Posted in Motivation, Spirit, tagged aikido, buddhism, martial arts, meditation, religion, Spirit, spirituality, Training, yoga on May 29, 2008 | Comments Off
I have been in a frenzied state of reading books by one spiritual teacher after another in the past 6 months… Eckhart Tolle, Chogyam Trungpa, Jiddu Krishnamurti… and so on… sorry for dropping so many names.
Late last week I hit the wall.
I was sitting in my living room at 7:00AM unable to sleep and wondering [...]
Posted in Spirit, Training, tagged aikido, body, martial art, meditation, mind, mind-body, physical fitness, self-defense, Spirit, spirituality, Training, yoga on May 21, 2008 | Comments Off
What is Mind/Body Awareness?
I hear a lot of mention of “mind/body” everywhere today, in yoga articles, in fitness magazines, in news reports, I use the term myself in describing the martial art style I teach.
So what is “mind/body” actually?
In the martial art training I offer, I speak of developing mind/body awareness. We do not perform [...]
Posted in Motivation, Spirit, tagged eckhart tolle, inspiration, meditation, Motivation, spirituality on May 18, 2008 | Comments Off
I just finished reading “A New Earth” by Eckhart Tolle. I have to say that this has been one of the most insightful books I have read in my life.
The one word that comes to mind after taking in the information and knowledge offered by Eckhart Tolle is Honesty.
How honest are you to your [...]
Posted in Spirit on May 4, 2008 | No Comments »
In the Summer of 1987, when I was a little 11 year old kid in Sunnyvale, California, Guns ‘N Roses came out with the song Welcome to the Jungle. The song was used in a Dirty Harry movie and was a huge hit. Today, the lyrics stick out as a reminder to us of the [...]
