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12.10.2011 - Nutritional Science for the Everyman
Your local supermarket is much like a living museum of modern nutritional science. There you can find trends and approaches to eating that can be factually valid, questionable or outright wrong, co-existing side by side, maintained by our habits and beliefs.
29.8.2011 - Mind and Mindlessness
In reality, there is nothing impossible or marvellous about calming the mind. It is a natural skill, one which many adults are actively trying to rid themselves of - often without realizing it. Instead of calming the mind, we try to find shortcuts to relaxation through television or a glass of wine after work, hoping that this might trick the mind to quiet down. In practice, by doing this we merely substitute one work with another.
20.8.2011 - Fitness vs. Health
For surprisingly many, "You know training is good when you hurt" is one of the undisputed wisdoms of physical tranining. It is equalled to conquering oneself, stretching limits, overcoming pain and experiencing the results. It's the same as "No Pain, No Gain"; the famous maxim, which people apply first as a hobby, then as a habit, then as a companion on the ride to physiotheraphy and sick leave, and then as a chaser for rehabilitation aiming back to the gym. It hands us on a silver platter the exact opposite results what physical exercise is supposed to give.
Blog Introduction
Sifu Markus Kahila teaches traditional Chinese internal and martial arts in Shaolin Nordic Finland, a part of the international Shaolin Wahnam Institute. He has trained under several different masters since 1999, and started teaching in 2005.
Markus Kahila holds a bachelors degree at the East-Asian Studies of Helsinki University, and he wrote his thesis on the differences and similarities of Chinese and Western medicine.
Last Updated (Saturday, 20 August 2011 17:04)