Download or read book Zen Horseback Riding 4th Edition written by Tom Nagel and published by . This book was released on 2018-08 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zen & Horseback Riding explains the location, importance and use of the psoas muscles. The psoas are the deep core muscles that link the upper and lower girdles of the body. They are the basis of all efficient body movement and can be used by everyone in any athletic activity. This book explains how to use your body to achieve tone, find self-carriage and to move correctly both on and off the horse. Zen & Horseback Riding is about using horseback riding as a means of self-development and training. It is about improving both your riding and your life. "I liked this book so well after being given a copy that I couldn't wait to purchase six more copies for my friends." Sally Swift, author of Centered Riding The Kindle edition contains color graphics and photographs for color devices.
Download or read book Zen and Horseback Riding written by Tom Nagel and published by . This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zen & Horseback Riding explains the location, importance and use of the psoas muscles. The psoas are the deep core muscles that link the upper and lower girdles of the body. They are the basis of all efficient body movement and can be used by participants in any athletic activity.
Download or read book Zen and Horseback Riding written by Thomas Nagel and published by . This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Zen Mind Zen Horse written by Allan J. Hamilton MD and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-10 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eastern philosophy enters the stables in this unique guide to horsemanship. Allan Hamilton describes how horses understand and respond to the flow of vital energy around them. They use this energy, called chi, to communicate with their herd, express dominance, and sense predators. Hamilton shares safe, simple techniques to make you more receptive to your animal’s chi, so you can develop a calm and effective training style that will not only help your horse follow commands, but strengthen the spiritual bond between horse and rider.
Download or read book Zen and the Horse written by Pamela J.G. Au and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2003-03-07 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a very interesting and intelligent little book; the author takes a unique approach to teaching centered, balanced riding, using Eastern philosophy as a context for mastering the art of equitation. The author writes with credible authority and conveys ideas and concepts clearly and vividly. Most important, the book delivers what it promises. It does provide specific advice for equestrians hoping to achieve this zen state in their riding." As reviewed by Writers Digest, 2004 "I think this is the first writing that actually describes what I feel when I ride my horses. I have never wanted to compete, just reach that place of unity which will be an ongoing practice with the horse for the rest of my life. No hurry to get somewhere, only connect while there! Maybe someday you will put this great book into visual movement in a video? You have really taken the mechanics out and replaced with emotion, awareness, with motivation to feel!!! With great respect to our patient teacher, the horse. " Sincerely, Chris in OR. "A must for the serious rider. This book stayed on target and was easy to keep up with. Most Zen horse books make me want to gag after 5 minutes, but this author has both of her feet on the ground and a lot to say. Buy it! you and your horse will both benefit." Chuck Click Here to go the authors website and more on Zen and the Horse.
Download or read book The Zen of Horseriding written by Ingrid Soren and published by Little Brown GBR. This book was released on 2002 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zen has its roots in a Japanese Buddhist sect which holds that the truth is not in scriptures but in man's own heart if he will strive to find it by meditation and self-mastery. According to Zen philosophy one of the great paradoxes is that if you are trying to attain something, you are wasting your time. Never short on humour, Zen masters describe riding the donkey in search of the donkey you are riding. With this wisdom in mind Ingrid Soren sets out to learn the art of horseriding, and gets more than she bargained for. We follow her tortuous and often humiliating path through fear, doubt, joy and insight as it dawns on her that her experiences are but expressions and reflections of herself. The horses that she encounters are inimitable Zen masters, each with their distinctive personalities and qualities. They instruct without instructing, without artifice. Grounded in their own unselfconsciousness, these fine animals offer Ingrid Soren new images for everyday living. They show her how things are interconnected and how Zen is the experience of life in all its aspects.
Download or read book Zen and Horses written by Ingrid Soren and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing the spiritual side of horsemanship, this book combines the universal appeal of horses with the increasingly popular Zen Buddhist philosophy.
Download or read book Zen and Horseback Riding written by Tom Nagel and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dressage in the Fourth Dimension written by Sherry Ackerman and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dressage is often seen as the most formal and controlled of the equine sports, following an ancient, standardized training progression. For philosopher and dressage instructor Dr. Sherry Ackerman, dressage is much more. It — along with riding in general — can be a transformational art and an avenue for reflection, exploration, and self-knowledge through which a rider can experience liberation from the individual, egoistic self. This second, revised edition of Dressage in the Fourth Dimension is a pioneer work in awakening “dressage consciousness.” Drawing on such diverse sources as sacred geometry, ancient Western and Eastern philosophies, and esoteric spirituality, Ackerman seeks to heal humanity’s alienation from nature through riding. She points us toward the liberation from societal conditioning and normative thinking, and, ultimately, from our own egos. Her concept of the fourth dimension requires us to leave the analytic, objective mind behind and enter into the mystery of inspiration. A short, unique, thought-provoking work that has enjoyed a word-of-mouth reputation among horse people for years, Dressage in the Fourth Dimension will challenge riders’ assumptions about their horses and themselves.
