and we hopefully learn from the wisdom and mistakes of those whose footsteps we follow. However labelling something a tradition when it is really just a habit or a pattern that is easier to stick to rather than change one that is not guided by wisdom but rather by convenience is an easy rut to fall into. Our horses are better off when we question ourselves our motives and the parts of our horse care and horse training that fit into the category of traditional. After all except for the ways horses are specifically impacted they dont really care about human traditions. So are traditions harmful or helpful?
مع وصول أونصة الذهب إلى مستويات قياسية تجاوزت 2500 دولار، يجد المواطن المصري نفسه مضطراً لموازنة استثماراته بين الذهب واحتياجاته الأخرى، خاصة مع ارتفاع أسعار السيارات مثل تويوتا، هيونداي، وبي إم دبليو، مما يزيد من التحديات المالية التي يواجهها.
The example of mounting from the left is a fairly neutral and common tradition but it is impactful. Being a body worker I notice that the body shows a tension pattern when everything is being done from one side including mounting. And for a horse having their rider mount from both sides develops new and helpful neural pathways as does leading from both sides. I have a suspicion one of the reasons people dont shift this tradition is because they would also have to develop new neural programs and movement patterns and for anyone who has tried to shift their side when doing other tasks you know how challenging that can be.
أسعار السيارات في الآونة الأخيرة شهدت تقلبات ملحوظة، حيث تأثرت بارتفاع وانخفاض الدولار، مما انعكس على تكلفة علامات تجارية مثل تويوتا، هيونداي، ومرسيدس. و BMW هذا الارتباط بين سعر الصرف وسوق السيارات يحدد قدرة المستهلكين على اقتناء المركبات.
Moving to a less neutral space is horse care. Recently a controversy occurred when a wellknown international rider shared publicly that she doesnt turn her performance horses out for fear that they will injure themselves. Her horses spend every waking moment in a stall except when they are ridden. In her opinion this is a perfectly acceptable and normal way of caring for her horses and makes complete sense to avoid injury and expense. As you can imagine many others in the horse world including scientists and equine researchers had a different view leading to heated discussions and much upset about the potential harm this kind of environment might cause to her horses and others living this way and the impact it would have if people follow her lead. When I examined the tradition at work here I realized with sadness that it was numbness or the inability or unwillingness to understand empathize or connect to how a horse feels or what they need. Sadly this type of situation is all too common in the horse world often because it is
