Horse Psychology

The answer behind all this is, simply, that horses are most dependent on people. There are many stories of stallions protecting their herds with tricks that only a good mind could manage. Range horses know the dangers they are up against and react much differently than pasture-raised animals.

The domestic horse is protected with shelter, good food, and care by an honest owner. He seldom has to think about more than play or having his own way. His reasoning comes from boredom, the desire to get out of work, and a search for forbidden food. Horses copy each other. If one animal sees another break a fence, raid the hay barn, or find the grain barrel or even open a gate, he immediately wants the same and follows the same procedure to get it.

Martial Artist vs Warrior

...the seniors - the "old guys'" - division starts at about age 30!

Now, I don't know about you, but at forty-four, I don't feel much like a senior. But, I have to ask myself, how can it be in Today's world that modern martial artists are considered to be too old to compete against a younger opponent when in ancient Japan, China, and Korea...

...that was the norm?!

Even from a self-defense perspective, who is more likely to be the victim of a criminal attacker; someone middle-aged, in their thirties or fourties, who's slower and less fit, with money and credit cards in their wallet...

Hanuman Temple

Inside the ashram is a temple with an exquisite statue of Hanuman. Hanuman is a very revered figure in Hinduism and there could well be at least a million 'Hanuman temples' in the world. The Taos Hanuman statue is very unique in He is flying. This is very rare among Hanuman statues because three styles seem to predominate among the tens of millions of Hanumans in temples and homes out there.