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Triathlon Swimming: Made EasyMoving mindfully, with an intention to use awareness to improve, has a remarkable power to transform personality and consciousness.
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How to become a World Class Improver: Mindfulness and Visual Input
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 23rd, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 23rd, 2011
The most effective techniques in training the brain require a degree of mindfulness normally lacking. To train the brain’s motor neurons, combine that attention with visual input.
How to Build World Class Muscle Memory
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 21st, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 21st, 2011
Most people stop improving not because they’ve maxed out their innate ability, but because they feel they’ve reached an ‘acceptable’ level — the “OK Plateau.” Anyone can bypass the OK Plateau by doing 3 things.
Life will never get better than this moment.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 20th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 20th, 2011
Life will never get better than this moment, because this moment is the only one we have. Give it your full attention and appreciation.
Can’t control life outside the pool? Pursue Flow in it and handle stress better.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 16th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 16th, 2011
Outside the pool, there’s little we can do to control sources of stress. But we can exert control inside the pool. That brings Flow. And Flow makes outside stresses much easier to handle. Here’s how.
Swimming Better: Do we learn more from Science or Intuition?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 2nd, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 2nd, 2011
Everything important I’ve learned in swimming – and my happiest moments – have been the product of experience and intuition.
Why Ease and Arduous Experience are in Harmony (with the Tao)
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 1st, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 1st, 2011
Wu Wei or ‘effortless action’ is a key principle in Taoist thought. One translation calls it ‘swimming with the current.’ Swimming seems the ideal activity to pursue Mastery of Wu Wei.
Stay in the moment: Experience timelessness. Enjoy more. Swim better.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 30th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 30th, 2011
The most valuable capacity one needs to develop for any endurance swim – more valuable than physical fitness or stroke efficiency – is the capacity to keep your focus in the immediate moment. Like any habit or capacity, this only happens through practice.
Mindful Swimming Transforms the Brain
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 24th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 24th, 2011
Meditation produces deep and lasting changes to the brain. Moving Meditation is best at producing those changes. Mindful Swimming provides a highly organized way to practice Moving Meditation, improving Mens Sana in Corpore Sano.
Don’t Just Learn a Skill. Test it.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 21st, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 21st, 2011
If you put a new skill to the test or venture outside your ‘Comfort or Confidence Zone,’ you’re likely to remember it better and improve it faster.