One of the best things you can do for your body, mind, and spirit is to integrate kung fu into every fiber of your body. It is not sufficient to only practice at school a couple of times each week. It is of no consequence, in my opinion, whether you want to work out in the company of your pals from time to time. Even if such things are beneficial, they … [Read more...]
7 Kung Fu Training Benefits For Health and Wellness
Kung fu training has numerous health and wellness benefits for the body and mind. For starters, it helps control the fight or flight response and activates the parasympathetic nervous system, which helps alleviate the symptoms of stress. This helps the immune system strengthen, blood pressure to lower and sleep improve. In addition, it reduces anxiety and … [Read more...]
6 Amazing Benefits Of Grounding
So as the story goes Sije Jamie has been telling me about the difference Grounding has been making on her health. She has been at me now for a while to give it a try. Well, I did just that and I admit although i just started grounding I have to say I have noticed a difference. And in a future post, I'll revisit this topic with my personal experience. One … [Read more...]
9 Ways To Create More Mental Space For Your Martial Arts
More often than not people fail in their martial arts journey because they haven't focused anytime on freeing up mental space. This is a very important aspect of successfully training. When your mind isn't healthy it's hard for you to learn. There are a number of simple ways to create extra mental space. These include Mindfulness, Self-compassion, and … [Read more...]
What Is Qigong? 9 Benefits of Qigong
There are so many benefits to becoming one of the millions of qigong practitioners who are practicing qigong, including improving their balance and muscular strength. I was going to do an actual list of all the different benefits and 9 sounded like a good number. But I know there are countless benefits to training chi gung. This ancient Chinese exercise … [Read more...]