I’m sure you’ve heard  this story – race starts, hare dashes off, tortoise is slow but wins in the end.

Well, life isn’t quite so simple as that but there are lessons to be learnt.  Sometimes it’s wise to take time to consider your position, enjoy the moment or take the subtle approach.

Next time you look at the well dressed hotshot, check out instead the nondescript man behind in a Primark suit…. It may be the next Warren Buffet.  Now that’s a Tortoise to watch, Mr Buffet never rushes, he takes his time, considers and then makes his move.

Now I’m not a slow person by nature but my Tai Chi training has taught me to stop and think, to take things at a more deliberate pace.

There as too many  times I rushed around and achieved nothing in my personal and business life and I still have to engage brain to stop myself doing the same thing now.

Have you looked at Wake Up and Breathe! and thought it’s too slow and gentle for you?   Well think again…. You’re the person who needs it most!

If you want to achieve more with less come to our next  Wake up and Breathe workshop ………  http://www.FiveMinutestoFitness.co.uk

Barry

Orientals certainly think our Western way of exercise is strange -  all that huffing and puffing.  They focus on martial arts learning a skill, a focus, a method of self defence and becoming incredibly strong, flexible and energised at the same time.

Can you imagine a bunch of aliens visiting one of Earth’s gyms?

“Hey Orrrrk (ok, so I don’t really know what Aliens are called!)

I have just seen some earth creatures in a place they call a Gym.

Some of them are jumping up and down on a rubber mat and others are running on machines that take them nowhere. They spend a lot of time doing this.

My calculations tell me that some of them are damaging their bodies. Some of them are trying to get thinner, some are trying to get bigger, none of them are happy to be what they are.”

Well that may not be entirely how they would see it but who knows?

I spend 5 minutes a day doing my exercise, I’m fit enough to enjoy my life, I’m energetic to work a long tough day and still enjoy some nightlife. But most importantly I feel good… no I feel FANTASTIC.

Wake Up and Breathe!…. it’s Out of this World, but it’s not mad.

Find out more at our workshop  www.FiveMinutestoFitness.co.uk