For a long time, Own Your Center has existed more as a way of thinking than as a finished thing. It showed up in how I taught, how I moved, how I thought about posture, stress, and performance under pressure. It lived in conversations, classes, notes, and lived experience far more than in a structuredContinue reading “Own Your Center — Now Available as a Practical Guide”
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Reality Is An Illusion
How Your Perception Creates What You Believe In the martial arts classes I teach, we have an evasion drill that always creates interesting lessons in perception. It involves having the student face their partner, who holds a padded weapon replicating a katana (Japanese sword). The partner swings down at the student, while the student avoidsContinue reading “Reality Is An Illusion”
The Structure of Balance
Stacking Your Structure For Better Health We all know the importance of good posture. We also know the painful reality of bad posture. The effects of how you stand, sit, walk, run, and perform all the other routine functions throughout your day is a testament to the quality of your structure. Because so much ofContinue reading “The Structure of Balance”
The Anxiety Of Change
If You’re Not Changing, You’re Not Growing There’s an old saying which goes something like this: “The only constant in life is change”. We are either going backwards or forwards. No matter how much we may try to stay the same, or control things to keep them the same, it never works. That’s because lifeContinue reading “The Anxiety Of Change”
Get Out Of Your Head!
Your Mind Is Not Always Your Friend The human mind is a complex and wonderful thing. As humans, we can think incredible dreams, shape our lives, create inventions, solve problems, analyze the deepest secrets, and just about anything else. In fact, science is still in its infancy in understanding the vast potential and capability ofContinue reading “Get Out Of Your Head!”
Get A Hold Of Yourself!
7 Tips On Staying In Control During Chaos No matter how much we invest in fostering peace in our lives, life still throws curve balls at us. When that happens, we can struggle with losing ourselves to the situation. It can be work struggles, home life struggles, relationship struggles, and just about anything else. EveryContinue reading “Get A Hold Of Yourself!”
Guard Your Center
Strategies To Protect Your Sanity and Life Balance When I decided to write my book Own Your Center, I drew upon my decades of martial arts training and experience. Having trained with so many teachers and mentors, including spending time training with masters in Japan, I learned something very foundational in all that I learned.Continue reading “Guard Your Center”
It’s Good To Be A Kid
Your Inner Child Still Needs You There is a lot of information out there about the Inner Child and the importance that plays in healing past trauma, discovering yourself, and living more full life. In my life, I have spent quite a lot of time and energy learning, understanding, and applying lessons about my ownContinue reading “It’s Good To Be A Kid”
Being Centered At Work
How To Keep Your Job From Owning Your Center My Own Your Center program focuses on building your authentic, centered self through inner and external practices. You learn to discover who you really are inside, learning the difference between your true self and what you have learned through programming and social conditioning. This is toContinue reading “Being Centered At Work”
You’re Walking Wrong
The Way You Walk Can Hurt You Walking is one of the most fundamental methods of movement. Every creature that has legs learns to walk. Studies show that people who walk regularly are healthier and happier. Couples who walk together also have healthier relationships. In a nutshell, walking is one of the most healthiest thingsContinue reading “You’re Walking Wrong”
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