February 2019

28 Feb

The Trouble With Being Tense

by Jeremy Chance

These days, you can read a lot about tension, neck aches, back pain. And yet, most people seem to put up with it, thinking it's a normal part of everyday life.

Instead, the focus is on ‘mental stress' – people want to deal with this first.

How do I know this? This is how…

25 Feb

This is So Simple, It's Shocking

by Jeremy Chance

My subject line today is a pithy comment made by my venerable teacher, Marjorie Barstow.

Marj was already 86 years old when I met her, with a sparkle in her eye and a humble humour. He comment about Alexander's discovery – that it is so simple, it is shocking – was spoken to a student who was trying to say that Alexander work was difficult to understand.

21 Feb

Leaping into Nothing

by Jeremy Chance

"The only way you know if it's real or not, the only way to prove it, is by actually making the deal. Isn't that how it works?"

"Exactly. Unless you take the leap, you can't prove it. And once you actually make the leap, there's no need to prove it anymore. There's no middle ground. You either take the leap, or you don't. One or the other."

18 Feb

Sensei Jekyll Shacho Hyde ATS#enStrange Case of Principal Jekyll & MD Hyde

by Jeremy Chance

“Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” is a book published in 1886 by Robert Louis Stevenson whose main character fluctuates between good and evil. Dr Jekyll is kind, honest, gentle and respectful of others. Mr Hyde is more like President Trump: self-centred, spiteful, rude, mocking others and careless with other peoples’ lives and feelings.