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What would you say your vibe is? Why do you do what you do?

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It's very closely connected. Yes. So running my martial arts academy, we also have what I call

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external martial arts. We do Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Western boxing, Muay Thai kickboxing.

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And through the years, I've trained a number of competitors that go out.

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And it's always fun training a competitor to go out and do well in the practice. And, you know,

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when a first place medal or when a belt or that kind of thing in a competition.

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But nothing hits home as closely as when somebody comes in here who's been dealing with anxiety or

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depression or they've had a health issue or something, and then they take on the meditative

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practice and it changes their whole life. And so that's what my drive is, is making those kinds of

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changes. That is amazing. I did not, I didn't think about that until you said it, I bet, I guess,

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I don't know how that works, but I'm guessing somehow the focus goes on to

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meditation, martial arts and away from depression and anxiety and they probably get a better purpose

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in life. So the meditative arts is a science and it's a very dynamic, it's very diverse.

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You know, there's five main directions within a meditative practice. You can do it for the

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athletic side or the combative side, the therapeutic side, the philosophical side, the meditative side,

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and also the medical side. And so different people that come to a meditation practice

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might just resonate with one or two of those areas. And so when you build a meditation practice

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and incorporate that into your lifestyle, it's important to focus on things that help you in

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whatever direction you have an interest in, and then also to create an evolving life practice

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around that direction. And so, you know, a lot of times people get the misconception that meditation

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is, you know, sitting down and counting your breaths. You know, I've been studying the

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meditative arts for over 30 years and I'm still just a student. I'm nowhere near the master.

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You know, there's so much to learn with the practice. And one of the things that, you know,

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makes it so interesting and fun to pursue is that it is such a deep practice.