A Journey to Softness

Author: Mark Rashid
Publisher: J.A. Allen
ISBN: 9781908809421
Category : Dressage
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Mark Rashid shares personal stories about events in his life that helped him on his journey to softness, as well as the stumbling blocks along the way. The narrative includes a section in which Mark passes on the experiences of others from a wide variety of walks of life and occupations, all sharing their views on how feel, connection and softness apply to their respective professions. Those interviewed for this special section include a musician who has written and performed several number one country music hits, a highly decorated helicopter pilot, a movie actor, a college professor, a master carpenter, an artists and numerous others. What the reader learns by example is how to develop feel, relaxation, connection, and softness in both horse and rider. The methods and techniques Mark demonstrated have been gleaned from decades of work with horses and horse people, as well as while he trained with world-class martial artists whose lives have been dedicated to developing softness and connection with a partner through feel.

Nature in Horsemanship

Author: Mark Rashid
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1616083506
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 223

Book Description
Use peaceful concepts from the Japanese martial art aikido to bring out the best in...

Whole Heart, Whole Horse

Author: Mark Rashid
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1626369283
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 285

Book Description
Many horse trainers, even those who espouse the so-called natural horsemanship approach, take the position that horses who fail to obey a human's request are doing so as much out of perversity as ignorance. That's not Mark Rashid's view. In his words, "If we understand that horses can't separate the way they feel from the way they act, then we can start to see that unwanted behavior isn't bad behavior at all. More times than not, it's just the horse expressing the way he feels at that particular moment in time. . . .How we perceive that information dictates how we respond to it." Whole Heart, Whole Horse focuses on this idea, covering such subjects as gathering information from the horse, turning rider/trainer mistakes into positive experiences, developing realistic boundaries between you and your horse, understanding how and why horses release energy from real or perceived traumas, and reaching a comfortable balance point between horse and rider. Rashid analyzes developing softness, consistency, dependability, trust, and peace of mind in both horses and humans, as well as how to become a leader whom your horse will willingly want to follow and work with. Full of examples that extend beyond the training pen, Whole Heart, Whole Horse offers good sense and information that will make you a more astute, capable, and sensitive horseman and person.

Considering the Horse

Author: Mark Rashid
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1616081562
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 223

Book Description
A Colorado clone of James Herriot reveals the evolution of his trainingskills through well-told...

Horsemanship Through Life

Author: Mark Rashid
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 162087296X
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
Here is a compelling meditation from renowned horseman Mark Rashid on all the ways that the principles we apply in our dealings with fellow humans can apply to our relationships with our horses, and vice versa. Horsemanship Through Life is about awareness, learning, teaching, honesty, integrity, and much more. It is about more than tips or technique; it is about principles to live by. It is about taking ownership of and responsibility for our lives and relationships with horses and humans. It doesn’t take long to read, but will be with you for life. Experience the profound lessons of this nourishing book.

Naked Liberty

Author: Carolyn Resnick
Publisher: Amigo Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 9780965853347
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
NAKED LIBERTY is a captivating memoir of Carolyn Resnick's detailed account of how she gained a magnetic connection with horses. Carolyn reveals her struggle to be accepted into a herd of wild horses, beginning at the bottom of the pecking order, working to gain higher rank and ultimately riding on the back of a lead mare from a bonded trust. This book goes beyond "horse whispering" and will inspire readers to seek a higher level of communication with their horses. "I learned that dominant horses must fight for their position and lead horses do not. From these waterhole rituals I discovered the secret society of wild horses, and that the spirit of the bond has its own language," says Carolyn.

Finding the Missed Path

Author: Mark Rashid
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books
ISBN: 1570768412
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
“Horses are a lot like people,” says renowned horseman Mark Rashid. “When there are gaps in understanding, confusion, and thus frustration, worry, and even anger are sure to follow.” Horses often grow up with these “gaps” in their training and education. When this happens, it can be difficult for the horse to be a willing partner to a human, and he may need to be “restarted”—that is, given a second chance to learn what is expected of him and how he can find a place where he is confident and comfortable both beside a handler and beneath a rider. In order to restart a horse successfully, we need to know how to retrace the steps the horse’s education has taken and find the path missed the first time around. In this book, the first of the expansive library of books penned by Rashid to include full-color photographs, readers are guided through practical steps for restarting horses, using Rashid’s simple yet impactful concepts derived from years of study of martial arts. We walk along with him as he proceeds with the quiet sorting of experience that provides the insight we need to give any horse the new beginning he deserves.

Out of the Wild

Author: Sarah Beth Durst
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440634068
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
Beware the Wild?it bites. Ever since Julie Marchen helped defeat the fairytale world of the Wild, life?s been pretty much back to normal. That is, as normal as life can be for a girl whose mom is Rapunzel. Yes, that Rapunzel. Then the Wild mysteriously releases Zel?s prince (Julie?s dad!)?a rescue-minded hero who crashes full-speed ahead into the 21st century! (YOU try teaching a 500-year-old prince to use a seatbelt.) Julie?s over the moon, but when a wicked Fairy Godmother kidnaps Sleeping Beauty and reawakens the Wild, Julie and her dad set off on an action-packed adventure to save the distressed damsel? and the world. If they can?t, they?ll spend eternity in a fairytale.

Journey to Softness

Author: Mark Rashid
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781570767586
Category : SPORTS & RECREATION
Languages : en
Pages : 184

Book Description
"Noted author and horseman Mark Rashid shares illuminating stories from his own experience, as well as those of others, that help explain the steps necessary to attain true connection with the horse"--

Out of the Wild

Author: Mark Rashid
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557224152
Category : Alcoholics
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
Henry McBride, a drunken cowboy looking for money to buy his next drink, finds a job at a guest ranch where the owner, Jess King, hires him on as an extra hand. Henry is still grief-stricken over the death of his wife and young son 17 years earlier, but his life changes when he meets Chad, the ex-ranch manager and when a young mustang stallion arrives on the ranch.