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Unlock Miraculous Personal Growth: Let Your Inner Tree Guide You
What do you need to change to promote growth?
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Intention (Yi), Vitality (Qi), and Movement
Featured photo of gears by Feodor Chistyakov on Unsplash. How to Move More Efficiently ‘Internal’ martial arts concepts are elusive for Western minds to grasp. Terms like yi (intention) and qi (vitality), and phrases such as ‘where your yi goes, your qi goes’ wrap up what should be simple concepts in mystery. I will demystify…
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Sacred Spaces: Find Your Peace and Take It Wherever You Go
Visiting My Sacred Space I made the local park my main dojo/kwoon (martial arts training area) over five years ago. This is where I practise and also where I teach my most loyal student of eleven years. I usually train in a wooded area, where the trees and bushes protect me from the wind and…
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Understanding Qi: The Energy Within You
Featured photo by Irham Bahtiar on Unsplash If you haven’t heard of Qi, it doesn’t matter. This article is for everyone. I will use plain English to try to demystify the term and explain what it is. Note that I can only do this within the limits of my own experience. Qi, Chi, Ji, or…
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The Break of Peace
The poem depicts the irony and futility of peace amidst ongoing global injustices. It portrays how major players—politicians, journalists, and business interests—react to peace, exposing their hypocrisy and detrimental motives. It is the last day of 2024, and nothing has changed. The world is still standing by and doing nothing as injustice prevails. Western governments…
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Gateways to the Infinite—the Senses, Mindfulness, and Meditation
Meditation Starts with the Senses Our senses tell us about the world. We must transcend them to gain greater wisdom and understanding of our true nature. Mindfulness brings us to the present and gives us more clarity and sensitivity. Meditation opens the door to something much greater—our infinite selves. We experience life through the senses,…
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Embrace Your Challenges – They’re the Stuff of Life
Life can be a struggle, can’t it? While some look forward to the next holiday, others are lucky to get through their to-do list just for one day. Everyone is looking for a promised land in one way or another. The last twelve months presented me with plenty of problems to solve – physically, financially,…
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Meditation – Staying Mindful in Everyday Life
Meditation is pivotal in my work as a ghostwriter and speaker by enhancing awareness and intuition. As part of my outdoor meditation ritual in the small wooded area of my local park, I connect with a tree at the start and end of every session. You can think of this as my version of ‘tree…
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Radio made the video star: what has radio taught me about speaking?
I wasn’t completely green When I first took on the role of radio presenter, I was already an accomplished communicator; professional writer, martial arts instructor, mindfulness coach and trainer. Shaping ideas, knowing how to express them with clarity, and having the courage to let others hear my voice was not an issue. So, what did…
