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  • Finding your purpose

    Five ways to find your purpose. 1. Small steps – If you do not know where you want to end up, choose small term goals and changes such as learning a skill, gaining social skills and getting better at moving yourself. 2. Necessities – What can you not live without – Start by elimination and…

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  • Teach your child to pay attention

    Games and stories are the best way to teach the young and non walking dead. Here are a few ways to bring your child more into the moment and show that paying attention pays. VISUAL One more cat – Choose an animal like a cat or an object and see who calls it out faster…

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  • Increase your natural jumping ability

    1 Do walks on toes and ball of feet. 2 Do hill sprints. 3 Lose mass you don’t need. 4 Start the jump on an exhale when possible (inhale as you bend and exhale when you spring up). 5 Swing your arms toward the target (forward or up for example). 6 Do a prep light…

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  • Undoing the damage of sitting

    Our bodies were not meant for the position they are in during many working and resting hours. We are built to walk, run, squat and lie down but sitting for prolonged periods harms the dynamic structure of tension and strength throughout. Here are four static holds that require no gear to undo this damage and…

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  • Softness cuts through everything

    Many fights and endeavors in life are determined before the actual visible contact begins. Our awareness and focus Our knowledge of self Our ability to know what is important These can put us in a place where we already won or in a place where we need to dig dip to simply survive. Here are…

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  • The obstacles are the learning

    Any movement and any activity can bring on new lessons and learning. Here is a simple movement exercise and obstacles on the way to further the learning gained from them. One can repeat a movement ten thousand times and learn nothing. One can hone a movement ten thousand times and learn everything. The smart gorilla…

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  • Learn to be comfortable in precarious predicaments

    Let’s start from the bottom and build ourselves up   Lie on the ground and have a partner hold onto one of your legs – Move with your held and free leg to bring the partner down and free yourself Lie on the ground and have a partner drag you by one leg – Move…

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  • Morning breath work

    Many wake up and jump out of their bed. Here is a protocol to prepare the body for a smoother entrance into the day using breath and awareness. Remember – Take care of the mechanism First – breathe and listen for the pulse (placing your hand on the side of the neck or just being…

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  • Steps to have a better moving vessel

    Posture today seems to be a silly word. We expect Captain America to stand tall but fail to recognize that it is a significant part we can improve in our health, movement and even self-worth. The way we hold ourselves transmits our image back to the nervous system and it is a free healthy way…

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  • Location-Angle-Focus

    We tend to over complicate things. Memorize a thousand techniques,  Practice the technique ten thousand times and so on. Here is a simple formula to practice and widen your awareness to what is happening. 1. Location – Simply choose not to be where the attack happens – work with your entire body so you do…

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