Horsemanship Through Life: A Trainer's Guide to Better Living and Better Riding

Horsemanship Through Life is a book by Mark Rashid that explores how the principles of positive horse training and self-improvement can apply to our relationships with horses and humans. Rashid discovered the Japanese martial art aikido and found it had transformative effects on his sense of self, improving his mental and physical communication with others. He shares his examples from personal experience with horses to show how the things he learned can be applied to guide us further on our path with horses. The book is about awareness, learning, teaching, honesty, integrity, and more, and is about taking responsibility for our lives and relationships with horses and humans.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 07 July 2022
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing

Chances are real good that if a person is indecisive,angry,scattered,hesitant,belligerent,argumentative,bossy,or impatient in everyday life,he is bound to bring those same qualities to his horsemanship,and in turn,his horse will tend to reflect those qualities. By the same token,if a person is patient,calm,willing,quiet,self-confident,focused,and dependable,it is more than likely to be those qualities the horse will reflect.

Mark Rashid, a renowned horseman, offers a compelling meditation on the ways that the principles we apply in our dealings with fellow humans can apply to our relationships with our horses,and vice versa. In his book, "Horsemanship Through the Eyes of the Master," Rashid describes how his discovery of the Japanese martial art aikido helped reenergize his commitment to positive horse training and self-improvement at a time when his dedication was flagging,with negative consequences for his health. He began taking classes in aikido and,with dedicated training,came to recognize its transformative effects on his sense of self. He found his mental and physical communication with others had improved greatly,and understood the incredible benefits that aikido might hold for greater emotional balance and understanding between a horse and its rider during training.

By sharing his examples from personal experience with horses in the lively and engaging style that has made his earlier books so successful,Rashid shows us how the things he learned can be applied to guide us further on our path with horses. This is a book youll want to share with your friends and relatives,whether they are horse lovers or not. Every reader will find something new about how to form a more mutually communicative relationship with a horse you have,or hope to have one day in the future.

Weight: 281g
Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781510771079