Spring Reins of Life, has moved!
Founded in 2012, and based in central New Jersey since, Spring Reins of Life has provided equine-assisted psychotherapy services to trauma survivors: at-risk /high-risk youth, military veterans with PTS/TBI and their families, victims of domestic violence, and more. All of our services have been provided for no cost or very low cost thanks to public and private tax-deductible donations.
SRoL is dedicated to promoting psychological healing, emotional well-being, and personal growth using the skills of mental health professionals and the assistance of horses. For thousands of years, there has been a unique bond between humans and horses, it is our mission to enhance and leverage this bond to reach individuals who are suffering from the effects of trauma and who are struggling with the combined stressors and obstacles set forth by enduring traumatic events or abuse. The horses are here to help find ways out of the darkness and into the light.
The organization has struggled since being shut down during the COVID19 pandemic. More recently its partner organizations lost funding when government grant funds were frozen or rescinded by DOGE. That led to the cancellation of several sessions of programing, further hindering the operation.
Then a donor offered to provide a new home and an equestrian center in Troy, Virginia. The move will provide more stability to the program. While Spring Reins is settling into Virginia, the New Jersey program will be put on hold. There are plans to return to the Garden State in the future to offer special programs.
Christiana Capra will remain as program director.
The horses, Syriana and Junior Mif, and three donkeys, Edith, Gloria, and GusArchie, have arrived in Virginia and are settling in. Molly and Chubby are staying in New Jersey for the foreseeable future.
The website will remain the same, www.springreinsoflife.org.
