whether feathered or furred or scaled or leafed, here we are together in soul soup. read more

Mollie
Sweet little Mollie. There were weeks of searching through the internet to find “the perfect dog”. The search became a heart-rending education. read more
From Polo to Therapy

Junta looks at me as if to say, “What have you gotten me into this time?” She stands in the arena, her graceful neck curved, ears perked up and alert, her back sloping gently, the dark color of her hair and darker color of her mane and tail… and the bright orange and green duct tape with names of body parts in their appropriate places. A woman with developmental disorders was learning to follow sequential directions and stay tuned into the lesson. Junta and I have come such a long way in the last two and a half years. read more

Dolphins

I first became intrigued with the possibility of taking clients with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) to swim with dolphins after meeting Macy of Living from the Heart about 10 years ago. read more

THE ORDINARINESS OF COMPASSION

There was an ancient Central American tribal chant that one tribe would sing as another group journeyed through their part of the jungle.  One group would chant “I am you” and the travelers would respond by chanting “You are me”.  We are all one, and compassion brings us together. read more

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