Developing Patience

Dear Patients & Friends,

I know for a fact that I was not raised in a culture that emphasized the virtue of patience.

Growing up in Nu Yawk showed me that the only way to get things done was to do it faster and more intensely than anyone else. If you couldn't handle challenges swiftly and confidently by the time you were 4 years old, you were labeled, "slow".

If you couldn't respond to adversity like Merlin the Magician, but you were a good kid, then you were labeled, "a nice kid, but slow".

Since I was a "sensitive" guy, I needed more time to figure things out. I was trained to rush into everything but I knew that style of adapting to stress was not going to work for me. By the time I was 17 years old, I was researching meditation techniques to slow my mind down and to learn how to accept reality on its terms, not solely on mine.

Fifty years later, I'm finally at the place in life where I've developed my self-control!

I had to practice being patient because this skill did not come to me over-night.
Without a literal practice, or technique, I never would have learned how to slow my mind and body down when necessary.

By the way, being patient does not mean that you forget how to be swift, intense or decisive. It simply means that you have better control over when, where and how to act that way.

Learn 2 Simple Techniques to
Develop Patience

At the upcoming yoga and meditation intensive this Tuesday, January 22, I'll be teaching the 2 main relaxation techniques that have helped me be calmer and more courteous when confronted with people or situations that tend to make me over-react (read: crazed with scorn).

Yoga & Meditation Details

WHEN: Tuesday, January, 22, 2019; 6:30 - 8:30 PM

REGISTRATION: Call 491 - 0959, email Schillinger.chiropractic@gmail.com or online - click here

(Pre-registration highly recommended - limited to 8 participants)

WHERE: 1050 Northgate Drive, Suite #1, San Rafael, CA 94903

FEE: $30

I hope to see you there!

True,
Dr. Mark