Relaxed & Forward: Relationship Advice From Your Horse

Do you still watch those old horse movies that youve seen a dozen times just for the scenes of the horse galloping in slow motion? Do you hold your breath just a bit? Do you get something in your eye?Weve been besotted with horses since they had three toes. From the popular Relaxed and Forward blog comes training advice combining the everyday fundamentals of dressage with mutual listening skills. Blake writes with a profound respect for horses and an articulate voice for humans blending equal parts inspiration and un-common sense. Its serious training communicated with humor and lightness because horses like us when we laugh.Most riders want to build a better relationship with their horse. These short essays are geared as much toward attitude as technique and include topics ranging from reading calming signals from your horse to using breath as your best communication tool. Blakes writing uses clear descriptions storytelling and humor to inspire meaningful positive communication. Less correction and more direction. Horses are honest; they answer us in kind. If we want a better response a more fluid conversation and relationship with a horse we have to be the ones to change first. The other word for that is leadership.By the author of Stable Relation A Memoir of One Womans Spirited Journey Home by Way of the Barn.Excitement and delight surge through me every time I see Anna Blakes name as an author. Her writing is filled with deep understanding and heart connection seasoned with a lively dash of humor. Reading her work is like giving myself a gift...one I can open again and again. --Kim Walnes winning USET Three Day Eventer Riding Instructor/Trainer and Life Coach.