I dare you. I don’t think you’re willing. Your dependence on crabbiness and moodiness gets you what you want, and acting bitchy and aggressive serves you just right. Maybe. Maybe not.
So I dare you, because it’s difficult to mash mean moods and sever silly sufferings. It’s tough to create compassion, kindness, and kick-ass, cool-heartedness. Our world needs it now. You can do it. You are The One. So take this Dare-Pill and see how far this Post-Hole goes.
I dare you.
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Need balance? Need grounding? You got it! Or had it? Oh, it’s back again. I think of balance in terms of degrees as opposed to an absolute. Balance requires movement and adjustments. At first the movements and adjustments tend to be large, and, over time, they become smaller and smaller. The adjustments never cease. Balance gets better and your body develops efficiency at maintaining it. The same with grounding. They never quite seem effortless. They’re both dynamic. Sorry, I’m not talking metaphorically here.
The kicks in the Yang Chen Fu Form give my balance a run for its money. In the beginning, my balance was all over the place. I’d fall out of all of the kicks, or, at least, I would make big, awkward adjustments, fighting to not fall out. My balance issues exasperated the slower I did my form.
Minimizing the Arc of Movement With Qigong
“No pistol shooter, no matter how expert, can hold a pistol in firing positions without some motion. This is called the arc of movement. The very best that any shooter can do is to keep the arc of movement at a minimum—it cannot be eliminated.” The N.R.A.’s Basics of Pistol Shooting (57).
For humans, perfect stillness does not exist in the living. Our bodies constantly make adjustments, large and small, to maintain even simple postures. In marksmanship, constant adjustments add up to what is called the arc of movement. The arc of movement is the amount that the firearm moves as a result of a body’s natural inability to maintain perfect stillness. The greater the arc of movement, the more difficult it is to maintain proper site alignment which leads to inconsistent marksmanship.
At first we might think that to minimize the arc of movement we need to force our arm into stillness. This severe willing of stillness inevitably leads to muscles contracting, causing tension as well as motion. Anyone who has tried showing off their bicep could tell you that intense muscle contractions cause trembling in surrounding muscles. We can conclude that forcing our arms into stillness leads to a greater arc of movement, the exact opposite of what we want.
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Relax. You know how. You do it everyday. You sleep for example. And you, nevertheless, crave more of it! You desire more methods, more skills, more prowess to let go, let up, and let loose.
Relax. Stop pouring effort and emotions and energy and reasons and time and money into machines and lessons and language and schools and therapy and workshops. Stop trying, real hard, to relax.
Relax. No pressure, no need to worry. Relaxing is easy — go deeper with the following five free methods.
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I realized today that … I don’t know much, but I know I … no wait that’s a song. Oh, yeah: I don’t know much about science books … no that’s another song…
I don’t know much about Salt Lake City’s
- bed & breakfasts
- hostels
- hotels
- local campgrounds
- motel
- other local lodging
I live here, so I don’t use them.
Please help me out. More and more national and international guests sign up for Utah’s World Taiji Event. I want to refer each to proper accommodations. I want a more thorough list.
I have a couple ideas…
