by Dr. Chris Johnson | Oct 18, 2011 | Learning, Mindfulness |
Recently, in the midst of a full day prepping for a class, seeing clients, working on a marketing piece, and anticipating a full evening at home with my family, I ran across this quote by Wayne Muller, author of Legacy of the Heart and Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal,...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Sep 20, 2011 | Attention, Learning, Mindfulness
“To meet the demands of the fast-changing competitive scene, we must simply learn to love change as much as we have hated it in the past.” – Tom Peters You may wonder why I have chosen to write about change here and you’d be right to wonder. There...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jun 11, 2011 | Learning, Mindfulness, Practice
I live on an alley. Every Thursday at 5:30 a.m. a grimy garbage truck, louder than any dump truck I’ve heard, sits outside my bedroom window, waking me as its driver goes through the motions of picking up waste from the condos next door. Typically, I awaken to this...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | May 7, 2011 | Attention, Learning, Mindfulness, Resilience
With searing pain, eyes teary, my knotted calf screamed out in pain. At the aikido dojo, practicing a move on my knees, I persisted in sitting back on my haunches not being up on my toes, something all aikido students know as essential for the hamni hantachi move. ...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Apr 22, 2011 | Attention, Learning, Mindfulness
This past Sunday was sunny, a windy warm 76°, nearly 20° higher than normal for April in the Midwest. I was itching to get outside, to check out the blooming crocuses on the parkway. Winter had seemed so long this year; like so many, I, too, was ready for this...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jan 17, 2011 | Attention, Embodied Leadership, Learning, Practice
I hadn’t really ‘felt’ like getting out from under the warm, cozy covers last week. However, Thursday morning found me begrudgingly at the health center in the early hours in hopes of greater fitness in 2011. Of course, January 1st is a great time to commit, or...
