Comments for Swim For Life http://www.swimwellblog.com The Blog of Terry Laughlin Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:48:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on Why would you Burn and Crush things you love? by Suzanne http://www.swimwellblog.com/archives/1544/comment-page-1#comment-7401 Suzanne Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:48:39 +0000 http://www.swimwellblog.com/?p=1544#comment-7401 Terry, just came across this coach... http://www.crushmultisport.com/ @John, I'm laughing at your second comment as well...read the first line carefully. Oh well..your intentions were good. :) Terry, just came across this coach…
http://www.crushmultisport.com/

@John, I’m laughing at your second comment as well…read the first line carefully. Oh well..your intentions were good. :)

]]> Comment on Video: How TI Changed Paolo Carignani’s Life — and Work by Deb Brudvig http://www.swimwellblog.com/archives/1548/comment-page-1#comment-7376 Deb Brudvig Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:38:19 +0000 http://www.swimwellblog.com/?p=1548#comment-7376 OH I wish more conductors would swim! Instrumentalists are very aware of the happiness or unhappiness of those in front with the stick. Plus the best conductors I've seen have a strong mind/body connection. If that is not there they cannot communicate and the players all need chiropractors later. Many conductors work on spirit and mind--and that's great. But if you add the joy, awareness and appreciation of being in a body--instead of resenting it, fearing it or being trapped by it--great communication is available and great energy is released. I have actually chosen to stop working for some conductors. I don't wish to suffer with them. Some people tell me to just take the check. I used to. But why? Of course one can be the missionary of "another way of being"-- but some people are not open to it. So I try to be in the places that are the best for me. The pool, swimming, coaching--TI!--art--teaching cello and playing places where there are challenges but also real joy. Bravo Maestro! May more people follow your lead--in the pool or with the baton. :) OH I wish more conductors would swim! Instrumentalists are very aware of the happiness or unhappiness of those in front with the stick. Plus the best conductors I’ve seen have a strong mind/body connection. If that is not there they cannot communicate and the players all need chiropractors later. Many conductors work on spirit and mind–and that’s great. But if you add the joy, awareness and appreciation of being in a body–instead of resenting it, fearing it or being trapped by it–great communication is available and great energy is released. I have actually chosen to stop working for some conductors. I don’t wish to suffer with them. Some people tell me to just take the check. I used to. But why? Of course one can be the missionary of “another way of being”– but some people are not open to it. So I try to be in the places that are the best for me. The pool, swimming, coaching–TI!–art–teaching cello and playing places where there are challenges but also real joy. Bravo Maestro! May more people follow your lead–in the pool or with the baton. :)

]]> Comment on Guest Post: Mindfulness — In Buddhism and TI by Kwin http://www.swimwellblog.com/archives/1502/comment-page-1#comment-7373 Kwin Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:10:38 +0000 http://www.swimwellblog.com/?p=1502#comment-7373 Thank you everyone for reading this article. Your kind comments also inspire to keep enjoy practicing. :) Nui, Glad to know you will back to TI again. I hope you can master this skill and promote TI to Thailand as you wise. Thank you everyone for reading this article.
Your kind comments also inspire to keep enjoy practicing. :)

Nui, Glad to know you will back to TI again.
I hope you can master this skill and promote TI to Thailand as you wise.

]]> Comment on Guest Post: Pursuing Happiness with Total Immersion by TI Coach Celeste St Pierre http://www.swimwellblog.com/archives/1540/comment-page-1#comment-7372 TI Coach Celeste St Pierre Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:19:40 +0000 http://www.swimwellblog.com/?p=1540#comment-7372 Sarah, I enjoyed reading your guest blog. You expressed yourself so well that have I shared you post with both TI enthusiast and beginner swimmers. Your expression of how to approach swimming is so well said how could one not approach it being mindful! Cheers. Sarah,
I enjoyed reading your guest blog. You expressed yourself so well that have I shared you post with both TI enthusiast and beginner swimmers. Your expression of how to approach swimming is so well said how could one not approach it being mindful!
Cheers.

