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Becoming an Associate Member of Equine Studies Institute

Become an Associate Member of the Institute and Subscribe to "The Inner Horseman"

You can become a member of Equine Studies Institute. Your annual membership fee of $25 includes subscription to our newsletter "The Inner Horseman" plus unlimited access to our large and growing on-line archive of information.

"The Inner Horseman" is published twice per year and includes over 100 pages per issue of news, discussion, book reviews, reprints from relevant magazine articles, in-depth anatomy and biomechanics, and excerpts from Dr. Deb's collection of rare and out of print books. The first issue each year comes with a complete diretory of horsemanship teachers, clinicians, and other horse professionals whom we recommend, so you can help yourself to the best services available.

"The Inner Horseman" is unique in the horse industry. It's not focused on competition and it's not focused on learning techniques (we believe those can only really be learned directly from a qualified teacher). We feature anatomy studies, since this is the basis for contact and communication between the horse and human. We also feature excerpts from old, rare, and out-of-print horse books because we don't believe that all horsemanship wisdom originates in our time.

But first and foremost, "The Inner Horseman" is a forum for "deep work" - a publication intended to help those who are interested in an approach to horsemanship that encompasses more than the merely physical.

2008 ASSOCIATE MEMBER APPLICATION
You now have options for your 2008 E.S.I. Associate Membership!

We are no longer publishing "The Inner Horseman" newsletter. However, don't despair! Back issues, going back to 2001, will always be available, and you can now choose ANY ONE of these for your 2008 membership benefit.

We know that many of you don't have a complete set....this is a great opportunity to add to your collection.

We also have a NEW option: Live audio sessions with Dr. Deb! These will take the form of 15 to 30-minute broadcasts/podcasts. They will be available either on CD (arriving by U.S. Mail), or as downloadable podcasts (for you tecchies out there).

As your membership benefit, you'll receive a bundle of podcasts that totals at least two hours and that covers topics important to all horse owners, including attention, mannering, and riding and training techniques. Podcast bundles will start being available at the end of January, 2008. And -- there will be many podcasts, so that, for an additional fee, you can obtain as many as you like as soon as they become available. All you need to do to become an Associate Member for 2008 is check ONE item below and then follow the directions for PayPal. Thank you for your interest in our work, and welcome to Equine Studies Institute for 2008!

2001 "Inner Horseman" back issues (includes the Members' Only Archives; for complete description of contents, see our Bookstore section).

2002 "Inner Horseman" back issues (includes an array of "deep horsemanship" discussions; for complete description of contents, see our Bookstore section).

2003 "Inner Horseman" back issues (Wisdom from Dr. Deb on horseshoeing and limb anatomy; for complete description of contents, see our Bookstore section).

2004 "Inner Horseman" back issues (Features Dr. Deb's translation of Baucher; for complete description of contents, see our Bookstore section).

2005 "Inner Horseman" back issues (Features Dr. Deb's history of classical horsemanship; for complete description of contents, see our Bookstore section).

2006 "Inner Horseman" back issues (Dr. Deb shares the history of the Arabian, American Saddlebred, and horses of the American Civil War; for complete description of contents, see our Bookstore section).

2007 "Inner Horseman" back issues (Continues Dr. Deb's history of horse breeding with the Thoroughbred and American Quarter Horse; for complete description of contents, see our Bookstore section).

2008 Audio Podcast bundle -- download via the Internet 2008 Audio Podcast bundle -- receive on CD disk through U.S. Mail

Back Issues Now Available

Inner Horseman Back Issues for 2001

Theme -- "Bit selection, function, and fitting." Includes detailed studies of the anatomy of the upper neck and head, tongue, and throat. Complete review of the 1803 Don Juan Segundo Treatise on Bitting. Noseband design and function. Also: Nervous system anatomy; gait study (canter and transitions); colic and migraine; contraction vs. decontraction of the topline; horse-handler relations; "Painty and the Trampoline" poem; what is classical riding; teaching the plie bow; the main object in starting young horses; historical review of Black Beauty; difference between rough and firm; Tom Dorrance benefit report.

