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Nature in Horsemanship

Discovering Harmony Through Principles of Aikido

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Nature in Horsemanship

Auteur(s): Mark Rashid
Narrateur(s): Matt Patterson
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The popular and highly respected horse trainer Mark Rashid brings together Western and Eastern philosophies to demonstrate a seamless new incarnation of horse training. After years of helping "difficult" horses, Mark Rashid understands how to build the foundation of a horse's training and resolve any problems encountered along the way. He explains how he allows the traditionally firm or assertive approach of the old Western style to take some lessons from the softer conflict resolution and ego reduction approach that the Japanese martial art of aikido teaches. Rashid's ultimate goal is harmony between horse and rider.

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I learn something new with every book. Mark is very inspiring and I want to do more with my horses after each book.

Love all Mark Rashid books

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Listening to the audiobook versions of Mark Rashid's books gave me an unexpected insight into the quality of different narrators. His first book, Considering the Horse, was narrated by Kevin Young. Young's delivery was so natural, and his voice so suited to the role of an experienced horse trainer and wrangler, that I was almost convnced that I was listening to the author rather than a professional narrator. Mike Chamberlain's narration of A Good Horse is Never a Bad Color, Whole Heart Whole Horse, and Horsemanship Through Life, is nearly as good. Dan Lawson narrates Horses Never Lie, and does a workmanlike job of it, though not as good as the other two narrators.

Then we get to Nature in Horsemanship, narrated by Matt Patterson. Although his pronunciation is clear and correct, and his tone is not completely flat, his narration is much weaker when compared with the other audiobooks.

Admittedly, he had less to work with. The other audiobooks are full of entertaining anecdotes showing various challenges in horsemanship and horse behaviour, but this book's focus is on general principles, with far fewer anecdotes. Nevertheless, when there are anecdotes and dialogue, Patterson's delivery is more like a newsreader's, without the liveliness of the other narrators.

In this book, Rashid writes about bringing his aikido experience to his horse training work. Now, whenever people write about martial arts, I start to watch for nonsense. Rashid mostly veers away from embracing mystical baloney, while admitting that he does not have an adequate explanation for some of the things he has experienced. However, instead of doing the next logical thing (consulting with a neuroscientist, like Steven Novella), he does his own research, about the amygdala and about mirror neurons and such.

His science is broadly accurate, but he missed the obvious explanation for the apparent mind-reading by some horses: the ideomotor effect. Way back in Considering the Horse (I think), Rashid explained how exquisitely sensitive horses are, not just in their mouths but over every part of their bodies. So it only stands to reason that they may detect motions from their riders that are so subtle that riders are not consciously aware of giving them.

Also, in one example, Rashid apparently forgets to credit horses for knowing their job. In his anecdote about the horse Diablo apparently reading his mind when choosing which path to choose on a braided trail, it seems to me that Diablo may have chosen the obvious best route, and Rashid simply agreed with his choices.

I did warm up to Patterson's narration by the end of the book (or perhaps he warmed up to the task), but this book might be better experienced as an ebook or print book rather than an audiobook.

Try other Rashid audiobooks first

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Loved the parallels between life, aikido and horsemanship. I enjoyed this book, certainly caused me to think about my relationship with my horses, my dog and in general

Martial arts and horsemanship

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Different way of looking at things. Like Mark Rashid as a clinician. Would love the opportunity to participate in one of his clinics.

Great Book

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Good, but sometimes he wandered off topic. I loved learning new ideas for the hardbound horse.

Very educational.

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