The Gentle Barn: Turkey Cuddling and Animal Therapy Sessions

Animal-Based Therapy at The Gentle Barn

• 💡 The Gentle Barn offers animal-based therapy sessions, recognizing the therapeutic value of various animals, including turkeys.
• 🎯 The farm serves as a refuge for people to feel safe, heard, seen, respected, and to know that they matter.

Healing Through Animal Interaction

• 🤝 By partnering with animals, The Gentle Barn invites people to come in and heal with them.
• 🐄 Sessions include cow hug therapy for real healing, and equine therapy to practice confidence and leadership skills.
• 🐖 Other interactions involve cuddling turkeys, rubbing pig bellies, holding chickens, and playing with goats and sheep, all surrounded by joy and inspired by animal stories.

Debunking Turkey Stereotypes

• 🧠 Contrary to stereotypes, turkeys are extremely intelligent and possess a highly developed language, a fact learned over 26 years at The Gentle Barn.
• ❤️ The experience offers an alternative to traditional Thanksgiving, where one can cuddle a turkey and ensure it knows it is loved.