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  • Mirror muscles

    “Entombed in this which we carry about with us and call the body, in which we are imprisoned like an oyster in its shell.” Plato If I cherish my body, I make a slave…

  • Keeping in touch

    Sensory deficit I’m a knowledge worker, and by definition, I rely on my brain rather than my body. Most days I’m practically stationary at my desk, staring unblinking at text on a bright liquid…

  • Filling in the gaps

    TLDR: Stop mindlessly eating and let your body fill in the gaps where it needs to. Do you slurp your food? Ever spilt food on your shirt? Choked on a fizzy drink? Scalded your…

  • Stick with it

    Grit: The Power of Passion and PerseveranceBy Angela DuckworthSimon & Schuster, 2016 What is it about? What we achieve in life depends on our passion and perseverance for long term goals. In other words,…

  • Peace and War

    “Those of us who participate in triathlons are unusual people. Most all the participants have jobs and families, and top of taking care of these, they swim and bike and run, training very hard,…

  • Zen and the Art of Consciousness – Book review

    What’s this book about? Zen and Art of Consciousness (2011) is a short, non-fiction book about the nature of mind, or rather, the nature of Susan Blackmore’s mind. To investigate her own consciousness, Blackmore…

  • Animal immersion

    Gradually, over millions of years, humans have separated from animals. Not only have we hunted apex predators into near extinction, we have co-opted their likeness for Snapchat filters. We have transcended the animal kingdom.…

  • Eat first with your stomach

    Since we are social, feeling creatures, humans especially suck at sticking to a diet. Friends laugh at our attempts to fast or eat clean and shove plates of fries under our noses. Swirling sadness…

  • The Art of Sighting

    During the triathlon swim leg, it can be challenging to maintain a straight course. There are no lane markers or painted lines below you. Most of the time, the water is murky, opaque and…