Training the Mind
Physical training and mind training are both necessary for high performance, and for a cultivated life. They form a continuum of practice.
Inner Training
Inner Training – A Mind of Your Own
To result in mental clarity and stability, inner training needs clear purpose, sound method, and a foundation of wholesome moral and ethical conduct.
A Note on Inner Training
A perspective on “How to Begin Inner Training:” If we think about it at all, we usually think of our mind as a thing. But in a way it is many things, a group of functions, perceptions, ideas, feelings, plans, regrets, memories, dread and hopes, some evident, most not. In a way the mind is …
How to Begin Inner Training
We learn this inner training technique while seated. We can export it to kata. Then, with a calm, clear mind, we are free to act, in stillness or in action, without hesitating or anticipating. Here is how to begin inner training: Sit down in a quiet place. Make your spine tall, and let your body …