Equine Therapy BooksTo understand why equine therapy books are fascinating and informative, one must first look at the horse. In the natural state horses are a herd/prey animal. Their very survival depends on communication. Commuication much more developed then mere words. Communication that reads body language. Awarenss so keen that it can sense the difference of a false front and what is real beneath. Horses are uncomfortable with falsenss and shy away from it. Horses in effect hold a mirror up so you must see your true feelings. ***************************************************************** Looking for books on equine therapy suited for young readers?
We have them! ***************************************************************** For Adult Readers ***************************************************************** Straight from the Horse's Heart by R.T. Fitch USA
Dramatic and thought provoking, Straight from the Horse’s Heart: A Spiritual Ride through Love,
Loss, and Hope by new author R.T. Fitch is an emotional journey that helps readers slip back into the
saddle of self-reliance and moral conviction.
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_________________________________________________________________ Beauty From Brokenness Bits and Pieces of My Journey Into Wholeness by Constance D. Funk USA Helen Keller said: "Life is either a grand adventure or nothing at all." At midlife, I was given a gift horse---a golden mare named Chasta--- for my birthday. At first, her huge reactions to my ineptitude scared me to death----until I realized that she had scared me back to life!
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_________________________________________________________________ Olympic Gold for Cat and Toby by Sharon Roberts USA This is the uplifting story og a girl's struggle to find herself after tragedy nearly destroys her life. Fourteen-year-old Cat has devoted her life to figure skating and works tirelessly for Olympic gold.
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_________________________________________________________________ Tuning In: Equine Craniosacral Therapy and Somato-Emotional Release by E. Bailey Tune USA is an insightful, practical guide and reference handbook for Equine Craniosacral Therapy (ECST). Therapists who have horse exposure and experience will quickly resonate with the unfolding process of ECST
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_________________________________________________________________ "One With the Herd -A Spiritual journey" by Liz Mitten Ryan USA won five Independent Publishing awards at Book Expo America in Los Angeles in 2008.
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________________________________________________________________ On The Right Lead. Intuition and Coincidences. How the Mind and Body Affect One Another. by Dianna L. McPhail USA A delicate autobiography that begins with Dianna's early years as a fledgling intuitive. Through self-acceptance she welcomed her destiny as a healer of humans & animals.
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_________________________________________________________________ Naked Liberty by Carolyn Resnick USA is the captivating memoir of Carolyn’s detailed account of how she gained a magnetic connection with all horses. Carolyn reveals her struggle to be accepted into a herd of wild horses.
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_________________________________________________________________ Show and Tell by Karen Vanderlaan USA As a young girl on the idyllic Milky Way Farm, author Karen Vanderlaan initially believes life is full of magic, wonder and horses. All too quickly, however, her innocence is lost when her mother gets involved with an abusive, manipulative woman named Bunny.
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_________________________________________________________________ Pony Wisdom for the Soul by C. Norman Shealy, M.D. USA
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________________________________________________________________ The Tao of Equus by Linda Kahovna USA
In The Tao of Equus, author Linda Kohanov intertwines the story of how she awakened to the spiritual presence of horses with compelling mythology, neurological research, and personal anecdotes. The result is an extraordinary story of healing and communication that turns conventional understandings of these amazing creatures upside down.
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Horses don’t Lie. by Chris Irwin USA “What horses teach us about our natural capacity for awareness, confidence, courage, and trust.”
***A quick read. I enjoyed the book, it can be classified both as understanding the equine mind and as a therapy book for humans. Sharon, Arkansas _________________________________________________________________ Chosen by a Horse.
by Susan Richards USA
“How a broken horse fixed a broken heart.”
Sharon, Arkansas _________________________________________________________________ Animals in Translation
By Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson USA “Using the mysteries of autism to decode animal behavior.”
Sharon, Arkansas
Hope Rising & Bridge Called Hope by Kim Meeder USA "Follow a horse where no one else can tread, through the minefield of pain that surrounds a broken child's soul. From a mistreated horse to an emotionally starved child and back again, a torrent of love revives their barren places.
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The Horse Boy, A Father's Quest to Heal His Son by Rupert Isaacson USA "Rowan was diagnosed with autism at the age of three. After a remarkable change in Rowan's personality when exposed to a Shaman-healing, (remarkable, but alas, temporary) and the discovery of his son's amazing connection with a horse named Betsy, his father decides to try to heal, not cure, his son through the alternative treatment of Shamanism - in the Mongolian territories where the horse originated. This book portrays the amazing journey the family embarks upon to accomplish this feat. An unforgetable, very well-written, informative, entertaining book that I would recommend to any and all readers, whether interested in horses or not!" - Paula Harrington, Personal Ponies Advocate; personalponies.org
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