Riding Home The Power of Horses to Heal

by Hayes, Tim; Redford, Robert; Redford, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781250033512
• ISBN10: 1250033519
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-03-03
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Summary

Riding Home:The Power of Horses to Heal is the first and only book to scientifically and experientially explain why horses have the extraordinary ability to emotionally transform the lives of thousands of men, women and children, whether they are horse lovers, or suffering from deep psychological wounds.

It is a book for anyone who wants to experience the joy, wonder, self-awareness and peace of mind that comes from creating a horse/human relationship, and it puts forth and clarifies the principles of today's Natural Horsemanship (or what was once referred to as "Horse Whispering")

Everyone knows someone who needs help: a husband, a wife, a partner, a child, a friend, a troubled teenager, a war veteran with PTSD, someone with autism, an addiction, anyone in emotional pain or who has lost their way. RIDING HOME provides riveting examples of how Equine Therapy has become one of today's most effective cutting-edge methods of healing.

Horses help us discover hidden parts of ourselves, whether we're seven or seventy. They model relationships that demonstrate acceptance, kindness, honesty, tolerance, patience, justice, compassion, and forgiveness. Horses cause all of us to become better people, better parents, better partners, and better friends.
A horse can be our greatest teacher, for horses have no egos, they never lie, they're never wrong and they manifest unparalleled compassion. It is this amazing power of horses to heal and teach us about ourselves that is accessible to anyone and found in the pages of RIDING HOME.
The information and lists of therapeutic and non-therapeutic equine programs, which are contained in the book, are also available at: www.ridinghome.com

Author Biography

TIM HAYES attended The University of Vermont and holds a B.S. Degree in Psychology. Before his career as a horseman, Hayes had a long career in Film and Television. He has worked as a cowboy for the Joseph Black & Son Cattle Ranch of Bruneau, Idaho and as a riding instructor at Deep Hollow Ranch in Montauk, NY. It was there that he began teaching Natural Horsemanship, the approach often called, "Horse Whispering." For the past fifteen years, Hayes has been a nationally recognized Natural Horsemanship Clinician. He teaches and conducts clinics throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico. He is also a visiting instructor of Natural Horsemanship in the Department of Animal Science for both The University of Connecticut and The University of Vermont. He has appeared in the 2006 award winning Cablevision’s TV Documentary "Natural Horsemanship with Tim Hayes" and has been profiled in numerous other media outlets, including The New York Times.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION – 5
CHAPTER 1. Wild Horses – Wild Men – 10
CHAPTER 2. The Nature of Horses – The Nature of Humans – 23
CHAPTER 3. Horses Healing Humans – Bodies and Minds – 55
CHAPTER 4. Horses Don’t Get Divorced…Today’s Youth at Risk –74
CHAPTER 5. A Trail Less Traveled – My Journey With Horses – 96
CHAPTER 6. The Walking Wounded – Horses For Heroes – 117 
CHAPTER 7. Horses, Humans, Trauma and PTSD – 137  
CHAPTER 8. “I Wish People Had Ears Like Horses” –148
CHAPTER 9. What Draws Humans To Be With Horses?– 163
CHAPTER 10. Austin – 182
CHAPTER 11. The Evolution of Horsemanship – 200
CHAPTER 12. Riding Home – 219
NOTES – 225
BIBLIOGRAPHY – 241
APPENDIX – 255
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS – 263