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embodiment

Benefits of Inhabiting One’s Body

7 February, 20207 February, 2020 by Linda Eskin - Grab My Wrist

Dessa, a 3′ 6″ Detroit disability activist, begins training in Aikido, via an Embodied Leadership workshop. She discovers how the practice can support her in … Read more …

Categories UncategorizedTags disability, embodiment, Off-The-Mat Aikido, why aikido

Mindfulness Practices and Compassion

6 February, 20206 February, 2020 by Linda Eskin - Grab My Wrist

Aikido is often seen as a form of moving meditation, an embodied practice in partnership with others. As such, this and similar research could point … Read more …

Categories UncategorizedTags embodiment, meditation, non-duality, why aikido

Becoming Our Bigger Selves

6 February, 202022 February, 2020 by Linda Eskin - Grab My Wrist
Robert Nadeau Shihan, calling on us to express our bigger, better selves.
Photo from a seminar at Aikido of San Diego
Categories UncategorizedTags embodiment, nadeau, photos, why aikido

Had enough? Join a dojo.

8 August, 20178 August, 2017 by Linda Eskin - Grab My Wrist
Find an Aikido dojo near you.

Have you finally had enough? Do you need a break from the constant stream of contentious, terrifying news? A refuge from the usual win/lose, zero-sum, … Read more …

Categories UncategorizedTags embodiment, poetry, why aikido

Qualities – Discovering and Developing Our Better Selves

20 April, 201629 April, 2016 by Linda Eskin - Grab My Wrist

This is the seventeenth in this series of 26 posts, one for each letter of the alphabet, that I am writing during the Blogging from A to … Read more …

Categories UncategorizedTags Aikido to Zanshin, embodiment

Lighten up

24 July, 2012 by Linda Eskin - Grab My Wrist

Exquisite. I had to look it up just now to be sure I had exactly the right word. “Of special beauty or charm, or rare and … Read more …

Categories UncategorizedTags embodiment

Learning Through Feeling – “The Mirror” on AikiWeb

20 May, 2011 by Linda Eskin - Grab My Wrist

Learning Through Feeling – “The Mirror” on AikiWeb I’m one of a group of writers on AikiWeb.com called “The Mirror”. We write a column every … Read more …

Categories UncategorizedTags embodiment, learning, training
23 July, 2010 by Linda Eskin - Grab My Wrist

“When we live in our bodies we understand that it’s more satisfying to be than to have. When we’re embodied, love becomes more important than … Read more …

Categories UncategorizedTags embodiment, quotations

My Vision

It is my intention that Grab My Wrist be a resource for the entire Aikido community — especially new students, and new teachers.

I hope you will find the information here helpful and encouraging. I hope you will enjoy your Aikido practice, and will continue to train and teach.

When we continue our practice we personally benefit, our dojos benefit, and the whole community benefits. In the true spirit of Aikido, we all win.

Ganbatte Kudasai!

Come Train…

I train at Aikido of San Diego, under Dave Goldberg Sensei, 6th Dan.

In the San Diego area? If you're thinking about trying Aikido, please come visit the dojo and see a class or two for yourself. If you already train, you're welcome to drop in for a small daily mat fee.

We are a well-established Aikido dojo, with experienced instructors and friendly, vibrant community of supportive dojo members.

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