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There are dozens of ways to stretch every major muscle. The only wrong way to stretch a muscle, is the one that hurts. Contrary to popular belief, stretching should not be pushed to pain, especially sharp pain. While stretching may be uncomfortable if you are tight, or you may cramp up when stretching, you should […]

FLEXIBILITY is the capacity of a joint or muscle to move through its full range of motion. It should do so without pain, snags or forcing it. Full body flexibility is moving fluidly through all ranges of motion without restriction. This flexibility allows us to perform all primal movement patterns without limitation – squat, hinge, […]

This month we’ve been learning about our brains. And we have learned that we really have 2 brains – we have our thinking brain, our smart brain, and our not so smart brain. We call that our lizard brain because:   lizards don’t make smart decisions. They don’t go to school. They don’t understand math. […]

Use a sparring/grappling/self-defence demonstration to illustrate muscle memory/automatic responses (ie: responding during frame and attacker, automatically blocking, reacting to a competitors attack in automatic ways, etc. Use your martial arts imagination to illustrate muscle memory).   Extrapolate that to their brain – As we know from practicing these moves, we automatically default to what we […]

You need to train your brain muscle (new information and experiences) or it’s going to get out of shape and you’re going to stop getting smarter. Anyone want to stop getting smarter? You’re good, you know enough? You need to read books, learn new things, go on hikes, learn about the stars and cool things […]

So, does our brain eat anything besides sugar? Yes.   We know that our brains eat sugar to function and if we eat too much sugar it can make us upset or too excited or overly tired.   Even the sugar it eats shouldn’t be too much Starburst Sour Tropical Fruit Sugar Blast. Your brain […]

While we are all familiar with the word “forgiveness,” it is inadequate in describing a very complex concept. In fact, forgiveness implies three different things, each of which applies to distinct situations and produces diverse results. The three sub–types of forgiveness are:   1.Exoneration – this is what we generally have in mind when we […]

We are our own worst and harshest critic. And well, we should be. We should always be trying to better ourselves. This is the EMA way – KAIZEN – constant and never-ending improvement for a lifetime. But sometimes we lose sight of what is good and moral to achieve our goals in life. Very often […]

This is when we have wronged someone else. We are all born as good people, but sometimes along the way we intentionally or unintentionally hurt other people by our actions, inactions, or words. This weighs on our conscience, as most people prefer to live a moral life free from pain, regret or suffering. We might […]

In the grand scheme of forgiveness, this is the easiest, but only compared to the other two types. There are many sayings based on this concept – let bygones be bygones, it’s water under the bridge, all is forgotten, all is forgiven, Hakuna Matata (no problem!). It’s part of our vernacular without us even knowing […]