It's been a good week. We stayed on top of the dishes and laundry, donated clothes to the local shelter, and ordered zafu for the new black belts at Aiki Arts Center.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It's been a good week. We stayed on top of the dishes and laundry, donated clothes to the local shelter, and ordered zafu for the new black belts at Aiki Arts Center.
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It was a beautiful Thanksgiving with family.
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It was a beautiful Thanksgiving with family.
That would be a deeply reflective hunter mode.
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
That would be a deeply reflective hunter mode.
Ofer Zur was a real Get it Done person.
He could take an idea and run with it, and learn a ton in the process. And in doing so, he generated energy and momentum for the next project.
He could take an idea and run with it, and learn a ton in the process. And in doing so, he generated energy and momentum for the next project.
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Ofer Zur was a real Get it Done person.
He could take an idea and run with it, and learn a ton in the process. And in doing so, he generated energy and momentum for the next project.
He could take an idea and run with it, and learn a ton in the process. And in doing so, he generated energy and momentum for the next project.
I'm convinced after years of experimentation that tidying up our exercise habits, our thinking habits, and our communication habits are all tied to each other. When approached with focus and intention, these three areas can become powerful and effective.
November 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I'm convinced after years of experimentation that tidying up our exercise habits, our thinking habits, and our communication habits are all tied to each other. When approached with focus and intention, these three areas can become powerful and effective.
"I have a sixth sense. And a seventh for when I need it."
- Sue on Veep
- Sue on Veep
November 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"I have a sixth sense. And a seventh for when I need it."
- Sue on Veep
- Sue on Veep
It's going to be a good week. I've got a massage planned and Thanksgiving meal with family. And the YMCA is open every day.
November 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It's going to be a good week. I've got a massage planned and Thanksgiving meal with family. And the YMCA is open every day.
We had a beautiful youth class today, with sticks and mitts. And I had a dream with all the elements of a Sensei nightmare (huge class, late, couldn't figure out the gi and hakama) though with a totally new sense. In a joyful and expansive manner, the class went on, with inclusivity and purpose.
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
We had a beautiful youth class today, with sticks and mitts. And I had a dream with all the elements of a Sensei nightmare (huge class, late, couldn't figure out the gi and hakama) though with a totally new sense. In a joyful and expansive manner, the class went on, with inclusivity and purpose.
"There is only one solution to polarization. And that is to learn how to skillfully manage and integrate the fundamental polarities that are driving so many of these deeply entrenched conflicts, both within ourselves and in the world around us."
integrallife.com/integrating-...
integrallife.com/integrating-...
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"There is only one solution to polarization. And that is to learn how to skillfully manage and integrate the fundamental polarities that are driving so many of these deeply entrenched conflicts, both within ourselves and in the world around us."
integrallife.com/integrating-...
integrallife.com/integrating-...
It's a good day. We sold seven projects at work this week and I started the morning with strength training.
The past twenty years of forays into bar method, cross fit, yoga, and pilates have yielded really interesting movements that can be done anywhere.
The past twenty years of forays into bar method, cross fit, yoga, and pilates have yielded really interesting movements that can be done anywhere.
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It's a good day. We sold seven projects at work this week and I started the morning with strength training.
The past twenty years of forays into bar method, cross fit, yoga, and pilates have yielded really interesting movements that can be done anywhere.
The past twenty years of forays into bar method, cross fit, yoga, and pilates have yielded really interesting movements that can be done anywhere.
It's so fun teaching kids again after a five year hiatus. We rolled down the big blue mat at an incline, practiced strikes on the red mat while counting in Japanese, and forgot to use the sticks. Next time.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
It's so fun teaching kids again after a five year hiatus. We rolled down the big blue mat at an incline, practiced strikes on the red mat while counting in Japanese, and forgot to use the sticks. Next time.
@aikiartscenter.bsky.social
@aikiartscenter.bsky.social
We are happy to share that Aiki Arts Center classes for adults will be free all month in January. Students learn grounding, calm, and leadership in a playful and supportive group. We look forward to working together.
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
We are happy to share that Aiki Arts Center classes for adults will be free all month in January. Students learn grounding, calm, and leadership in a playful and supportive group. We look forward to working together.
Aikido classes are free for new students in January. If you are in the Bay Area and looking for a practice, come on by. We meet four times a week and it's a super supportive group. See you at the dojo.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Aikido classes are free for new students in January. If you are in the Bay Area and looking for a practice, come on by. We meet four times a week and it's a super supportive group. See you at the dojo.
