Miles Kessler Sensei 2021 USA Seminar
Aikido In Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Va., U.S.A
| Date: | September 4, 2021—September 4, 2021 |
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| Event: | Miles Kessler Sensei 2021 USA Seminar |
| Topic: | Stillness & Movement: The Source & Flow Of Aikido |
| Sponsor: | Aikido In Fredericksburg |
| Venue: | Aikido In Fredericksburg |
| Location: | Fredericksburg, Va. U.S.A |
| Registration: | Click here to register. |
Buddhist Psychology For Mindfulness Meditation
A Workshop w/ Miles Kessler
| Date: | August 8, 2021 |
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| Event: | Buddhist Psychology Online Workshop w/ Miles Kessler |
| Topic: | Buddhist Psychology For Mindfulness Meditation |
| Sponsor: | The Integral Dojo |
| Venue: | Online via Zoom |
| Registration: | Click here to register. |
Aikido seminar with Miles Kessler | Arnhem, Netherlands
Shu-Ha-Ri: Three Stages Of Mastery In Aikido
| Date: | November 12, 2021—November 14, 2021 |
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| Event: | Aikido Seminar with Miles Kessler |
| Topic: | Aikido Intensive |
| Sponsor: | Aikido aan de Rijn |
| Location: | Arnhem Netherlands |
| Registration: | Click here to register. |
CANCELED DUE TO COVID – Fuerth, Germany – Integral Aikido Intensive, w/ Miles Kessler (6th dan, Aikikai)
| Date: | September 17, 2021—September 19, 2021 |
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| Event: | Integral Aikido Intensive, w/ Miles Kessler |
| Topic: | Integral Aikido Intensive |
| Venue: | Takemusu Aiki Dojo Bayern |
| Location: | Fuerth, Germany |
Dortmund, Germany – Integral Aikido Seminar, w/ Miles Kessler Sensei (6th Dan)
Miles Kessler Sensei
| Date: | October 2, 2021—October 3, 2021 |
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| Event: | Aikido Seminar |
| Sponsor: | Integral Aikido Dortmund |
| Public: | Public |
| Registration: | Click here to register. |
Last May I hosted a panel discussion on Clubhouse on the topic of “Meditation – It’s Not What You Think”. I was joined by meditation and embodiment teachers Martin Aylward, Karin van Mannen, & Mark Walsh.
I recorded the session and now you can listen to it as an episode from “The Embodiment Podcast”. To listen to our discussion on “Meditation – It’s Not What You Think” – CLICK HERE.
I was recently interviewed by Dena Agryropoulou of the One Fierce Heart Podcast. This interview covers Mindfulness meditation as a path to the core of ourselves, surrendering and acceptance, and the cultivation of emotional agility.
In February I got my second jab of the Pfizer vaccine. A week before getting it a dear friend and spiritual brother of mine wrote to me to “break off” our friendship. At first, I was confused as to why because I was sure that nothing had happened between us. But as I read on I came to understand that he felt the need to break our friendship for the sole reason that I publicly posted a pic of me getting my first vaccine. As I was getting inoculated from the Coronavirus, apparently my friend had been infected by the “conspirituality” virus.
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.
