Zen (Not Frozen)
One of the ways I respond to stress is to freeze 🥶 in place and stop moving. Even though this is completely opposite of what would really be best for me, the immobility seems to happen before I know it. Then, it takes over and stays too long (like an unwelcome house guest).
Sound and Silence
This morning as I struggled to get moving on my Monday morning to-do list, a friend shared this quote.
“Sorry I’m late I sat on my bed in a towel for 34 minutes staring at a wall.”
Start With a Grateful ❤️
When asked to write about my daily practice I found myself struggling to come up with something that I honestly did with purpose, faithfully and routinely.
Movement Practices
One of the most important movement practices, which is often neglected, is self-defense. Self-defense lies at the heart of every martial art. Modernity has mollified, sportified and distorted martial arts. Competition is seeking glory and perpetuating bitterness. Winning is a construct of the ego.
The Power of the Practice
Everything in life follows a pattern. The Fibonacci sequence, fractals, seasons, all follow cycles that emanate from cycles. It is inescapable as the moon and the stars, and put that way, why would we seek to escape them?
Why Only Live?
When we come to a reckoning with reality, we realize that the human mind is limited in both perception and capacity. The human mind cannot ken the essence of good and evil; that is above its genetic endowment, as one might say, above our paygrade. What is left then; desperation; nihilism?
