Free Rein Therapeutic Riding is Spokane’s largest adaptive riding and military horsemanship program serving children and adults with disabilities as well as active-duty military, veterans, and their families. Since 2008, Free Rein has built a community where participants can experience the profound benefits of equine-assisted activities focused on building strength, independence, and freedom.

Free Rein partners with seven healing horses and over 160 dedicated volunteers to serve more than 45 participants each week, with a waitlist of currently 40 riders.

A horse's soothing rhythm, strength, warmth, and three-dimensional movement pattern provides healthy exercise while improving circulation and muscle tone. The discipline associated with working with horses and the social interactions between peers benefit the mind and spirit while raising self-esteem and increasing self-sufficiency through accomplishment.

The unconditional love of the horses has been proven to reduce anxiety, they are nonjudgmental, encourage interaction and offer a haven where students can feel a sense of empowerment and offer acceptance.