Download or read book Riding Horseback in Purple written by Alice MacGillivray and published by Alice Macgillivray. This book was released on 2014 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A surprising number of women in their 40s, 50s and 60s are deciding to reconnect with horses. The author shares learning from her own journey, from horse people she interviewed for the book and from experts who helped her along the way. Riding Horseback in Purple is a compelling read for animal lovers, regardless if they dream of getting a horse.
Download or read book Polo Life written by A Snow & S Onderdonk and published by Shelley Onderdonk. This book was released on 2016-06-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is more than a sports memoir--it's the chronicle of two open-hearted, big-brained people building an unlikely life together by focusing on the common ground between them.
Download or read book Zen in the Stable written by Laine Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zen in the Stable pairs original wisdom garnered from the equestrian life with fifty stunning photos. A gorgeous collection for every equestrian, animal lover, and anyone seeking peace, Zen in the Stable demonstrates that the human-horse relationship can enrich our lives and make us happier, healthier, calmer, and more loving.
Download or read book Zen Mind Beginner s Mind written by Shunryu Suzuki and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named one of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century (Spirituality & Practice) A 50th Anniversary edition of the bestselling Zen classic on meditation, maintaining a curious and open mind, and living with simplicity. "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few." So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous opening line. In a single stroke, the simple sentence cuts through the pervasive tendency students have of getting so close to Zen as to completely miss what it's all about. It is an instant teaching on the first page--and that's just the beginning. In the fifty years since its original publication, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind has become one of the great modern spiritual classics, much beloved, much reread, and much recommended as the best first book to read on Zen. Suzuki Roshi presents the basics--from the details of posture and breathing in zazen to the perception of nonduality--in a way that is not only remarkably clear, but that also resonates with the joy of insight from the first to the last page.
Download or read book The Tao of Equus written by Linda Kohanov and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2007 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An equine therapist shares the story of a spiritual awakening she experienced with her black mare, Rasa, which led her to investigate the metaphysical and scientific aspects of the human-horse bond.
Download or read book Zen Women written by Grace Schireson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-11-10 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark presentation at last makes heard the centuries of Zen's female voices. Through exploring the teachings and history of Zen's female ancestors, from the time of the Buddha to ancient and modern female masters in China, Korea, and Japan, Grace Schireson offers us a view of a more balanced Dharma practice, one that is especially applicable to our complex lives, embedded as they are in webs of family relations and responsibilities, and the challenges of love and work. Part I of this book describes female practitioners as they are portrayed in the classic literature of "Patriarchs' Zen"--often as "tea-ladies," bit players in the drama of male students' enlightenments; as "iron maidens," tough-as-nails women always jousting with their male counterparts; or women who themselves become "macho masters," teaching the same Patriarchs' Zen as the men do. Part II of this book presents a different view--a view of how women Zen masters entered Zen practice and how they embodied and taught Zen uniquely as women. This section examines many urgent and illuminating questions about our Zen grandmothers: How did it affect them to be taught by men? What did they feel as they trying to fit into this male practice environment, and how did their Zen training help them with their feelings? How did their lives and relationships differ from that of their male teachers? How did they express the Dharma in their own way for other female students? How was their teaching consistently different from that of male ancestors? And then part III explores how women's practice provides flexible and pragmatic solutions to issues arising in contemporary Western Zen centers.
Download or read book Mountain Record of Zen Talks written by John Daido Loori and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this treasury of Zen wisdom based on his talks, the abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery in Mt. Tremper, New York, explores the eight areas of study that are the focus for training in his community: meditation, study with the teacher, liturgy, art practice, body practice, the study of scriptures, work practice, and the moral and ethical teachings. John Daido Loori also covers such topics as koans, the martial arts, and illness and healing, and he makes intriguing observations about the spirit and requirements of Zen in America.
Download or read book What Horses Say written by Anna Clemence Mews and published by Trafalgar Square Books. This book was released on 2004-05-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anna Clemence Mews presents a beautifully written collection of true stories that have made up a part of Julie Dicker's career as an animal communicator and healer. Client interviews, case notes, and an interesting collection of survey questions and answers that were actually posed to a representative group of Dicker's equine clientele provide "anecdotal evidence" of horses' emotions and their ability to reason.
