INTRA was established in 2000 by a team of professionals with over 17 year’s of professional experience. Their caring and visionary administrative and therapeutic director, Anita Shkedi, leads the organization.
 
Originally from England, Anita introduced therapeutic riding to Israel in 1985. She has a Masters degree in Education, a degree in Preventive Medicine, a British State Registration Nursing diploma and a Therapeutic Riding Instructor¹s certificate. 

She is the founder of the Wingate Diploma for Therapeutic Riding Instructors and continues to run the course. She has been a member of the IPEC (International Paralympics Equestrian Committee) since 1996. This committee has now become a new branch of the Federation Equestrian International, (FEI) in 2006.

She has taught and trained instructors in therapeutic riding in more than 15 countries.

INTRA team is made up of therapeutic riding instructors, physiotherapists and education experts. The therapeutic riding instructors bring their vast life experience, believing that it is best to work as a team and to consult regularly with professionals from other disciplines to enhance the therapy.

Our physical therapy team is lead by Susanne von Dietze Polak, an international expert in these issues.

Our occupational therapist is Miri Erez, she is also the advising occupational therapist for our center to Rotem, a branch of Kupat Holim Clalit.

INTRA farm manager, Giora Shkedi, has many years of experience in equine skills and stable management.

INTRA has created a warm and friendly environment in which the staff - therapeutic riding instructors, physiotherapists, and education experts- and the disabled riders and the horses work together in harmony towards a common goal.  The success of our program has brought about even greater demands for this extraordinary therapy.