Real-life applications of Aikido for self-transformation, Conflict resolution, and joy - Explains Aikido solutions for peacefully resolving difficulties that arise with intimidating and unpredictable people, those who are stubborn or don\'t listen, insincere people who want something from you, and chaotic situations - Presents Aikido\'s step-by-step protocol for developing the receptiveness of the beginner\'s mind and deescalating potentially violent or dangerous situations - Shares stories of how Aikido helped the author transform interpersonal difficulties into peaceful interactions In addition to the physical practice, the modern martial art of Aikido also offers profound principles for transforming interpersonal Conflict into peaceful interaction.
Revealing how Aikido can help you face your fears and develop your heart and soul, this book shows how this martial art helps you embrace change, cultivate a strong center, and ultimately live a joyful life of engagement with the world..
She explains how a deepening practice of the martial art leads to an aiki state of Inner peace, fusion, and boundless joy.
She discusses the founder\'s philosophy of conflict, showing how Aikido can help peacefully resolve difficulties that arise with pushy, intimidating, and unpredictable people, those who are stubborn or don\'t listen, insincere people who want something from you, and chaotic situations.
Presenting Aikido\'s step-by-step protocol for developing the receptiveness of the beginner\'s mind, a state essential to personal transformation, Perry explains how distraction and timing can be used to deescalate potentially violent or dangerous situations.
Through each story shared, the author offers a glimpse of the beginner\'s mind in action, the key to changing even the violent energy of an attack into peaceful interaction.
She explains in detail how Aikido helped her resolve difficulties at work, as a student, and as a teacher/sensei.
She introduces what Aikido is and where it comes from, providing a brief biography of its founder, Morihei Ueshiba.
Illuminating the Inner philosophical and practical aspects of Aikido, forty-seven-year Aikido practitioner and 6th-degree blackbelt Susan Perry, Ph.
D., uses personal stories of joy, achievement, and hardship to demonstrate real-life applications of the transformational principles of Aikido.
Real-life applications of Aikido for self-transformation, Conflict resolution, and joy - Explains Aikido solutions for peacefully resolving difficulties that arise with intimidating and unpredictable people, those who are stubborn or don\'t listen, insincere people who want something from you, and chaotic situations - Presents Aikido\'s step-by-step protocol for developing the receptiveness of the beginner\'s mind and deescalating potentially violent or dangerous situations - Shares stories of how Aikido helped the author transform interpersonal difficulties into peaceful interactions In addition to the physical practice, the modern martial art of Aikido also offers profound principles for transforming interpersonal Conflict into peaceful interaction