]]> Comment on Why would you Burn and Crush things you love? by John torhan http://www.swimwellblog.com/archives/1544/comment-page-1#comment-7368 John torhan Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:52:33 +0000 http://www.swimwellblog.com/?p=1544#comment-7368 Terry, I actually meant to say you could not be more right...is there such a thong as grammar check? Lol... I completely agree with your perspective and your attitude towards training. I see people all the time splashing through the water with one goal...yardage. So sad that they do not get it. JT Terry,
I actually meant to say you could not be more right…is there such a thong as grammar check? Lol…
I completely agree with your perspective and your attitude towards training. I see people all the time splashing through the water with one goal…yardage. So sad that they do not get it.
JT

]]> Comment on Why would you Burn and Crush things you love? by Terry Laughlin http://www.swimwellblog.com/archives/1544/comment-page-1#comment-7356 Terry Laughlin Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:29:06 +0000 http://www.swimwellblog.com/?p=1544#comment-7356 Ahelee Sue I did take a few x-fit classes with a local coach. I was quite impressed with the coach and the program he conducted. However I saw a few elements in their program that felt off-putting. I think there was one popular standard workout they called "Knife Fight" and what that implied made me shudder. However, in my 50s and 60s I've also suffered a few injuries - most recently torn cartilage in my right knee just a month ago - even while doing weight training prudently, moderately and with impeccable form. So I'm starting to think more critically about the right way to exercise at my age. At my health club, they have Les Mills group exercise classes. The group exercise room, where I take yoga classes, has all these posters of people doing LM classes. They're all shown in postures that make them look ready for battle and they all have 'game faces' on. One poster has these words. "Fitness is a Battlefield. This is the front lines." I see that and think of how different my attitude has become about all forms of physical activity. In mid-2009, I was interviewed by a woman who writes for a magazine called (I think) American Fitness. Her questions and my answers were failing to connect. After about 10 minutes I finally figured out why. As I said to her, "Your questions all start with the concept that swimming is exercise, but as we've been talking it caused me to realize I no longer think of swimming as exercise. I think of it as a movement art - like martial arts, which started as a form of combat but is now practiced as a movement art. When I teach or practice it, I do it from that perspective. I GET exercise, but that's incidental." I hadn't been conscious of that switch until that moment. Now I find I'm keenly attuned to all the manifestations of, again, what I've come to think of as the Western Industrialized approach to exercise and fitness. Ahelee Sue
I did take a few x-fit classes with a local coach. I was quite impressed with the coach and the program he conducted. However I saw a few elements in their program that felt off-putting. I think there was one popular standard workout they called “Knife Fight” and what that implied made me shudder. However, in my 50s and 60s I’ve also suffered a few injuries – most recently torn cartilage in my right knee just a month ago – even while doing weight training prudently, moderately and with impeccable form. So I’m starting to think more critically about the right way to exercise at my age.

At my health club, they have Les Mills group exercise classes. The group exercise room, where I take yoga classes, has all these posters of people doing LM classes. They’re all shown in postures that make them look ready for battle and they all have ‘game faces’ on. One poster has these words. “Fitness is a Battlefield. This is the front lines.”
I see that and think of how different my attitude has become about all forms of physical activity.

In mid-2009, I was interviewed by a woman who writes for a magazine called (I think) American Fitness. Her questions and my answers were failing to connect. After about 10 minutes I finally figured out why. As I said to her, “Your questions all start with the concept that swimming is exercise, but as we’ve been talking it caused me to realize I no longer think of swimming as exercise. I think of it as a movement art – like martial arts, which started as a form of combat but is now practiced as a movement art. When I teach or practice it, I do it from that perspective. I GET exercise, but that’s incidental.”

I hadn’t been conscious of that switch until that moment. Now I find I’m keenly attuned to all the manifestations of, again, what I’ve come to think of as the Western Industrialized approach to exercise and fitness.

]]> Comment on Why would you Burn and Crush things you love? by Ahelee http://www.swimwellblog.com/archives/1544/comment-page-1#comment-7355 Ahelee Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:32:24 +0000 http://www.swimwellblog.com/?p=1544#comment-7355 Terry you're so funny! Just wait till you drop into a friendly CrossFit box! Happy New Year to you and the TI troops. Terry you’re so funny!
Just wait till you drop into a friendly CrossFit box!

Happy New Year to you and the TI troops.

