In this episode of the Mindful You podcast, host Alan Carroll welcomes Jeff Patterson, founder of Northwest Fighting Arts and Tai Chi Academy. Jeff shares his fascinating journey of integrating martial arts with meditation and mindfulness, offering a unique perspective on the concept of yielding. Learn how Jeff transitioned from a combat-focused martial art practitioner to embracing Tai Chi and meditation under the guidance of a boxing coach, which profoundly changed his life. Discover the powerful benefits of the meditative arts, from stress reduction and improved focus to enhanced personal interactions through physical, mental, and emotional yielding. Jeff explains the five essential regulations for a balanced practice and the transformative effects of consistent meditation. Join us for an insightful discussion on achieving inner peace and grounding in a world brimming with agitation. Tune in as Jeff also guides a brief meditation, offering a taste of mindfulness practices that can integrate seamlessly into your daily life, and unveils how this lifestyle can lead to less resistance and more harmony within oneself and with others.

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Alan Carroll is an Educational Psychologist who specializes in Transpersonal Psychology. He founded Alan Carroll & Associates 30 years ago and before that, he was a Senior Sales Training Consultant for 10 years at Digital Equipment Corporation. He has dedicated his life in search of mindfulness tools that can be used by everyone (young and old) to transform their ability to speak at a professional level, as well as, to reduce the psychological suffering caused by the misidentification with our ego and reconnect to the vast transcendent dimension of consciousness that lies just on the other side of the thoughts we think and in between the words we speak.

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