Horse Communication

As we humans evolve we are learning horse communication both as a training method and as a way of enriching our own lives.

Naked Liberty

by Carolyn Resnick

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, 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. The book chronicles her childhood growing up in a small desert town in Southern California, and the events that led up to her experiences with the wild horses. $29.95

"By observing equine herd behavior and taking it to an entirely new level, Naked Liberty bridges horse and human communication, creating a revolutionary method of interspecies interaction. Using the same process lead horses go through in the wild to create a unified herd, Carolyn Resnick brings horses and humans to a working partnership. It’s this stripped down version of training, completely absent of tack or round pen, that the horse world has not yet experienced but will benefit greatly from."

Erin Gilmore Assistant Editor, California Riding Magazine

Her life with horses began in Indio, California in the 1940s. Riding alone in the desert as a child, she nurtured an intuitive bond with horses. In the beginning of what would become a lifelong passion for developing innovative horse training methods created from her interactive studies with wild horses, Carolyn spent three summers of her childhood gradually becoming accepted into a community of wild horses culminating in her riding the lead mare of the herd, bareback and without bridle.

As a junior rider her interest led to training and showing in both English and Western divisions. Her desire to create a championship performance from the willing spirit of the horse led her on a unique quest to gain knowledge of natural wild horse behaviour and horse communication systems.

Carolyn’s formal introduction to the wider equine community began in the early 1970s from her ranch, Stonehenge Arabians/Dances With Horses, a successful training and Arabian breeding center in Sonoma, California.

From her studies of wild horses, Carolyn formulated her own system of relating to horses she called The Carolyn Resnick Method. She subsequently toured the United States for several years, giving clinics and exhibitions on this.

Carolyn continues to teach her Method of horse communication, which has now been adopted by many, many horsepeople. They see it as the missing link in their education and training as it provides the vital magnetic connection between them and their horse. Carolyn has also several Certified Coaches in The Carolyn Resnick Method and new programs for this will be recommencing in 2009.

After 25 years, Carolyn retired from the breeding business and moved to a smaller ranch in Escondido, California. She also serves on the advisory board of Return To Freedom American Wild Horse Sanctuary in Lompoc, California (>www.returntofreedom.org) as an expert in wild horse behaviour.

In 2005 Carolyn released her first book Naked Liberty, which was subtitled Memoirs of my childhood. Guided by passion, educated by wild horses. The language of movement, communication and leadership through the ways of the horses. A German language version of the book has also been released entitled Tochter Der Mustangs or Daughter of the Mustangs.

She is currently halfway through writing her new book, a how-to on her Method, as well as a brand new DVD series documenting her Waterhole Rituals (due for release in Summer/Autumn 2009) and her berstreichen Exercises (due in late 2009).

To learn more about horse communication with Carolyn.