I’m in Nice, France of all places. My wife’s brother lives here so we’re paying him a little visit. It’s a world apart from the mean streets of the Yorkshire Dales where I live. But I’ll cope. Just sitting in the sun waiting for the coffee to be ready. Nice way to start a morning, […]
Some mental fortitude with your coffee? Read More »
You know the Zone, you know it well. The reason you do the things you love is because it brings you there. You forget your worries for a while and you settle into a state of heightened perception. Where everything comes alive. The beauty of nature sparkles. The body moves fluidly, everything is timed perfectly.
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I have the privilege to be surrounded by some amazing people. Some of them I see every morning for coffee, some of them I’ve never met – they are their words on a screen. Nonetheless they never fail to inspire me. The one thing they have in common is that they don’t let their heads
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Press Release: Local monk, meditation teacher, and Armed Forces mental skills trainer Arjuna Ishaya has just announced that he is looking for 8-10 male outdoor aficionados to test a revolutionary new meditation based “mental fitness” programme to be held in central Darlington over five weeks beginning early August. In exchange for these volunteers’ time, effort
Indeed, it is all changing. Some time ago, and more recently too come to think about it, I said that I was teaching a lot of sports men, specifically outdoor athletes (actually a lot more). Hence the arrival of the new guinea pig trial I’ve been telling you about. Now if you do love the
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Had a sensational morning this morning. Actually, I know how hearing about someone’s “amazing” morning is about appealing as hearing about someone else’s “amazing” dream last night. Which is to say, not much, not at all. But bear with me.
Where did “I’m such a stupid loser” go? Read More »
Seems like every time I open the newspaper there is a fresh article explaining how the UK is going down the drain – but perhaps that’s just the papers I’m reading. I’m sure there’s some papers who are saying good things. Perhaps the country is going up the drain? I don’t know. Do you? Any
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Sometime ago I was telling you about how I was devising a “mental fitness” plan for outdoor athletes because more and more outdoor people – actually men in particular for some reason – are coming to me and saying, “well, what have you got for me?” The mind is central to enjoyment and performance in
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I woke up this morning nice and early to do some exercise. It was tough – waking up that is, because I didn’t want to be awake and get out of bed early. But I did, being a dedicated sort of fellow. Perhaps I should’ve stayed in bed.
Bad day? What to do about it before you make it worse Read More »
There’s an amazing little life tweak that I was taught some years ago. I would call it a “life hack” but I’m an Ishaya monk and we don’t do hacking, we do tweaking. (It’s a long story that I’ll tell you sometime.) This tweak means that when I go for a run, I always try to
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