All posts by Shifu Ahles

Q & A: Qi, Qigong, Meditation Dangers, Environmental Changes

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Meditation for Beginners: Learn How to Meditate

This talk is just what you need to get started on meditation practice and is also ideal for those who already meditate but could use a refresher. In this week’s talk Shifu Ahles covers 5 main points including: finding the right place to meditate, various meditation postures, maintaining a passive attitude,concentrating on a focal point and having faith in the benefits of the practice. Shifu teaches the reason for various hand and sitting postures and why it is important for you to know your reason for your own posture rather than merely copying others. Don’t miss this talk that helps lay the foundation for living a more peaceful and balanced life.

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So Often Forgotten

So Often Forgotten by Shifu Raymond Ahles So often forgotten, now it’s time to remember. This is the when, it comes every November. So easy it is, no need to cry. It pays dividends but that is not why. When you’re down in the dumps with no end in sight, a simple practice can help […]

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Q & A: The Inner Battle

[DAP isPaidUser=”Y” hasAccessTo=”3,4″ errMsgTemplate=”LONG”]   Click below for audio only (To save a copy to your computer, right-click and select “Save As” or “Save Target As”. However, it will play directly on your computer, iPhones, iPads, and other mobile devices. ) Q & A: The Inner Battle (mp3) [/DAP] Lack of energy, irritability, depressed thinking these […]

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Getting Tough and How to Push

Do you know when to push yourself and when pushing is too much? Do you know how to tune in and listen to your body’s signals so you can correctly judge what you need and when you need it? This is an important talk for any one who engages in bodymind training and proves particularly useful to those training in the martial arts. Find out what makes us mentally and physically more resilient so that our personal threshold increases and we are better able to handle the adversity that inevitably comes our way in life.

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Q & A: Focus on NOW – Fight or Flight – Wide Angle Vision

Some very interesting questions and responses come up in this Q&A with Shifu Ahles as he addresses questions like: whether it is beneficial to put mind elsewhere when experiencing stressful thoughts or is that an avoidance technique, why there was a delayed emotional reaction after staying calm during a confrontation, how the practice has the potential to help high blood pressure and wide angle vision.

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