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Category: Musings

  • How to Live in the Moment: 6 Simple Ways to Practice Mindfulness

      It seems in the past few years, everyone is touting the benefits of mindfulness. But what is mindfulness exactly, and how can you benefit from being more mindful in your daily life? Mindfulness is the practice of intentional focus and the art of being present in the moment. It’s often used as a therapeutic…

  • Does MMA actually “Dissolve the ego”

    No, not really, well yes sometimes…   No, MMA Doesn’t Dissolve the ego because… You never really see a humble jits guy, sharing a meme or video about how great wrestling or striking is, do you? Jiu Jitsu is part of their identity, and therefore their ego. If it were true, wouldn’t Wanderlai Silva be…

  • What is a Spornosexual?

    To summarise someone who: Takes selfies Gets shit tattoos Shares Lion Memes on FB and Twitter Takes Roids A more grown-up description can be found here   

  • The Evolution of Inclusive Learning

    Education is for everyone – regardless of race, religion, wealth or social standing, the right to an education is the cornerstone of every civilised society. And while, unfortunately, not all education is created equal, the UK has a long and proud tradition of high standards in education. Teachers work exceptionally hard every day to make…

  • Why I Love Jeremy Corbyn

    Now, the reason that I like to blog about stuff is simple – many people won’t actually let you have an opinion on anything, unless it agrees with their own.  Opinions become extensions of egos, and rather than having a debate or discussion about an issue, people get emotional and even aggressive about their point…

  • The Amazing Parallels between Religion & Martial Arts

    The Amazing Parallels between Religion & Martial Arts

    You can’t tell, but I started martial arts training, on a regular basis at least when I was 16. I started on Monday nights training a bit of JKD; or Jeet Kune Do to give it its full title. As this was my first martial art, I had little to compare it to. But still in…

  • Study of the erm, week – Lottery Winner V Accident Victims Happiness

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/690806 Bit of an old one like, but still pretty interesting. According to the clever people that carried out the research in the linked study above; the actual ridiculous happiness felt immediately after winning the lottery, reduces the pleasure obtained from the simpler things we do day to day – like having a cuppa. After several…

  • The Law of Non Judgement

    So whether you’re reading Deepchap Chopra, or some other spiritual guru’s book, one of the underlying themes appears to be that judgement, just causes you suffering. In addition to what I have read, I’ve also noticed for many years, that the people that tend to judge the most, are generally absolute grade A bellends themselves.…

  • Thoughts and Anxiety

    Great video by Noah Elkrief, the man’s a legend: So Noah’s concept is that it is your thoughts that cause your emotions, not your actual situation. For example, work doesn’t cause you stress, your thoughts do. So to explain the video – just in case you don’t have 18 minutes to watch it: He starts…

  • Hippy Walking

    Always mean to get round to that meditation lark, but never have time? Yea me too, well, I never manage my time well enough to get it done anyway. I downloaded the HeadSpace app and think I got to about day 2 before forgetting for a fortnight, that I was supposed to do day 3.…