Books with Spirit – Joyfulness between horses and people

Did you know that 80 % of those who buy a horse have either sold it or are thinking of selling it within the first year?  

Why is this so?

I believe that it is because of a lack of happiness with their horse. 

So what is the cause of this “lack of happiness” with our horse?  And more importantly, what can you do to change it? 

Lack of happiness comes from not dealing with, or not knowing how to deal with, the feelings that come up when we are around our horse – feelings of nervousness, anxiety or plain old fear – or anger or frustration or sadness or whatever.   And not understanding how we can change those feelings. 

“What?” you say, “Do you mean other people feel like that around horses too?”  

You betcha!  (That’s an Aussie expression for a very big YES!)  To varying degrees, all those emotions are a very common experience – mixed up with some of the most amazingly wonderful moments that you could ever imagine. (There has to be some reason that we are not breeding budgies!) 

But mostly our lack of happiness comes from not being safe and not feeling safe.  That is what is causing those emotions in us that seem to be getting in the road of our happiness with our horse. 

Happiness with your horse comes from both horse and person feeling safe, both of you feeling safe, so that you can both enjoy the relationship.     

Now I don’t know if you realise it yet, but I have just given you THE key to really enjoying your horse – the absolutely fundamental key to happiness with your horse and the key also to good horsemanship.  

The people who realise this are enjoying their horses in ways that the rest of the horse world just don’t get yet. 

Well here’s some even better news.  You don’t have to be a great horse man or woman to be able to help you and your horse to be safe and to feel safe.  You don’t have to be a great horse man or woman to have happiness with your horse.  

There are some great people, and programs out there to help you.  I talk about some of them here on this website.  The book and audio lesson set, Zen Connection with Horses, is one of them.  It’s been getting rave reviews from world class horsemen and women and even beginners are getting awesome results – having learned how to find happiness with their horses. 

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