Anne-Marie Flynn walks Cairo, a 25-year-old white Arabian horse, to a corral at her ranch northwest of Davis. Cairo and his equine colleagues Pete and Jazzy provide a unique kind of therapy in Flynn's workshops that focus on loss and grief and other obstacles in life. Fred Gladdis/Enterprise photo

Anne-Marie Flynn finds horses like Jazzy, her brown trotter, pick up on her mood and are highly empathetic. Jazzy and equine colleagues Cairo and Pete provide a unique kind of therapy in workshops that focus on loss and grief and other obstacles in life, Flynn says. Fred Gladdis/Enterprise photo