Linda Eskin Writes About Aikido, Learning, Training, Discovery, and Connection
Linda Eskin - Grab My Wrist Well, bummer. It’s official. The CAA “Menlo Retreat” is on sabbatical for 2012. The hope is it will return, in some new form, in 2013. I’m … Read more …
I’m part of the team of women who write the column “The Mirror” on AikiWeb. This month was my turn again, so I wrote about something I learned from having had to miss class a few times recently. Enjoy.
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I can’t believe it’s been months since I’ve posted anything here. There has been plenty going on, I just haven’t had the time to slow … Read more …
“Breathe in, and enjoy breathing in." "Breathe out, and enjoy breathing out.” Patrick Cassidy Sensei, from Aikido Montreux, was here teaching a seminar recently. While instructing … Read more …
Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heart-ache when we read those lines written by the hand of a master and recognize them as our own, as the tender shoots which we stifled because we lacked the faith to believe in our own powers, our own criterion of truth and beauty. Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths. We all derive from the same source. There is no mystery about the origin of things. We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, to discover what is already there.
~Henry Miller, Sexus
(via Roos View, on Facebook)
This is really too good to keep to myself. Click the title, above to go to a very simple, elegant, and reassuring website. Enjoy.
How to be soft. How to be firm. How to move. How to be still. How to teach. How to learn. How to flow around … Read more …
As a member of the dojo community we often want to make a contribution in some way. But as a beginner there’s often precious little … Read more …
