J. Hamilton, Allan, MD

Zen Mind, Zen Horse

The Science and Spirituality of Working with Horses

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on his scientific understanding of the brain, noted neurosurgeon and lifelong horseman Allan Hamilton offers a new approach to horse training based on understanding the intuitive, nonverbal, right-brain communication process of horses.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Workman Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 255mm x 179mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 768g
• ISBN-13: 9781603425650
• ISBN-10: 1603425659
• Artikelnr.: 33187617

Autorenporträt

Allan J. Hamilton, MD, is a Harvard-trained brain surgeon, a renowned horse trainer, a developer of equine-assisted learning programs, and the author of Lead with Your Heart and Zen Mind, Zen Horse (Gold Nautilus Award winner). He is a professor of neurosurgery at the University of Arizona and a medical script consultant for the hit television series Grey’s Anatomy.  He raises Lipizzan horses on a small ranch on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona.  

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword 
Introduction  
Days of Thunder 
The Two Sides of Me 
Chi & Equus 
Grooming as a Tea Ceremony 
Searching for Chi 
Grooming as an Act of Love 
The Magic Dog 
Prey, Predator & the Rules of Learning 
Patience 
Leading the Way 
Now & the Ocean Liner 
Tiny Bubbles of Chi 
Picking Up the Pace 
Minding Your Manners 
Sending Out & Backing Up 
Tending to Horses 
Sidepassing & Jumping 
Come to Me 
From Sack to Saddle 
A Leg Up 
Stopping & Spooking 
Trailering (or Not)  
Epilogue
Twenty Exercises
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index