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Q & A: Meditation, Concentration, Visualizations, Intimidating People, Impact of Age & Ego on Practice
Shifu Ahles tackles questions from his student audience and clearly explains the different forms of meditation, including a pre-meditation exercise, and the benefits and application of each. A great talk to better understand the real world challenges and questions that arise during concentration or meditation practice. Topics shift to how to deal with intimidating people, overcoming the ego and how to overcome difficulties encountered when learning a new skill. He wraps up the talk with an explanation of how bodymind training can slow the aging process.
Continue readingQ & A: Meditation Experience, Psychology & Mindfulness, Remaining Sharp with Repetitive Practice
This Q&A delves into what it is really like to be in a state of deep meditation and the various experiences one can have. Shifu Ahles speaks to the approach of cognitive behavioral therapy used as a mindfulness practice as well as getting past one’s fears through education and research. He touches on how BodyMind Training can help you to remain mentally sharp and how to prevent it from becoming mundane. He ends the talk with an intriguing story about kittens in a striped room that illustrates an important point about the power of environment on perception
Continue readingThe Ultimate Goal of BodyMind Training plus Q & A
How do we control our minds when facing something terrible? In this week’s talk, Shifu Ahles explains how using the body to gain control over the mind can be applied when faced with adversity in life. Retreat experiences and the goal of being fully engaged is explored. Learning to get “Home” and using this during the most difficult times. Bad stuff happens but can you learn to accept it and not hide? Understand that some things, no matter how bad, need to be accepted. Find out how to gauge your true level of consciousness.
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