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Stress and Loss of Sacredness from Living in An Artificially Created World
A superb talk that is sure to resonate with everyone who lives in this fast paced, stressed world where we find ourselves separating more and more from what “oneness” and what is “sacred”. Shifu Ahles accurately paints a picture of this artificial environment we have created and the toll it takes in terms of stress and good health. He explains how the modern martial artist can use the practice to reconnect with his or her world by living amongst the chaos but not of it.
Continue readingQ & A: Practical Applications, Kung Fu Body, Diet, Injury Guide – 6/9/11
An diverse Q&A session with Shifu Ahles where a variety of topics of interest to the marital arts student is discussed including application for warm up kicks, dietary considerations in developing a kung fu body, the tie in between the study of the arts and acupuncture as well as guidance for practicing when an injury occurs.
Continue readingWhy Practice?
Shifu Ahles gives us much to think about in this talk that explores the question “why practice martial arts?” As he reminds us of the many gifts the art can give he also touches upon a variety of other topics such as not letting other’s problems become your own, allowing yourself to be ok with not doing something well, controlling your thoughts, injuries and pain during practice and more. Worth listening to more than once to get the full benefit of this talk.
Continue readingLearning to Watch your Thoughts…How Much of Your Life are you Really Living?
What are your thoughts? Do you know? What is it that’s making us a little crazy a lot of times? How much of our time are we wasting and how much time is spent actually living your life? If you can imagine the perfect morning, you’re well rested and you have 100% energy. You wake […]
Continue readingThat Inner Voice – An Introspective Poem
That Inner Voice There’s a deep part of you that seems to hide, It may be loaded with worry, fear, envy, or pride. To the immature soul concerned mostly with outward impression, What’s within is unknown, for there’s no growth without confession. Empowerment comes when you drop all the lies, And open yourself to more […]
Continue readingIs a Lack of Awareness Slowing Killing Your Relationship?
What is the key to a good and lasting relationship? I would think the number one way to have a good relationship is listening. We learned a long time ago we have two ears, one mouth, we should listen at least twice as much as we speak. But is listening just using our ears? When […]
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