Australia and New Zealand Customers Please Note: We have an authorized local distributor in your area, enabling us to supply you with these items without adding on significant extra cost for postage. If you live in Australia or New Zealand, PLEASE DO NOT order these items here. Instead, EMail horsemanshipnz@xtra.co.nz or telephone 03-312-6433.

Customers from the UK please note: we have an authorized distributor right in your area, enabling us to supply you without adding on significant extra cost for postage.. PLEASE DO NOT ORDER ITEMS HERE if you live in the UK, please contact Pippa Lang - email pippa.sdriders@virgin.co.uk or telephone
01364-651-960

Customers from Canada please note: we have an authorized distributor right in your area, enabling us to supply you without adding on significant extra cost for postage.. PLEASE DO NOT ORDER ITEMS HERE if you live in Canada, please contact Yvonne Miller - email totalbalancenutrition@yahoo.com or telephone 250-425-7866

Inner Horseman Back Issues for 2002

Year 2002: Theme -- "Saddle fit, design, and function." Includes detailed studies of the anatomy of the neck, back, loins, belly. "3-D" virtual dissections. Review of passive and active support systems of the horsexs back. Also: Review of the movie "Spirit"; "Free Lungeing" by Stephen Mackenzie; "Losing Less Money Raising Horses" by Margaret Gardiner; and "The Horse Gods" by Millie Hunt Porter. Articles: Riding one step at a time or "Training as Treatment"; "Straight from the Horse's Mouth" a primer on equine dentistry. Review/reprint of Gervaise Markham 1614 "Cheape and Good Husbandrie"; addition to our Rarey collection from 1856; and "Judging the Warmblood Horse", conformation study by Gustav Rau, 1935, translated from the German. Short pieces: what is contact; purpose of arena figures; Newcastle's conceit; Year of the Horse.

Inner Horseman Back Issues for 2003

Year 2003: Theme -- "Orthopedics in horseshoeing." Includes over 150 pages of anatomical information -- virtually a book on the subject -- including extensive "3-D" dissections of the lower limb, historical plates, model studies, and literature review. Also: Oliver Sacks, MD review, including "Awakenings", "A Leg to Stand On", "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat", and more; "Nothing is Impossible" by Christopher Reeve; and "The Faraway Horses" by Buck Brannaman. Study of navicular disease in fossil horses; understanding shape changes in bone; "The Eye of the Anlage", using your "subtle" eye to better assess limb conformation; and the Institute horse coin and stamp collection.

Inner Horseman Back Issues for 2004

Year 2004 - Theme: "Deeper Levels of Horsemanship".

Includes Dr. Deb's original and very clear translation of François Baucher's 1835 "New Method of Horsemanship". Also includes Paez's 1875 "Wild Scenes from South America", book reviews of "Sketches from the Ranch" and "Seabiscuit", study guide to Tom Dorrance's "True Unity", directed reading on developing your feel, putting Eckhart Tolle's "The Power of Now" to work for you in horsemanship, report on Eyjolfur Isolfsson's Icelandic horse program and Dr. Deb's trip to Holar College in Iceland.

Year 2005 - Themes: "Classical Horsemanship" and "Evolution of the Horse". Features reports on the Wilton House indoor riding school and collection of equestrian paintings, with a discussion of the "Manege Moderne" by the Baron Reis d'Eisenberg. Includes a complete technical analysis of 18th-century bitting methods, and of the various gaits and movements which were practiced in Classical Haute Ecole. Feature report on the Evolution of the Horse and a gorgeous "virtual tour" of horse fossil exhibits in Museums of Natural History around the world. Also: Complete copies of the very popular article "Timing and Rate of Skeletal Maturation in Horses" (the "Ranger" paper); History of the Mustang, Barb, and Arabian; Notes on Teaching Horses to Tie Safely; Spoiled Child, Spoiled Horse; Icelandic "Toltmaster" Eyjolfur Isolfsson; Ray Hunt clinic at Melbourne; and Dr. Deb's research on bones from Roman Vindolanda.

