The Story
The fundamental premise behind the mind-body-connection is that thoughts, emotions, attitudes and behaviors affect our physiological function and vice versa,
We also know that physical wellness is linked with state of mind. The function of your immune system is affected not only by external agents but also by the thoughts and feelings you hold about yourself.
The mind makes no separation between thought and reality, if you have a heart felt, emotionally driven thought your brain will produce the appropriate chemicals for your body to express in an emotion or feeling, thereby granting you the experience You asked for.
The Problem
Who you are determines the way you see everything. You cannot separate your identity from your perspective.
All that you are and every experience you've had color how you see the world and yourself within that world
. It is your lens (John Maxwell)
The Solution
The primary purpose of martial arts is to serve against disease and degeneration ,not against bandits and bullies
The arts are based precisely upon the same forces that lie at the heart of medicine, meditation and yoga
Martial Arts are simply the yang compliment to the yin arts of medicine and nutrition, and the active physical complement
to the passive spiritual arts of meditation and yoga.
From the point of view of the three treasures the medical/nutritional arts nourish essence, the martial arts ’martial’ energy
and the meditative arts cultivate spirit
The purpose of Ka-Yo-Me is to blend body&breath while balancing essence and energy
experience a combination of fitness self-defense and pure enjoyment of movement that is different from your usual, self-torturing fitness