Total Connection In Three Hours A Week

1) Tai Chi

Tibetan #1

2) Tibetan #2

3) Tibetan #3

4) Tibetan #4

5) Tibetan #5

Tai Chi

I am constantly fiddling with my workout plan. The MINIMUM for me would be what you see above, with one break every three hours. Tai Chi morning and night, with Tibetans distributed through the day. I would “advance” them by substituting hanging leg lifts as soon as I can do 21 of #2. Then with #5, after I could do 21 Upward-downward dogs, I’d shift to Hindu Pushups.

The first Tai Chi would be my “Morning Ritual” time if I didn’t have the full tai chi, I’d do 10–20 minutes of Constant bear (perhaps) or even conscious walking.

But I would definitely have some patterned motion, what I might call a “perfect template”. Those are movements, exercises, where you say “If I could do that, my physical being would be at a higher level.”

Discipline offers freedom. In martial arts, I remember thinking that all the brown belts in the school looked very much alike. But all the black belts moved differently — they had found their individual expression.

In writing, structure tends to be the thing most new writers lack. Easiest to teach, least likely to be taught effectively in schools, for reasons I’m not totally certain of. Once that structure (for instance, the Hero’s Journey) is integrated it can be forgotten, and you…