Here is the replay from yesterday’s ALE Community Call on “The 3 Lessons I Learned From The ALE Tele-Summit That Are Guaranteed To Transform Your Aikido.”
Enjoy!
If you’re a serious practitioner of Aikido then I am sure you are no stranger to the occasional struggle. Like every other developmental practice, hitting personal limitations and working on the edge of your comfort is unavoidable. As true as this is in ourselves, so too is it true in the world.
I have recently been conducting a series of “Dharma Discussions” with several of my friends who are meditation teachers. These discussions are exclusively for our current “Meditation For Aikido” course participants. However, these discussions are so good that I’ve decided to take some “bite-sized” excerpts and share them with my blog readers. I’m calling them “Dharma Bites” and here is the first many more to come. Here is an excerpt from a Dharma discussion I had on “The Wisdom Of Awareness, Tolerance & Allowing.”
Fuerth, Germany – Integral Aikido Seminar w/ Miles Kessler (6th Dan Aikikai)
| Date: | September 23, 2017—September 24, 2017 |
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| Event: | Integral Aikido Seminar |
| Topic: | Integral Aikido |
| Sponsor: | Takemusu Aiki Dojo Bayern |
| Venue: | Takemusu Aiki Dojo Bayern |
| Public: | Public |
In our previous chat, master facilitator Mark Walsh (“The Embodiment Podcast”) and I spoke about 3 phases of our personal development, namely “retreating from the world, returning to the marketplace and expressing our practice in virtual space” – and how each one of these moves comes with its set of challenges and learning curves. In this video once again we’re off to the races as we romp through the topic of “Polarity, Sex, & Enlightenment.
Well, I’m back from the Dead Sea Seminar for about 10 days now, and my life is finally getting back to normal. I’m still catching up on things, but I thought I’d make a quick blog post here of a video my friend Mark Walsh from Integration Training made with me out at the Dead Sea.
Sursee, Switzerland – Integral Aikido Seminar
| Date: | October 20, 2017—October 21, 2017 |
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| Event: | Integral Aikido Seminar |
| Topic: | Integral Aikido Seminar - Sursee, Switzerland |
| Venue: | Aikido Sursee |
| Location: | Sursee, Switzerland |
| Public: | Public |
Well, we are in the middle of the “Meditation For Aikidoka” online course launch and I’ve been really surprised by the response I’ve gotten from all of you. This is the 5th day of registration and many of you have sent in great feedback, AND great questions too.
The Art of Peace: Teachings of the Founder of Aikido (Shambhala, 1992)
This beautiful little handbook contains the inspirational teachings of Morihei Ueshiba, O’ Sensei himself. Each of its 112 short verses describes O’ Sensei’s perspective of the real way of the spiritual warrior. If you seek to explore the greater meaning of Aikido, and what it means in your life, then this book will give you a deep dive into the enlightened mind of the founder of the art.
Maastricht, Holland – Integral Aikido Intensive, w/ Miles Kessler
| Date: | October 6, 2017—October 8, 2017 |
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| Event: | Integral Aikido Intensive |
| Topic: | Integral Aikido intensive weekend with Seminar with Miles Kessler |
| Venue: |
Aikido Maastricht +31 43 3020075 |
| Location: | Duitsepoort 13 A Maastricht, Netherlands |
| Public: | Public |
| Registration: | Click here to register. |
| More Info: | Click here for more information. |