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Riding Home

The Power of Horses to Heal

Tim Hayes; Foreword by Robert Redford

St. Martin's Griffin

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ISBN10: 1250106176
ISBN13: 9781250106179

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304 Pages

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Equine therapy has long been a staple activity for special-needs children and adults, and its physical benefits are evident. In Riding Home, Horse Nation's must read book of 2016, Tim Hayes uses his own vast experience working with horses combined with scientific research to show us how and why horses and our relationships with them are also able to heal our emotional and psychological wounds.

Riding Home provides riveting examples of how equine therapy has become one of today’s most effective, cutting-edge methods of healing where so often traditional therapy and prescription drugs have failed. The natural ability of a horse to accept, without judgment, a soldier with PTSD who has seen or done horrific things, and by so doing, express compassion and benevolent acknowledgment—often preventing suicide—is extraordinary. At-risk youth in equine programs find that horses don’t judge or criticize them, allowing them to express painful feelings for the first time.

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About the author

Tim Hayes; Foreword by Robert Redford

TIM HAYES is an internationally recognized natural horsemanship clinician. He conducts clinics throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. He is a visiting instructor at the University of Connecticut’s and the University of Vermont’s departments of animal science, an expert consultant and columnist for Equus magazine and Equine Journal, and a contributing columnist for The Huffington Post. He lives with his wife, Stephanie Lockhart, and their horses in New York and Vermont.

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