E. Paul Zehr's Blog, page 6

Calming Your Brain Through Breathwork

To help calm your mind, let go of attempts to control things you can't directly influence and slow down what you can control.

In Sports and Real Life All We Can Control Is Our Effort

We can empower our efforts at the moment when we realize acceptance is about what is, not about what might, could, would, or should be.

Therapeutic Benefits of Martial Arts Training in Aging

Martial arts are meaningful activities that have clear therapeutic benefits and should be considered strongly as activities for healthy aging.

Concussion in Combat Sports Is an Iceberg Under the Ring

While the Titanic unknowingly sailed towards its doom, education in concussion can alter the imminent arrival of brain injury in combat athletes.

Skill Learning Is Consolidated During Sleep at All Ages

Regardless of age, a good night's sleep goes a long way.

Batman and Body Image: Inner Physical Capacity Not Outward Appearance

Be like the original Bruce Wayne and stop buying into the confusion illusion about fit, fat and function. Body form comes from trained capacity and capability.

Raising Your Perception with Respiration and Perspiration

Breathing can affect our emotional state and memory. No matter if the focus is breath, brain or body, you can get them all if you do it right and keep it up as you get older.

Can You Raise Resilience With a Roundhouse Kick?

Can martial arts training positively impact resilience of school students? A little training can be a powerful stimulus.

Bruce Lee Did Not Grow Old Yet Still Helps Seniors

The interest and popularity in martial arts that Bruce Lee helped foster is now being leveraged for therapeutic application in older adults.

Bruce Lee Did Not Grow Old Yet Still Helps the Elderly

The interest and popularity in martial arts that Bruce Lee helped foster is now being leveraged for therapeutic application in older adults.