What is the physiological response to conflict?
How you use your body can facilitate or inhibit your goals. Blending in aikido or in personal interaction starts at the connection. If you look down and have a fist or a claw, you are holding onto opposition which certainly doesn’t support positive interaction or resolution. The following three elements are central to every aikido technique and are also movements that can profoundly change day to day experience. Continue reading Dropping your opposition
Meditation should occur in a place of safety and security. If your house is on fire, if something is about to happen, if you have a wound that needs imeadiate attention (physical or otherwise) goal-oriented action is a better move. Continue reading Don’t meditate under fire…
These donuts are from the Sugar Shack in RVA and they are amazing but could they be a source of aggression in Richmond? This seems silly but research demonstrates that simple choices make emotional control more challenging. Continue reading Donuts and Agression?..Self-Control is Energy Dependent
Research contradicts the theory that “letting off steam” reduces anger and aggressiveness. It also demonstrates that martial arts and physical activity meant to add discipline to aggression prepares you to be aggressive rather then to be in control. Continue reading Letting off steam is not the “ki.”