T2 Fitness Architects

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Tue 6:30 PM Mindfulness Meditation
Wed 11 AM Slow Flow Yoga

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The Sacred Art of Listening

“To listen is to lean in softly, with a willingness to be changed by what you hear." - Mark Nepo

Statistics from the Center for biotechnology information reveal that the attention span of a human being in 2000 was 12 seconds. By 2013, it plummeted to 8 seconds. That's

Gorgeous light show my last night in La Quinta. I'd like to think an auspicious "sending off" for the (daunting) 10-day vipassana retreat at Joshua Tree starting tomorrow...!

SO excited to start teaching ActivMotion Bar classes this spring! This phenomenal brain-body, functional training technique was developed locally and studied at the U-M Dept of Kinesiology! Here's a snapshot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifB3WTi5g8g

More info on my website:

https://www.t2fitnessarchitects.com/activmotion-bar.html

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ActivMotion Bar Proven neuromuscular training for brain-body awareness, balance, strength, stability and agility throughout the life span!

New Year's Day hike in the Coachella Valley (La Quinta, CA)!

Shortly, I'm leaving to join a few friends here in La Quinta to ring in the New Year! Many of you are likely already in-process...

Wishing everyone boundless light, joy & peace!

Sharing savored joys from the desert! Overwintering in La Quinta, CA, a "diamond in the rough" town near Palm Springs. Despite full sun and warmth inviting outward energy, sadhana is in full throttle.

In between indulging in outdoor play (mainly on two wheels), I've especially enjoyed reading "Training in Tenderness" by Dzigar Kongtrul (Forward by Pema Chodron), "Awakening your Ikig*i" (in Japanese, iki (to live) g*i (reason)), translates to joy and purpose) by Ken Mogi, "Waking Up" by Sam Harris, PhD, and "The Living Gita" by SS Satchidananda.

Harris's book is part memoir and part scientific underpinnings of spirituality. He skillfully mingles contemplative wisdom and modern neuroscience, with discernment. His writing is sharp, elegant and compelling. It's the heaviest of the lot - very interesting person and read!

My favorite so far is Kongtrul Rinpoche's "Training in Tenderness". So accessible and sweet. He introduces readers to "tsewa", Tibetan for tenderness, which he characterizes as the essence of all the Buddha's teachings. Joseph Waxman explains in the Editor's Preface that the book reflects key teachings from Rinpoche's June, 2016 Modern Day Bodhisattva Seminar in Vermont, which was subsequently taken around the world. It's totally secular and very accessible - like just the right tincture and dose of dharma to start the day!

Wishing everyone abundant tsewa, ikig*i and lasting joy!

Gratitude for all the candles in our lives...
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle won't be shortened." - The Buddha

During this season of giving thanks, I'm sharing a reflection on gratitude and honoring the people in our lives that matter most. And remembering why...
https://www.t2fitnessarchitects.com/blog

I’ve been participating in a 10-day online event called Waking up in the World through Sounds True which features 30 inspiring social visionaries, contemplative scholars and teachers from around the world. One presenter, Leon Logothetis shared a remarkable story about leaving a highly successful career as a financial consultant in London to travel the world in search of meaning. He left all his possessions behind and decided not to accept any money along the way. That would be too easy. Rather, he would rely on random acts of kindness...
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One of my revered teachers, Tara Brach recently shared an inspiring excerpt from a dharma talk. In it, she referenced an On Being interview where the host, Krista Tippett interviewed Ruby Sales, an African American social activist. Ruby described a "defining moment" for her when she was getting her locks washed. The simple question she asked her locker's daughter summed up over a decade of teachings I'd experienced...https://www.t2fitnessarchitects.com/blog/where-does-it-hurt

Tara Talks: Where Does It Hurt? Tara Talks: Where Does It Hurt? Civil rights activist Ruby Sales describes the sickness in our society being rooted in a pervasive sense of meaninglessness f...

"It can be a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately filling up the space. In the pause, we begin to connect a fundamental restlessness as well as a fundamental spaciousness."
-Pema Chödrön

https://www.t2fitnessarchitects.com/blog/from-human-doing-to-human-being