When you're feeling flustered, or otherwise unsettled, just remember that taking time out can help you. Sometimes your mind is being irrational, notice it, live with it, and take the time to breathe. This is where mindfulness practice can come into play, meditation is a good way to calm down, it's worth taking the time …

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Put a Japanese person in a new environment and it's amazing how disoriented they get. When I took a bunch of students to NZ earlier this year it was quite noticeable, they don't know where to stand or what to do and the end up getting in the way of other people. For a people …

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When I was a waterpolo player, one time I got a very good lesson from my manager during a game. I was getting my ass handed to me on the field. In retrospect it was mainly because I was allowing myself to be agitated by what the other team was doing, either through their words …

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Graded Reader Review Links EAP Class 7 Lessons Link EAP Class 8 Lessons Link Writing Development Course Worksheet Speed Writing Template Essay Template Why Write? Humans have a special advantage over computers. Humans have the ability to come up with new ideas. We are idea making machines. But these ideas are useless if they just …

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Yamabushi training is all about priorities. It's about setting your priorities, but it's done in a very simple manner. Essentially, you are forced to consider your highest priorities, or in this case priority. That priority of course, is survival. Multiple times you come face-to-face with the transience of life. This confrontation of your highest priority …

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Hold a stone in your hand, you cannot hold anything else. Hold nothing in your hand, you can hold anything. -Zen teachings. Possessing things stops you from your potential. Being versatile gives you more ability to feel free.

Ive talked about my rule before that if I don't get two swims in a week in then I'm too busy. Well, recently I've been able to push them in and I was on the verge of not meeting that rule, but only because of random openings in my schedule. Anyway, the other day when …

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