WooWoo Ranch

Zen Connection, the ebook

// May 28th, 2010 // Books

I was browsing around a favorite site called Horses for Life and found an article about comfort zones and how to know when your horse will learn best. The Australian author, Jenny Pearce, made a lot of sense, talking about how both humans and horses have a “comfort zone,” a zone just outside of it she calls the “not too sure zone” and a zone past that called the “oh shit zone.” I could relate. She then goes on to make a convincing case about how our location within those zones determines our ability to learn, and we learn best when we’re just outside our comfort zone, in the “not too sure zone.” So it pays to know what being in that zone looks like in your horse and what it feels like within yourself to stay within the boundaries. My experience tells me that when those boundaries start feeling a little squishy, that’s my sign to stay more alert. Go slower. Wait for a lick and chew. Breathe in. Breathe way out.

There was a lot more to the article and I found it fascinating enough to purchase the author’s ebook called Zen Connection with Horses: A Practical Guide to Inter-Species Communication. It’s a simple, immediate download with insights about Four Magic Questions that are simple and remarkable in helping humans work with horses. The added free bonus is the CD with nicely done guided meditations the author mails you (in any country) to go along with the ebook. I highly recommend it as I have several pages marked for re-re-re-re-reading!