]]> Comment on Guest Post: Mindfulness — In Buddhism and TI by Nui http://www.swimwellblog.com/archives/1502/comment-page-1#comment-7353 Nui Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:54:31 +0000 http://www.swimwellblog.com/?p=1502#comment-7353 Khun (meaning Mr. in Thai) Kwin, I'm glad you broke the code. Your sketches simplify the body-line visualization well. You gave me some push for another TI try. I was born in Thailand and had swimming experience at the level where I would not sink in a small canal. While living in the US, swimming had never come to my brain until I saw Mr. Shinji's youtube video. I thereafter bought TI DVD training and went to a workshop 2 years ago, and began to try to learn. Unfortunately, I did not make any substantial progess. My lower part of the body sank and the air in lungs kept on decreasing after I swam for only 25 yards. It appears the fitness should not be my problem since I have been exercising 5-6 days a week - playing soccer, running, and training Americans in my town Muay Thai. I knew I then stepped into the uncomfort zone dealing with the TI playground. Anyhow, I am now getting excited again about the TI training. I'm ready to play the DVD training for the first time this Sunday morning after a year of ignoring it. I also plan to go to the Y in my town this afternoon to begin the second round of TI try in the lap pool. Pray for me! Last, I agree with you on the meditation issue. Even with any other sports, focusing on self is my first priority. If I do good with that, I can then take care of anything else surrounding me with ease. If I can master TI, it would be a miracle. And, if this is the case, I'm sure I can teach tons of people the TI since I had so many... many problems with it before. I'm hoping that someday I wil be able to help someone open the TI market in Thailand when I retire. Thanks for inspiring me. Nui Khun (meaning Mr. in Thai) Kwin, I’m glad you broke the code. Your sketches simplify the body-line visualization well.

You gave me some push for another TI try. I was born in Thailand and had swimming experience at the level where I would not sink in a small canal. While living in the US, swimming had never come to my brain until I saw Mr. Shinji’s youtube video. I thereafter bought TI DVD training and went to a workshop 2 years ago, and began to try to learn. Unfortunately, I did not make any substantial progess. My lower part of the body sank and the air in lungs kept on decreasing after I swam for only 25 yards. It appears the fitness should not be my problem since I have been exercising 5-6 days a week – playing soccer, running, and training Americans in my town Muay Thai. I knew I then stepped into the uncomfort zone dealing with the TI playground.

Anyhow, I am now getting excited again about the TI training. I’m ready to play the DVD training for the first time this Sunday morning after a year of ignoring it. I also plan to go to the Y in my town this afternoon to begin the second round of TI try in the lap pool. Pray for me!

Last, I agree with you on the meditation issue. Even with any other sports, focusing on self is my first priority. If I do good with that, I can then take care of anything else surrounding me with ease.

If I can master TI, it would be a miracle. And, if this is the case, I’m sure I can teach tons of people the TI since I had so many… many problems with it before. I’m hoping that someday I wil be able to help someone open the TI market in Thailand when I retire.

Thanks for inspiring me.
Nui

]]> Comment on Why would you Burn and Crush things you love? by John torhan http://www.swimwellblog.com/archives/1544/comment-page-1#comment-7340 John torhan Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:32:05 +0000 http://www.swimwellblog.com/?p=1544#comment-7340 Terry, You could be more right! I used to struggle to swim 300 yds until I took lessons from a TI coach. Prior to TI after my swimming workout i would get out of the pool feeling like i just finished lifting weights for an hour. Now i feel completely rejuvenated! TI has enabled me to things i didn't know i could. John Torhan Pittsburgh Terry,
You could be more right! I used to struggle to swim 300 yds until I took lessons from a TI coach.
Prior to TI after my swimming workout i would get out of the pool feeling like i just finished lifting weights for an hour.
Now i feel completely rejuvenated!
TI has enabled me to things i didn’t know i could.

John Torhan
Pittsburgh

]]> Comment on How to ‘Savor’ Every Stroke by Terry Laughlin http://www.swimwellblog.com/archives/1517/comment-page-1#comment-7332 Terry Laughlin Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:21:16 +0000 http://www.swimwellblog.com/?p=1517#comment-7332 Thanks for your concern, but not to worry. She IS a doctor. Thanks for your concern, but not to worry. She IS a doctor.

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