Prison On The: Saddle -final- -shimizuan- 2021

The warden nodded. "We're proud of what we've accomplished here," he said. "But we're always looking for ways to improve. We want to make sure that our prisoners are able to reintegrate into society successfully, and become productive members of their communities."

How does one escape the prison on the saddle? The answer is deceptively simple: the rider must dismount, the horse must be unsaddled, and both must walk apart. In Tibetan cavalry traditions, after battle, riders performed a phyag mchod (hand-greeting) to their horses, then removed the saddle and walked three miles leading the horse by a loose rope—no bit, no rein pressure. This was called “the walking back of the self.” Prison on the Saddle -Final- -Shimizuan-