Therapeutic Approach

Archery can be an exciting and challenging way to practice precision, patience, and regulation.

Learning or practicing a traditional skill can be empowering and reconnecting.

​TRS staff uses metaphorical transference to prompt participants about how their experience in the field is applicable to their lives.

What to expect 

Archery has a learning curve, but participants can expect to be given instruction and guidance with target practice and group games.

TRS has bows with different levels of tension, but drawing a bow repeatedly over a period of time does tend to cause some soreness in the arms, shoulders and/or fingers. 

TRS uses recurve bows and hanging bags. Expect to be in an open area. ​
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What you need to bring

Participants will want closed-toed shoes, clothes appropriate for the environment and weather conditions, and perhaps a hat or pair of sunglasses.

TRS will provide bows, arrows, targets, gloves, wrist guards, Nalgenes, rain gear, and a First Aid kit. ​