Mindful Martial Arts

Value

“You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.” – Marcus T. Cicero

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Wisdom

“Four things you cannot recover: The stone, after the throw. The word, after it’s said. The occasion, after it’s missed. The time, after it’s gone….”

Sauna

I made purchase this week of one of my heart’s desires: a far infrared sauna.

Every Day Tai Chi

http://www.everyday-taichi.com/index.html

With my current levels of fibro-related pain and balance issues, I am going to work on the forms and postures either sitting or lying down.

Renunciation

Renunciation is not getting rid of the things of this world, but accepting that they pass away. – Aitken Roshi

The Greatest…

The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.

The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.

The greatest precept is continual awareness.

The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.

The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.

The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.

The greatest generosity is non-attachment.

The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.

The greatest patience is humility.

The greatest effort is not concerned with results.

The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.
- Atisha

Meditation

Georgian Bay, ON

What have I done this week?

I’ve wrestled with fibromyalgia “symptoms”, juiced, and attended various important/useful meetings. I have kept up my commitment to meditation classes, but unfortunately Qi Gong fell by the wayside as we had an executive meeting for Royal City Toastmasters. Despite the weakness in my legs, I need the exercise… and I have to abolish the fear that I can’t do it. I feel the doubt but I need to do it anyway. (Thank you, John Assaraf: The Answer)

Kohlrabi