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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

One of the miniature horses at TRAK getting its photo taken after breakfast.

Kids on TRAK

December 15, 2019

Chelsea works on training a horse while she teaches one of her riding lessons. By Taylor Gleeson/Arizona Sonora News Chelsea Menke has always had a passion for two things: horses and kids. At Therapeutic...

Eduardo Estrada y Manny posan para la foto mientras hacían senderismo. (Foto, cortesía de: Eduardo Estrada)

Holistic medicine, what you need to know

Mar Ruiz February 20, 2017

  October 2016. Eduardo “Eddie” Estrada gently sips a beer and while closing his eyes. He takes a French fry and looks at his hand as he begins to remember. It’s September 2012. Estrada...

Wes Ricks, professional musician and navy veteran, practices guitar during Guitar for Vets music therapy session at Arizona State University's Music Therapy Clinic, 200 E. Curry rd, on Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Arizona veterans are using music therapy to help better their health. Photo by: Rebecca Marie Sasnett / Arizona Sonora News

Music therapy for Arizona veterans

RSasnett June 8, 2015

In 1966, Wes Ricks, then 19, was a river rat plying the waters of Vietnam while serving in the Navy.“We were getting shot at all the time,” said Ricks, now a professional musician from Phoenix. Ricks...

Lilla DeLuca, owner of the Rocking R. Equine, pets her horse Buttercup at the stables at the stables in the assisted learning center.

Equine Therapy Comes to Tombstone

Maci Hidalgo March 5, 2014

The city of Tombstone will soon be the home of a new horse therapy program that caters to people seeking to improve their lives through animals. “It’s almost a spiritual experience to watch somebody...

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