The Naked Rider
By Don Campbell
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The Naked Rider is a powerful guide to help you identify, control and change your destructive horse riding habits. This book is about a journey, not a destination. This book is about the way you are, not about the way you ride. This book is for you, and about, you. Your journey starts from the first page.
Don Campbell
Listen to Don Campbell's credentials. A Texas native, Don Campbell studied with Nadia Boulanger at the Fontainebleau Conservatory of Music in France and has worked with Jean Houston, Leonard Bernstein and other musicians, healers and mind/body researchers. Over the years, his quest to harness the healing and creative powers of sound and music has taken him to 40 countries, including Haiti, Russia, Israel, Greece, Tibet, Indonesia and Thailand, where he has studied indigenous culture, taught and worked with children and young adults, and given his own performances. He has taught and performed in most of the capitals of Europe and lived in Japan for several years, serving as music critic for a Tokyo newspaper. He founded the Institute of Music, Health and Education in 1988, and is known to the public through frequent television and radio appearances and international lecture tours. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.
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The Naked Rider - Don Campbell
THE NAKED RIDER
A POWERFUL GUIDE TO HELP YOU
IDENTIFY, CONTROL AND CHANGE YOUR
DESTRUCTIVE HORSE-RIDING HABITS
Don Campbell
www.thenakedrider.com
The Naked Rider
Don Campbell
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2016 Donald Campbell
Typesetting and cover design by Oxford Literary Consultancy
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CONTENTS
TESTIMONIALS
CHAPTER 1 USE YOUR BRAIN NOT YOUR REIN
CHAPTER 2 KNOW AND CONTROL YOURSELF FIRST, THEN LEAD AND INFLUENCE YOUR HORSE
CHAPTER 3 YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT – BUT YOU’RE PROBABLY NOT
CHAPTER 4 USE FEAR TO SHARPEN YOUR COURAGE, NOT BLUNT YOUR SPIRIT
CHAPTER 5 IF YOU FEED A POSITIVE OR A NEGATIVE – IT WINS
CHAPTER 6 BEWARE: EXCUSES ARE ALWAYS FEASIBLE AND PLAUSIBLE
CHAPTER 7 DISCOVER THE POWER OF STILLNESS
CHAPTER 8 PRIDE COMES BEFORE A FALL. ARE YOU OVER-CONFIDENT OR UNDER-CONFIDENT?
CHAPTER 9 CONCENTRATE: AND JUST BE BRILLIANT
CHAPTER 10 LOOK IN THE MIRROR; IT’S WHERE ALL YOUR SOLUTIONS LIE
THE AUTHOR
TESTIMONIALS
Having battled with riding confidence issues for many years, exacerbated by unsuitable horses, and then becoming a mum, I was about to give up on my passion for horses, and following a bad fall, became unable to hack down the road without being led. This was a paralysing fear, totally irrational, yet causing me to dismount in tears, and yet again lead the horse home.
Then I met Don on his Leadership Development Course through my job, and he offered to come and help me with my horse.
With his unique and frighteningly accurate insight into how my fears were controlling the outcome of my relationship with my horse, and his ability to identify behaviours that I was totally unaware of, Don guided me through all the complex issues I had developed.
It took time, unlimited patience from Don, and a change of horse, but now I have competed my own warmblood in British Dressage, and even though occasionally I get nervous if my horse is particularly sharp, I feel confident that I have the mental tools to take control of the situation.
I have even bought a youngster and backed him myself.
Don’s approach is kind yet direct. He won’t let you run away from the issue and has an extraordinary skill. I have had lessons/clinics with many well-known trainers, and I learned a lot of practical advice, but I never learned about myself, and how my mind had such an impact on my riding, my competing, and my dealings with others.
Don’s methods and teachings have given me back my life with horses. I am truly grateful he didn’t let me give up.
Jenny Hall BHSAI – Nurse Practitioner, Hereford
I took up riding in my late thirties; with little experience of basic lessons I didn’t have much understanding of the principles and disciplines of riding. Don had a way of showing people that it started with the rider as opposed to the horse. He would look at your ability, fears, personality and how you applied it to your horse and riding. It was one of his unique qualities; I had always been taught that the problem was with the horse and not with the rider. Being dyslexic was another obstacle to overcome; I found schooling daunting. Don broke every instruction down for me so I could visually learn from it, as I struggled to understand the technical words used in schooling. He taught me that your confidence and natural ability is a great tool in riding. By applying these two elements, it gave my horse as much confidence in me as I did in him, which allowed us to work together and trust one another. Don’s experience as a rider and a teacher has allowed me to be the rider that I am today. My riding experience has expanded since lessons with Don, from cross-country to dressage with a variety of horse breeds and abilities. I thank Don for his ongoing support and input and look forward to the future.
Pete Bridges – Head Chef, Llyswen, Brecon
I shall never forget our first encounter with Don. He'd agreed to help my teenage daughter with her new steed, a rather headstrong, disagreeable character. His first words