Inner Horseman Back Issues for 2005

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND CUSTOMERS PLEASE NOTE! We have an authorized local distributor in your area, enabling us to supply you with these items without adding on significant extra cost for postage. If you live in Australia or New Zealand, PLEASE DO NOT order these items here. Instead, EMail horsemanshipnz@xtra.co.nz or telephone 03-312-6433.

Customers from the UK please note: we have an authorized distributor right in your area, enabling us to supply you without adding on significant extra cost for postage.. PLEASE DO NOT ORDER ITEMS HERE if you live in the UK, please contact Pippa Lang - email pippa.sdriders@virgin.co.uk or telephone 01364-651-960

Customers from Canada please note: we have an authorized distributor right in your area, enabling us to supply you without adding on significant extra cost for postage.. PLEASE DO NOT ORDER ITEMS HERE if you live in Canada, please contact Yvonne Miller - email totalbalancenutrition@yahoo.com or telephone 250-425-7866

Year 2006 - Theme: "Grand-Dad's Horses: What Our Forefathers Thought Good in a Horse"

Feature report in the January issue begins with horses of the American Civil War, then covers Morgan and derivative breeds, including Standardbred, American Saddlebred, Tennessee Walker and Missouri Foxtrotter. In the Mid-Year issue, "Grand-Dad's Horses" continues with a report on Arabians in Asia and America, with many old and hard to find photos. Also in these issues: continuing work on horse bones at Roman Vindolanda; animal language; photo report on the Mike Schaffer clinic; report on "running away to join the circus" from a couple of our members who have actually done it; deception in equine photography; Dr. Deb's deep horsemanship experience with an old kangaroo; T'ai Ch'i and horsemanship insights; the importance of paying attention. The Mid-year issue also included our "Poison Plants in the Pasture" disk, and we will continue to send this very important information out to anyone who orders a 2006 back issue.

Inner Horseman Back Issues for 2006

You may also buy back issues by sending a check or money order in US dollars to our Institute office address. Please include $25 for each year, and include a note telling us which one(s) you desire. Make the check to "Equine Studies Institute" and mail it to:

Equine Studies Institute - P.O. Box 411 - Livingston, CA 95334

Thanks for your interest in our work, and happy riding to you!

The theme for 2007's issues is "Being Honest with Yourself and Your Horse." The January 2007 issue starts out with reviews of Cesar Milan's animal training book and TV show; Scott Peck, M.D.'s "People of the Lie" and "A World Waiting to be Born"; a golden Forum discussion on what it means to "ask" a horse to perform; and a short-but-sweet synopsis of Birdie Theory from Dr. Deb's presentation at the 25th Annual Alberta Horse Owners and Breeders Conference. Featured this issue is an actual word-for-word transcript of Ray Hunt's Pasadena horsemanship clinic, with photos taken simultaneously so that you can see various students as they were actually being coached. This report is an exclusive - to appear nowhere else. Having this issue is almost as good as being there, and the transcript is great because you can study it again and again. In the January issue, we continue our series on "Grand-Dad's Horses" by scrutinizing the origin of the Thoroughbred, probably the world's most influential horse. The report includes over 50 photos of major sires, pedigrees, performance records, and conformation analyses by Dr. Deb. Then, as if that wasn't enough, in the Mid-Year issue we build on the Thoroughbred history by documenting the American Quarter Horse, which is the most numerous breed in the world. There are photos and pedigrees of all the major Quarter Horse bloodlines, plus a detailed historical discussion that illuminates where Quarter Horses came from, how the type has changed over the centuries, and where the breed is now. If you own a Thoroughbred or a Quarter Horse, this disk is a "must have" item.
	Annual Associate Membership (includes newsletter): US $25 To join Equine Studies Institute for the current year, please select one of the following options: 1. Click on the button below to pay using PayPal. 2. Send check or money order (US dollars only) to: Equine Studies Institute - P.O. Box 411 - Livingston, CA 95334

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