Horses and people find solace in greener pastures at Southern Reins
Clark Tompkins high fives one of his instructors while riding at Southern Reins Center for Equine Therapy June 20. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
This nonprofit creates space for healing and second chances for people with autism, trauma or other diagnoses, and also for horses that had careers in the show ring, on the polo field or elsewhere.
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animal-assisted therapy Collierville nonprofit volunteersAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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