Jeremy's Blog

14 Aug

The Topsy Turvy Upsidedown World of Japan

by Jeremy Chance

The first time I caught a bus from my home in Kyoto, I tried to get on at the front.

“No, that’s where you get off.”

“But how can I pay?”

“You don’t. You pay when you get off. At the front.”

13 Aug

How to Train Teachers

by Jeremy Chance

Anyone watching my Facebook feed knows I’m having a ball in London at the moment.

I had My Fair Lady at the Coliseum last night, Sebilious at the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday, and the Fashion Freak Show at the Roundhouse on Friday.

Sorry to boast, but can you blame me?

12 Aug

How to Work with Animals

by Jeremy Chance

I’ve been thinking about dogs.

Rather - dogs and Alexander’s Discovery.

Recently I visited friends in Cornwall and met young Lilly - who’s convinced she is human. She tries to sit at the table, eat from a plate and bark when she wants seconds. The bitch is spoiled rotten, and we all love her. 50% Staffy and the rest mongrel.

11 Aug

How To Get Work with Businesses

by Jeremy Chance

I’ve trained teachers since the day I started in 1979.

Don Burton asked me to his newly minted, revolutionary training at the East-West Centre in Old Street, London, and I joined his teaching staff. That makes it 43 years.

Then on September 26th, 2012, I started writing every day on Blogspot:

http://jeremychance.blogspot.com/2012/09/marketing-in-your-teaching-room.html

10 Aug

Broken People Do Better

by Jeremy Chance

I’m getting old.

I mean - I always was - but I never thought about it. Now I do.

Ebbing passion is a symptom that grows along with wrinkles. The hungry need for accomplishment that drove my morning routine is weakening with every year that passes.

27 Jul

How To Find Luck

by Jeremy Chance

“Try to be helpful to others - and if you can’t do that, at least don’t harm them.”
Geshe Dawa, Tibetan monk.

What if luck was a product of kind-heartedness?

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25 Jul

Wrapped Up Rabbit Holes - The Belief of Believing Me

by Jeremy Chance

Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)

Walt Whitman

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Without a core belief system, it’s no wonder people are adrift.

24 Jul

Fake Posture

by Jeremy Chance

Can you sizzle snow with your bare bottom?

Tibetan monks can. They melt ice while sitting in meditation using a technique known as "g Tum-mo" or Tummo, which means 'inner fire'. They gain conscious control over what is typically considered an inaccessible system that regulates your body temperature.

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