Naked Liberty [Paperback]

Carolyn Resnick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 4, 2005

NAKED LIBERTY is a captivating memoir of Carolyn Resnick's detailed account of how she gained a magnetic connection with horses. Carolyn reveals her struggle to be accepted into a herd of wild horses, beginning at the bottom of the pecking order, working to gain higher rank and ultimately riding on the back of a lead mare from a bonded trust. This book goes beyond "horse whispering" and will inspire readers to seek a higher level of communication with their horses. "I learned that dominant horses must fight for their position and lead horses do not. From these waterhole rituals I discovered the secret society of wild horses, and that the spirit of the bond has its own language," says Carolyn.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Amigo Publications, Inc. (February 4, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965853349
• ISBN-13: 978-0965853347
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #376,155 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spellbinding and Heartwarming, February 19, 2006

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K. Mccormack (New Paltz, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Naked Liberty (Paperback)

Carolyn Resnick is a horse trainer based in California who has developed a way to teach people to form an effective heart connection with their horses. This creates very close, very deep bonds between horse and human and leads to outstanding performance. There are no gadgets required for this work, no special equipment is used. The horse untacked and at liberty in an area large enough so that he can escape the person's influence if he so chooses. Everything the horse does is done of his own free will. This freedom to choose makes him a very willing, very engaged, very expressive partner.

Carolyn learned much of what she teaches directly from horses, particularly from a band of wild horses she joined during three summers in her childhood. These childhood experiences formed the foundation of her current work. Naked Liberty is Carolyn's memoir of that time in her life. It is an amazing true story of a young girl and the horses who molded her into an outstanding trainer.

If you love horses, read this book.

Kris McCormack
New Paltz, New York

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining Read and Thoroughly Motivational, March 5, 2006

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Lynne Gerard (Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Naked Liberty (Paperback)

This autobiographic reflection of Carolyn Resnick's observations and experiences with horses in the wild, as well as the domesticated horses she's partnered with throughout her life, offers the reader an entertaining view into the world of equine psychology that is sure to manifest a deeper understanding between humans and horses.

With genuine humility and earnest love, Ms. Resnick shares her journey, replete with personal anecdotes every horse lover can relate to, those showing her follies as well as her successes. Her successes are built on personal learning experiences coupled with an unerring positive attitude and a willingness to change things within herself that need changing.

Honing her capacity to observe Nature and all its inhabitants allowed Ms. Resnick to be accepted into the realm of the wild things and it is within the lessons learned through these diligent studies that the author discovered a world of non-human communication that she could not only see was effective for horses and other creatures, but that she, too, could emulate and participate in.

That Ms. Resnick has been able to put her experiences and insights into well worded vignettes is remarkable. It is very difficult to take non-verbal communication between species, (which becomes nothing short of a spirit to spirit understanding) and define it in human language without losing the essence of things. Ms. Resnick not only succeeds in making her experiences comprehensible, but inspires the reader to pursue this type of relationship with his/her own horses.

We owe Carolyn Resnick high accolades for pursuing her unique studies with horses and then offering us the benefit of her experiences and insights. NAKED LIBERTY surely leaves readers wanting to read more from this author.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of the Best Regarding Horses, May 23, 2005

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Franklin Levinson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Naked Liberty (Paperback)

I have been a professional horse trainer (paid to train horses) since the age of 17. I am 60 years next year. I have traveled world wide to do this and have written on this topic myself for publication numerous times. I think Carolyn Resnick's book is far and away the absolute best book on the true nature of horses I have ever read. Legions beyond Monty Roberts' international best seller 'The Man Who Listens to Horses', Resnick's 'Naked Liberty 'addresses the attitudes and paradigms the are most appropriate and correct to attain high level, uncoerced, successful interaction with horses. Through insightful story telling about her early days observing wild horses and relating the occurances she had with the various horses that come into her life, Ms. Resnick gives us a very thorough look into the true nature of horses. I have never heard or read descriptions about equine/human relationships that was more right on track than this is. This book should be required reading for all persons seeking to keep the company of horses. I applaud Carolyn Resnick for her insight, wisdom and the best horse book I have ever read.
Thank you....Franklin Levinson, Snowmass, CO ... Maui, HI