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Ofer Zur insisted that he live fully, and that the rest of us do too. He had bravery in spades and did not suffer fools gladly. He believed in the power of our choices and our ability to learn. These are themes to embody every day.
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Ofer Zur insisted that he live fully, and that the rest of us do too. He had bravery in spades and did not suffer fools gladly. He believed in the power of our choices and our ability to learn. These are themes to embody every day.
"It is in these quiet moments that we exercise one of our most precious human gifts: the power of choice."
Sandeep Kulshrestha
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Sandeep Kulshrestha
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November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"It is in these quiet moments that we exercise one of our most precious human gifts: the power of choice."
Sandeep Kulshrestha
www.linkedin.com/pulse/sanctu...
Sandeep Kulshrestha
www.linkedin.com/pulse/sanctu...
"Obedience is following the grain of things. With that skill of obedience, every natural thing knows above all how to be itself, come what may."
- Steven Jenkinson, Die Wise
- Steven Jenkinson, Die Wise
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Obedience is following the grain of things. With that skill of obedience, every natural thing knows above all how to be itself, come what may."
- Steven Jenkinson, Die Wise
- Steven Jenkinson, Die Wise
Developing a sense of pattern recognition is useful exactly to the extent that we reflect on the emerging patterns and take mindful action to shift them constructively.
October 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Developing a sense of pattern recognition is useful exactly to the extent that we reflect on the emerging patterns and take mindful action to shift them constructively.
I really like hourglasses lately, and have a ten minute version for meditation and a one minute version for targeted muscle building (like planks or squats).
October 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I really like hourglasses lately, and have a ten minute version for meditation and a one minute version for targeted muscle building (like planks or squats).
Among the great lessons of Lighter by Yung Pueblo is to ask ourselves more interesting questions. Many people pay coaches for this, and that has value, though if we get deeply honest, we can do this work internally and get unstuck.
October 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Among the great lessons of Lighter by Yung Pueblo is to ask ourselves more interesting questions. Many people pay coaches for this, and that has value, though if we get deeply honest, we can do this work internally and get unstuck.
Today we promote Hao Tran at Aiki Arts Center to black belt. He has been with us almost ten years also also publishes with Autonomous Press. See you there.
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October 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Today we promote Hao Tran at Aiki Arts Center to black belt. He has been with us almost ten years also also publishes with Autonomous Press. See you there.
@aikiartscenter.bsky.social
@autonomouspress.bsky.social
@aikiartscenter.bsky.social
@autonomouspress.bsky.social
It's a beautiful gift of decades rolling along that making sound choices becomes more natural. I like helping groups go in generally the right direction while making space for creative surprises. The balance of structure and flow remains intriguing.
October 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It's a beautiful gift of decades rolling along that making sound choices becomes more natural. I like helping groups go in generally the right direction while making space for creative surprises. The balance of structure and flow remains intriguing.
It was a really good week. We got ten sales at work (with another day still to go) and at the dojo, our sibling pair trained in their fifth class. We attempted forward rolls and a pin from a strike (progress).
October 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
It was a really good week. We got ten sales at work (with another day still to go) and at the dojo, our sibling pair trained in their fifth class. We attempted forward rolls and a pin from a strike (progress).
I am so relieved to see the peace deal going through. So many families have had their lives on hold for two years. Now it's time to rebuild trust, in our daily relationships and hopefully around the world. Any time we interact with another human being, there is a chance to deepen connection.
October 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I am so relieved to see the peace deal going through. So many families have had their lives on hold for two years. Now it's time to rebuild trust, in our daily relationships and hopefully around the world. Any time we interact with another human being, there is a chance to deepen connection.
"Believing in the larger good is not about blind optimism. It is a disciplined faith, born from the way we treat one another in the smallest of ways."
Sandeep Kulshrestha
www.linkedin.com/pulse/hygge-...
Sandeep Kulshrestha
www.linkedin.com/pulse/hygge-...
October 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"Believing in the larger good is not about blind optimism. It is a disciplined faith, born from the way we treat one another in the smallest of ways."
Sandeep Kulshrestha
www.linkedin.com/pulse/hygge-...
Sandeep Kulshrestha
www.linkedin.com/pulse/hygge-...