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Why talk to a guru? When you can whisper to a horse. The Art of Natural Leadership

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The first two-thirds of this book contain a somewhat rambling, often personal, sometimes humorous philosophical stream of consciousness about truth with a capital T, horses as teachers and mirrors, the Bible as metaphor, and other provocative ideas about who we are as souls and beings. Despite the rambling, this is valuable "thinking out loud" triggered by the idea that "For thousands of years, excellence in horsemanship was such a natural ingredient in the development of leadership it would hardly have been noticed--and only rarely noted." In the last third of this book, Hunting does an exceptional job of laying out his method of "Transformational Horsemanship." His willingness to be candid and explicit about how he works with his horses to help clients become more authentically present and self aware in their leadership roles results in a very useful, informative, and thought-provoking discussion.

I'd recommend, however, that in any book suggesting methods of working with horses, the safety of the person and of the horse get more attention. The need for knowledge, awareness, and prudence when close to horses cannot be overstated.
Devony, Homer, Alaska