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My Mercer Island Patch Blog
Mercer Island is a relatively safe community, but the self-defense ethos is a vital tool to defend yourself from pressures and conflict from the outside world — and from within.
I am so happy and excited to post here for our community. I want to talk, and raise the awareness of self-defense. This ethos is found in the simplest, and the most profound ideas.
Kindness — for example — kindness and the practice of compassion are a beautiful form of this state of mind. A healthy diet of good food, the appreciation of it, the health of it for the body and soul. Or the love and support of community. The participation and active work in our community is self-defense. Even the practice of respect, the recognition of another's value as a fellow human being. "Treat others as you would like to be treated" — a foundation of the self-defense philosphy.
It isn't just about personal protection, or dealing with a guy jumping out of the bushes. It is very rarely that will happen, but to deal with heart disease, diabetes prevention, bully prevention. Conflict resolution skills, anger management, positive psychology, resilience, emergency preparedness, drug and alcohol abuse prevention, mindfulness, tolerance, fitness — this is what I mean by real, modern, life changing self-defense.
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So welcome to my blog: All Things Self-Defense. I am looking forward to great conversations.