Mastering the Art of Horsemanship: John Lyon's Spiritual Journey

by Moira C. Reeve

The spiritual journey of “America’s Most Trusted Horseman” John Lyons is the subject of Moira C. Harris and Tammy Jo Lyons’s Mastering the Art of Horsemanship. A master clinician and riding instructor, Lyons is a pioneer in the positive training of horses, teaching horses patiently and humanely. He is nationally known as a top horse trainer specializing in natural horsemanship. The authors tell the uplifting story of Lyons’s spiritual journey through personal accounts, candid interviews, and touching narratives, beautifully captured in the photographs of Charles F. Mann. This handsome book contains ten chapters beginning with the Lyons’s childhood (“Life Before Horses”) and progressing through his many life-affirming experiences with horses. Lyons’s wisdom with training horses and his know-how gained from decades of experience make Mastering the Art of Horsemanship an invaluable resource of information and inspiration for all horse enthusiasts.

176 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2003

Reviews

[Lexy Nuesch]

Loved this book. Wish that I owned it and I don't have to bring it back to the library. This gave some great insight to the way that John Lyons became a horse trainer. It's definitely not how I thought. Everything that he went through, he used it to his advantage when training horses. It was great to see that so much from the Bible can be applied to horse training. Another thing was that he pointed out that there are horses multiple times in the Bible and therefore, horses will be in heaven.