Stand InBalance Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, Growth & Learning

Stand InBalance Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, Growth & Learning Located in the beautiful Santa Monica Mountains in Southern CA, Stand InBalance offers varied progra At Stand InBalance, we help you create the change you want.

Stand InBalance Equine Interactive Programs:
At Stand InBalance, we inspire ourselves and others to connect with their inner wisdom and step into balance and authenticity each day. About Stand InBalance Equine Interactive Programs:

Stand InBalance offers a powerful, effective, and cutting -edge model of personal and professional development that combines the intuitive qualities of the horse with the client's desire to learn and grow. Our Equine Interactive Programs offer an experiential, short-term approach that goes beyond the traditional to help restore balance in people’s lives. When we Stand InBalance, we are able to face life’s challenges from a place of calm, inner strength. Horses, due to their unique animal nature, act as mirrors for our inner selves. They provide opportunities for us to develop greater self-awareness, increased self-confidence, and improved relationships – both personally and professionally. Stand InBalance is not about riding or horsemanship. It’s about partnership, communication, and authenticity; and having fun along the way. Working with our professional staff and the horses can help you discover a solution-focused approach to current problems, practice resilience, and live your inner strength, personal power, and integrity. Our programs can help you:

-Stop saying yes when you really mean no
-Have more fulfilling and happier relationships
-Enhance team synergy and effectiveness
-Do the things you’ve been wanting to do instead of just talking about them
-Be the leader you’ve always wanted to be
-Boost your results
-Trust yourself and others
-Let go of frustration and resentment
-Build your confidence
-Get playfulness and joy back in your life

All of our programs include an interactive, on-the-ground Equine Experience at the beautiful and private InBalance Ranch, located in the Santa Monica Mountains. No prior horse experience is necessary. To Learn more about our programs visit our website at: www.StandInBalance.com

Why Horses? Unlike humans horses are prey animals. As such, they are constantly aware of others and their surroundings. Instinctively, as prey animals, their survival depends on their ability to sense any underlying emotional current in their environment. They use their animal wisdom - keen sense of smell, hearing, body awareness, and vigilance - to keep them safe. They are fully present in the moment and require us to get out of our heads and be fully present. Horses are powerful messengers that mirror back their direct experience of humans. They are completely congruent and authentic with what they experience – in other words, what they show on the outside matches what they feel on the inside. They don’t deny or mask their feelings and our masks/personas don’t fool them. Like humans, horses are herd animals and rely on each other for safety and survival. Whether clients are engaged in individual or group activities, interacting with horses provides an opportunity to work on dynamics related to relationships, isolation, asking for help, and one’s role in the human herd. Areas that are commonly addressed include boundaries, assertiveness, trust, powerlessness, and frustration tolerance. All Stand InBalance professionals are EAGALA certified. Visit www.StandInBalance.com to be added to our mailing list and receive information on our programs, groups, retreats and workshops. For Questions and Information Email us at : Info@StandInBalance.com or call us at (818) 714- 1740

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This month we're sharing Here are 12 tips to connect with  ! Here's  #6:HEAR your THOUGHTS. Not only do our words and ac...
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This month we're sharing Here are 12 tips to connect with ! Here's #6:
HEAR your THOUGHTS. Not only do our words and actions have impact, so do our thoughts. It is important to pay attention to our thoughts and notice what we are thinking. If we notice that we are constantly thinking about the “bad” stuff that is going on, that has already happened or that we think might happen, then we need to make the conscious decision to balance those thoughts with their opposites. When a negative thought comes in, make the decision to think about the positive instead or at the very least to recognize the good that also exists, even if it is hard to find it. The more aware you are of your own thoughts, the more opportunities you have to shift your thinking to a positive mindset of gratitude, appreciation and hope. You’ll realize the more you try this method of mindful thinking, the easier and faster you’ll have a positive thought in answer to any negative ones that show up. Soon you’ll notice encouragement in more positive thoughts that come all on their own!
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"There is a magnificent, beautiful, wonderful painting in front of you! It is intricate, detailed, a painstaking labor of devotion and love! The colors are like no other, they swim and leap, they trickle and embellish! And yet you choose to fixate your eyes on the small fly which has landed on it! Why do you do such a thing?” ― C. JoyBell C. www.standinbalance.com/positivity

This month we're sharing Here are 12 tips to connect with  ! Here's  #5:LISTEN to your WORDS. Words have great power! We...
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This month we're sharing Here are 12 tips to connect with ! Here's #5:
LISTEN to your WORDS. Words have great power! We must choose them carefully. Sometimes we get into the habit of using words that aren’t actually true and are more of an exaggeration triggered by our emotions. We may say that we “can’t” do something when the truth is we can, but we choose not to. We may say that something is “the worst ever” when really it’s not. We may unnecessarily criticize ourselves and others or speak in extremes or absolutes. Listen to the words coming out of your mouth, are they positive? Are they true? Sometimes the words we are using don’t actually match up to how we truly feel and what we really want to say. It can be easy and even habit forming pick up language that is commonly used and slants toward the negative. Listen and choose your words carefully, they not only have an effect on anyone else who hears and receives them, they also have an effect on you. A part of you understands the full meaning those words carry and believes what you are saying to be true. Listen and ask yourself if you are saying what you mean, and meaning what you say.
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"When you are joyful, when you say yes to life and have fun and project positivity all around you, you become a sun in t...
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"When you are joyful, when you say yes to life and have fun and project positivity all around you, you become a sun in the center of every constellation, and people want to be near you." - Shannon L. Alder www.standinbalance.com/positivity

10/12/2025

Here at the ranch we practice what we call “consenting for halter”. All of our equines have a choice whether or not they want to wear a halter and work that day. If they don’t want to, they are never forced to. This ensures that the equines are present and ready to engage during session. Their jobs are very important and we have a lot respect for the work that they do! www.standinbalance.com

This month we're sharing Here are 12 tips to connect with  ! Here's  #4:OPEN. Openness is key to maintaining a positive ...
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This month we're sharing Here are 12 tips to connect with ! Here's #4:
OPEN. Openness is key to maintaining a positive nature. Recognizing that the future is not yet written and remembering that in each and every moment there are infinite possibilities for the next, makes it much easier to keep a positive attitude about the future and all of the wonderful “what could be”s. Be open to the possibilities, allow the potential for more good to come! Many times, we may find that we are closing ourselves off in an effort to protect ourselves in some way – from the unknown or from what we “think” we know. Although this behavior is understandable in many circumstances, it is important that we notice whether we are closing up and denying things too soon, without any consideration at all. Openness is not necessarily a yes, it is a maybe. It is simply allowing for the potential to reveal itself before saying no to it and allowing the chance for that thing to turn out to be good, great or better than we could have ever imagined.
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