| Date: | January 13, 2023—January 15, 2023 |
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| Event: | AIKIDO & MEDITATION RETREAT |
| Topic: | AIKIDO & MEDITATION RETREAT |
| Sponsor: | Spiritual Aikido |
| Location: | Meeuwenveenweg 1-3 7971 PK Havelte Havelte, Netherlands |
“If you have not linked yourself with true emptiness, you will never understand Aikido.” ~ O Sensei
If we are to believe the above quote of O Sensei – that Aikido comes from a spiritual source – then why doesn’t it always feel that way? Join me on Wednesday (July 20th, 2022) for a community call exploring the relationship between Aikido and meditation.
When: Wednesday, July 20th. 2022
Times: 11:00am PDT, 2:00pm EDT, 19:00 BST, 20:00 CEST, & 21:00 IST
Click the link below to register for this community call.
It would be my pleasure to have you with us on the call!
Miles Kessler
Senior western Dharma teacher Fleet Maull has just launched his new podcast Radical Responsibility. I was happy to be interviewed for one of the first episodes and we had a great discussion. Check out my talk with Fleet on “Mindfulness & Martial Arts”.
The “Shu-Ha-Ri Dialogues” series started on a lark when I reached out to Ellis Amdur Sensei for his thoughts on the way I was using these 3 stages as a teaching model in my dojo. That short interaction between Ellis and I morphed into some 360 participants, in 6 sessions, with over 10 hours of dialogues between myself and 4 other Koryu and Aikido teachers. On Sunday, Feb. 28th the “Shu-Ha-Ri Dialogues” series culminated with an all sensei panel discussion.
Growth and development often follow the trajectory of your personal life stories. Stories that are life lessons which profoundly shaped who you are. My own path of “Shu-Ha-Ri” (3 Stages Of Mastery In Traditional Martial Arts) mirrors my personal story as a dual practice lineage holder in Aikido and Buddhist meditation. A life trajectory that shaped how I see “Shu-Ha-Ri” as a universal map of development. In fact, it is the blueprint of development.
