Journey to Softness Author:Mark Rashid Mark Rashid shares personal stories about events in his life that helped him on his journey to softness,as well as the stumbling blocks along the way. The narrative includes a section in which Mark passes on the experiences of other from a wide variety of walks of life and occupations, all sharing their views on how feel, connection and softn... more »ess apply to their respective professions. Those interviewed for this special section include a musician who has written and performed several number one country music hits, a highly decorated helicopter pilot, a movie actor, a college professor, a master carpenter, an artist, and numerous others.
What the reader learns by example is how to develop feel, relaxation, connection, and softness in both horses and riders. The methods and techniques Mark demonstrated have been gleaned from decades of work with horses and horse people, as well as while he trained with world-class aikido masters and martial artists whose lives have been dedicated to developing softness and connection with a partner through feel.« less