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Outside the Box:
Triathlon Swimming: Made Easy
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.
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
Giving Women More of a Voice in TI
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 31st, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 31st, 2011
Is there anything TI can do to speak more to the goals and interests of women swimmers – as well as give outer voice to their inner thoughts?
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.
Should we train more intensively in middle age?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 29th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 29th, 2011
I’m pursuing a different kind of Athletic Mastery at age 60, a radical shift after 40 years. Partly to show that age is just a number. And partly because I can grow more neurons by leaving my comfort zone.
Slow Swimming: Is it Age . . . or Activity?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 27th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 27th, 2011
I’m swimming in meets and for time in practice again and discover I’m much slower than when I last did this 5 years ago. What a great opportunity for learning!
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.
Today I went to a Masters Meet . . . and took a Math Test!
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 23rd, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 23rd, 2011
Swimming in a Masters meet provided a “brutally honest” measure of my current speed. And because Speed is a product of the math of Stroke Length and Stroke Rate, I now know precisely the formula for reaching my still-distant goals.
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.
Finding Higher Purpose in Masters Races
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 20th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 20th, 2011
When I set goals for pool times, and pool races, I get all the Arduous Experience and Cognitive Difficulty my psyche craves.
Trust Your Instincts
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 19th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 19th, 2011
A goal of Mindful Swimming should be to experience the sensations it produces so strongly that you can describe them vividly.