Horses See Us As We Are

by Nahshon Cook

When we acknowledge how much of our lives horses hold for us, we realize how much horses have to teach us about ourselves. Horses See Us As We Are is an exploration of the incredible, grace-filled invitation that horses are always extending to us when we allow them to be more than jet skis with heartbeats that are just ridden around for fun. Horses are worth more than what we pay for them.
When we accept that invitation, horses help people become human beings by teaching us how to listen as an act of love that has the power to hold space for hurt hearts to heal, and for healed hearts to grow in relationship with others in a life-giving way. I go into greater detail about that in the introduction. So, please read the introduction.
Nahshon Cook is an author, poet, and first generation horseman from Denver, Colorado. Nahshon graduated with a Bachelors of Sciences degree in Human Services from Metropolitan State University. As a horseman, Nahshon interests lay in working with horses with major mental, emotional, and physical training related trauma. He is the author of Being With Horses . He lives and works out of his family's farm in Parker, Colorado where he uses his background in classical dressage and rehabilitation to help horses and their people.

168 pages, Paperback

Published October 31, 2022

Reviews

[Marjorie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book for the most part is written in address poetry which I like. Nahshon gets a lot across from "talking" while giving riding lessons along with suggestions that may help the reader with their riding and relationships with horses and humans. His strength is rehabilitating horses that have been abused and have lost their trust in humans. He seems to be one of the greats in reading what a horse is thinking, feeling, what the horse will be able to accept and what he or she will do next. He is an American poet and horseman.

[Caroline Johnson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nahshon seems like a very gentle person with many stories to share. Sadly, this book needed an editor badly. The chapters are hard to stumble through simply because the sentence structure is so difficult to follow. I believe there would be much to enjoy from meeting this man and listening to him, watching him. But reading his book was extremely difficult.