About this show:
What’s your relationship with the meditative arts?
Tried meditation but gave up because of being ‘too busy brained’?
Think Tai Chi and Qi Gong is for the elderly only?
Find it hard to keep a regular practice?
Maybe it’s just overwhelming as to ‘what’ to exactly do and it’s a worry it’s ‘not working’?
On this week’s show I invited Jeff Patterson who has been practicing, studying and teaching in the meditative arts for over 30 years and I can confirm, even just speaking with Jeff, by the end of our time together I was calm, centred and had a super productive day, despite having just moved house!
We dive into the benefits of the meditative arts, how to tailor the experience of mindfulness, meditation and movement-based meditative arts to your life, priorities and curiosity.
So many golden nuggets – I can’t wait to hear how you enjoy the show
Alexx x
Want to learn more about this week’s guest?
Jeff Patterson, from Portland, OR, USA, has over 36 years of experience, practicing and teaching the meditative and martial arts. As the founder of Northwest Fighting Arts, Portland Tai Chi Academy, and The Yielding Warrior, where he emphasizes the transformative power of meditative and martial arts practices, particularly the yielding concept.
Website: https://theyieldingwarrior.com/
Instagram or LinkedIn: https://www.instagram.com/theyieldingwarrior/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIzitJZ8CLWysspfvgtMZbw
Alexx x
Alexx Stuart
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About Jeff Patterson
Jeff Patterson, from Portland, OR, USA, has over 36 years of experience, practicing and teaching the meditative and martial arts. As the founder of Northwest Fighting Arts, Portland Tai Chi Academy, and The Yielding Warrior, where he emphasizes the transformative power of meditative and martial arts practices, particularly the yielding concept.
He has published two books and hundreds on instructional videos. Founder of The Yielding Warrior online program and has worked with 1000’s of students from around the world.
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Title show track, by LIOR.
Love the podcast music? You will hear excerpts from Lior’s track “Caught Up” – go check it out on iTunes or Spotify if you want to hear the whole song or album, Scattered Reflections. Co-written with Cameron Deyell, it’s a great song and I love the reflective energy of it – perfect for the show, right? Enjoy. Lior is always touring, so do check out his website. It is wonderful to hear him sing live, trust me.
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