Archive for the ‘Brain Training’ Category
Happiness: Head in the Clouds or Feet on the Ground?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on July 15th, 2010
You have more control over your happiness than you realize, but predicting what will make you happy is often a challenge. One key: Choose a goal you can never fulfill.
TAGS: Kaizen, Swim for Health and Happiness, swim for improvement, Total Immersion Swimming
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Why happiness is active.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on July 14th, 2010
Life’s happiest moments occur when we focus intentions, senses and efforts on a meaningful-and-exacting goal.
TAGS: Flow, Kaizen, Mastery, Swim for Health and Happiness, swim for improvement, Total Immersion Swimming
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My Triathlon Uplift
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on July 14th, 2010
Why I found more uplift in watching the final, rather than first, finishers in the 70.3 Musselman triathlon.
TAGS: Mastery, Swim for Health and Happiness, triathlon
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How I learned (maybe) I’m not a Marathoner
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on June 30th, 2010
I swam two marathons in 2002 and 2006. I swam two more in March and April of 2010. I now question whether I have the stuff – mentally, not physically, to swim more marathons in the future.
TAGS: clear intention, neural circuits, open water swimming, swim for endurance, Swim for Health and Happiness, Total Immersion Swimming
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Struggle–the right kind– Can Be Good.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on June 29th, 2010
Better skills happen not by trying harder indiscriminately, but by trying harder in thoughtful, purposeful, targeted ways.
TAGS: attentive repetition, clear intention, Continuous Improvement, Kaizen, Mastery, mindfulness, neural circuits, swim for improvement, Total Immersion Swimming
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How to ‘Work Your Abs’ While Swimming
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on June 27th, 2010
Thinking about Active Streamlining, rather than “Pulling in your Navel’ will produce a more ‘functional’ engagement of core muscles. It will also do more to “grow new circuits in your brain.”
TAGS: clear intention, mindfulness, neural circuits, Swim for Health and Happiness, Total Immersion Swimming
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Why “Weightlessness” Is Essential
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on June 15th, 2010
Relaxing into Weightlessness replaces an inborn reflex to fight gravity with a calmly considered choice to cooperate with it. That saves physical, but it saves even more mental energy. Which you’ll use to acquire other skills.
TAGS: Continuous Improvement, Easy Freestyle, Kaizen, Mastery, neural circuits, Self Coached Workshop, stroke efficiency, Swim for Health and Happiness, swim for improvement, swim right, Total Immersion Swimming
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Butterfly for Mind-Body Health
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on June 8th, 2010
Learning to swim butterfly as an adult can be an exercise in Problem-Solving, Challenging Assumptions and Deep Practice, rather than Working Harder. This benefits both brain and body.
TAGS: attentive repetition, clear intention, Continuous Improvement, Effortless Endurance, Kaizen, Mastery, mindfulness, open water swimming, Swim for Health and Happiness, swim for improvement, Swim to Build a Better Brain, Total Immersion Swimming
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Learning new skills: Repeat, repeat, repeat.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on June 3rd, 2010
Adults learn new skills more slowly than kids. But they learn them better over time.
TAGS: clear intention, Continuous Improvement, Kaizen, Mastery, neural circuits, swim for improvement, Swimming Builds a Better Brain, TI Weekend Workshop, Total Immersion Swimming
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