“Your body is the vehicle for your soul to touch, taste, smell, feel and have amazing experiences. The reason we know our truth in any given moment is because we feel it in our body. We’re given the body so that we can know our truth . . . “
Highlights for martial artists from a conference called: “The Mindfulness Turn in Martial, Healing and Performance Arts”, held at the University of Huddersfield on Saturday 19 November 2016.
“I try to treat all the challenges and stress of Christmas as mirrors, and invitations to self-awareness . . . !”
Pasquale says: “Becoming aware of the expression of these three different words opened my eyes. Before that, I felt like I was just a random little jigsaw piece. But once I switched to saying ‘There YOU are!’ – and ultimately ‘Here WE are’ – suddenly the whole picture was present . . . “
Can martial arts training open us to the insights that constitute the Buddhist path – which when realised turn the practitioner toward non-attachment, compassion, and innate kindness . . . ?