<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722750523549896813</id><updated>2012-01-24T18:54:20.982-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Brighter Pastures</title><subtitle type='html'>Horses… Helping People, Changing Lives, Creating a Brighter Tomorrow!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brighterpastures.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7722750523549896813/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brighterpastures.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>501(c)3 Not For Profit Organization</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03043872024925255676</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722750523549896813.post-4822407487619803935</id><published>2010-07-22T18:48:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-19T00:54:17.752-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome</title><content type='html'>Brighter Pastures is a non-profit organization providing communities  in  Central Illinois with Equine Assisted Activities and Therapies. &amp;nbsp;Brighter Pastures uses proven experience-based interactions with horses   to foster behavioral, social, emotional, spiritual, physical, cognitive   and psychological growth. &amp;nbsp;The benefits of Equine Assisted Activities  and  Therapies are astounding and are becoming well-documented  throughout  the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Benefits include:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Self Reflection and Evaluation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Self Esteem and Confidence&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Communication&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Empowerment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Positive Attitudes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cooperation and Teamwork&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Relationship-Building Skills&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Boundaries-setting&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Respect and Empathy for others&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Leadership and other Life Skills&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Self-Discipline and Responsibility&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Problem-Solving Skills&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7722750523549896813-4822407487619803935?l=brighterpastures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7722750523549896813/posts/default/4822407487619803935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7722750523549896813/posts/default/4822407487619803935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brighterpastures.blogspot.com/2010/07/welcome.html' title='Welcome'/><author><name>501(c)3 Not For Profit Organization</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03043872024925255676</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
