Horsemanship Through Life - Just out!
When Mark Rashid finds himself lying in the dirt during a horsemanship clinic he is conducting in England, he realizes that his fall, the first in many, many years, is much more than a simple fall from a horse. Mark sees this timely accident as a wake up call that slowly moves him to rediscover the meaning of his life's work with people and the horses they love. Even as a highly successful author, teacher and clinician, Mark is forced to face the fact that he had become somewhat complacent in his work and that he had stopped growing as a horseman and as a person. Mark's efforts to recover from years of physical injuries and to rekindle his passion for working with horses are at the heart of Horsemanship Through Life.
As Mark looks back on a series of seemingly unrelated events that ultimately led to the fall in England, he begins to realize that he needs to create room in his life for the personal and professional growth he is seeking. A chance encounter with a man at one of his clinics ultimately leads Mark to become a student of the Japanese martial art aikido, "The Way of Harmony." That decision takes Mark back to his roots with the "old man" who taught him how to work with horses, and moves him forward to a new and clearer understanding of the concepts of blending and flowing with a horse's energy, rather than fighting against it. The result of his efforts is a renewed commitment to compassionate communication with horses, using honor, integrity and dignity.
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