In this series I will be talking about what it means to have awareness and be helping you with practical ways to hone it. What does it mean to be more aware? "You need to gain more awareness." This is said so often, but often the process of going about it are blurry and the results sometimes felt and other times not so much. Let's focus on gaining awareness of your body for today. To be more aware is to have what is happening come to your attention and perception. E.g. when w

Estimated Read Time: 2 minutes Original Post: Here. Being upside down scares me. After doing a bunch of kicking up to the wall and hoping for the best, and trying to cartwheel( because I thought I might as well get used to being upside down before going for a capoeira class) my back started to hurt. I did similar things before with people around and at the last capoeira class. The pain was there but far less. The fear I had of moving in this way while being alone sensit

Estimated Read Time: 3 minutes Original Post: Here. Nothing riles me up more than false information being used to create fear in others, so that the business or whatever it is that's using fear-based marketing may get more money and clients. You may give them the benefit of the doubt and say,"they might have good intentions and believe in what they're saying". Belief in what you say is not enough when it comes to being responsible for other people's lives and well-being.