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Volume 12, Number 41| November 19 - November 25, 2020

Windwalkers steps up

New sensory trail offers more therapy options By Roberta McGowan Sopris Sun Staff A lot is going on at the valley’s local equine therapy facility. Recently, Wind Walkers in Missouri Heights unveiled its new on-site Discovery Trail, a sensory experience designed to encourage and develop students’ five senses. Glenwood Springs Kiwanis Club donated the resources and volunteer labor to set up the entire project. On a warm, bluebird morning, students with a variety of physical, neurological, emotional, behavioral or psychological challenges rode on one of the many calm and comforting horses Wind Walkers keeps on the ranch. With professional staff instructors, students stopped at the nine themed stations each activating a different sense — sight, smell, hearing, or touch… even making music. The goals, Wind Walkers Executive Director Gabrielle Greeves explained, include working on balance and encouraging students to become “modern day explorers” from the back of their horses. On varied terrain with real obstacles, students pick up rings, wind around curves and stop when instructed. An online, fundraising silent auction will kick off at 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 20 with a shop-local theme for the holidays.The auction will end 5 p.m. Dec. 15. Go to charityauction.bid/windwalkers to see and bid on items donated by local artists and businesses, including activities, clothing, hotel getaways and other unique gifts.

Music lets students at Wind Walkers share harmony and comfort while using this hanging xylophone on the new Discovery Trail. Photo by Roberta McGowan

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