With their right brain intuitiveness, honesty, and sensitivity, horses offer us a unique opportunity to gain insights into our own lives and how we can live more fully. In more than 100 short essays, neuroscientist and long-time horse trainer Allan J. Hamilton, MD, draws on his distinctive knowledge and experience to explore how horses have helped him achieve clarity, peace, and mindfulness, along with spiritual insights into the fullness of life.
Allan J. Hamilton, MD, is a Harvard-trained brain surgeon, a renowned horse trainer, a developer of equine-assisted learning programs, and the author of Lead with Your Heart and Zen Mind, Zen Horse (Gold Nautilus Award winner). He is a professor of neurosurgery at the University of Arizona and a medical script consultant for the hit television series Grey’s Anatomy. He raises Lipizzan horses on a small ranch on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona.
"Allan Hamilton is a real brain surgeon with true horse sense. If
you want to be a better leader, teacher, parent -- a more conscious
human being, rather than a human doing -- this is a book to keep
close."
-- Stephen Kiesling, editor-in-chief, Spirituality Health "Dr.
Hamilton blends horse sense with common sense and adds lessons on
trust, respect, and compassion, which we can take from the round
pen, to the saddle, to the office, and to our living rooms."
-- Molly Sweeney, vice president of the Horses Humans Research
Foundation "Lead with Your Heart takes you deep into learning the
art of horsemanship and helps you enter the sensory-based world of
the horse."
-- Temple Grandin, author of Humane Livestock Handling and Animals
in Translation "What a gem of a book! Allan Hamilton offers jewels
to enrich our relationships with horse, family, colleagues, and
self. This is the sort of book to keep close to refer to as life's
inevitable chaotic waves threaten."
-- Barbara K. Rector, CEIP-ED, co-founder of Equine Facilitated
Mental Health Association "Recent research tells us that horses are
much smarter than we once believed. Allan J. Hamilton provides an
excellent foundation for how to achieve a deeper and more rewarding
partnership with them."
-- Wendy Williams, author of The Horse: The Epic History of Our
Noble Companion "Dr. Allan Hamilton's unfailing respect for the
dignity and wisdom of horses provides an excellent blueprint for
all who love our equine companions."
-- Elizabeth Letts, New York Times best-selling author of The
Eighty-Dollar Champion and The Perfect Horse "Hamilton transfers
life lessons learned from his history with horses to be applicable
to anyone wishing to live a more mindful life. Both the writing and
paintings invite quiet reflection on the ways we live, act, and
interact with each other, horses, and the world."
-- Carmela Caruso, Bookseller at Novels Novelties Bookstore
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