3 Breaths to Freedom

This morning, in our Warrior Yoga training, we had a discussion about creating space in your mind.  What does that mean?

Oh how I would love to rewind the clock and have a “do-over” of a few significant events in my life where things did not go well.  The primary reason the thing, whatever it was, did not go well, was because I did not create space in my mind.  I leaped from stimulus to response.  I drew an immediate, and wrong, conclusion.  I suffered from confirmation bias, was torpedoed by a subconscious belief, or allowed my emotional body to do the talking.  The result was a personal disaster.  My guess is I am not alone with this syndrome.

Creating space in the mind would allow a few moments to step back mentally from the stimulus to filter, analyze, feel and synthesize an appropriate response.  As I consider the situations I would “do-over,” that response would often be silence, or no-action.

How do we begin to create space in our minds?  How about a “3 breaths rule.”  In any situation where you are feeling stressed, emotional or uncertain, pause and take 3 deep breaths before you respond or react.  You may find that the space that 3 breath moment creates effects you for an eternity.

2012 is almost upon us.  It is likely to be an intense year.  We are hosting a Combat Defense Course in January, and our first Academy / Kokoro Camp is in late February.  The February Kokoro is slated to be filmed and streamed on the web – if you want to get in on it please get in touch with us soon!  Finally we are opening the Unbeatable Mind Academy Foundations Class #2 in early January.  If you missed out on the launch this is your chance to get into this groundbreaking program.

View the  “Tip of the Spear” publication from the Special Operations Command.  Please remember the troops and send them your wishes as well.

Merry Christmas!

Coach Divine