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Guillermo ALVES
Working on fitness Industry.
Interested in mental and physical health.
Location Valencia-SPAIN
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Je partage ce point de vue, je pense qu il faut être d abord un grand observateur, être accompagné par des professionnels qui ont l habitude de cet entourage.
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Prudence, patience et risques à calculer dans ce "jeu" d achat/ventes de titres.
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We should make a difference between coaching someone to obligate a child calling that process coaching. At the end if it works that's the main goal, once again I believe in finding the correct balance. Pushing limits it's a traditional way to learn how to master a technic but I do believe we can not abuse using it all the time, the burn out comes quickly.
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Both are important, as says David: the formal one is vital to prove a knowledge. Experience and for sure background of each coach are also good points. At the end I do believe in continuous learning to proove the coachee that our knowledge, information and skills are upgrated.
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I think it is important to differentiate a full-time coach through a salary from a personal coach that is my case that bases its success on programs of about 3 months each. The coach as a personal trainer also has to regulate all aspects, whether they are taught or emotional, he has to provide a differential value over time so that the price of his services...
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Honestly I have the same approach honestly and, as far as I'm concerned, this mindset is more of a mentor mentality that has become part of my personality over the years. It should be borne in mind that in personal training the client is not indefinite in time and that thanks to a more mentor approach adherence to longer programs is more assured.
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In such a hostile environment the figure of Maggie becomes magical. The greater the human skills, the greater the coach approaches a mentor.
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All these steps are important regardless of the level of the coachee. We deal with people with physical and mental abilities but also with limitations. Ability to listen, ability to ask about their fears and overcome together through a personalized plan, realistic goals, that should help move forward.
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I'm Guillermo from Valencia, Spain. Coach Trainer, NLP practitioner and working in the fitness industry for 20 years. In coaching my target audience is of average age, people with a need to rectify eating habits and have a physical activity that improves their health levels. Fitness and running are the work axes of my coaching. I have years of continuous...
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Interesting contents, to think deeply on some process in order to perform them.
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Totally agree
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It's quite logical that at the end, subjective experience still the most popular feed back of the work load. It requieres a certain level to choose correctly others factors to planify a specific training session. I do believe that starting by the subjective experience is the correct.
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This kind of scale is very interesting as it's very personal, subjective and in fact used a lot for runners of any level.
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Andrew, as far as I'm concerned, as a personal trainer I know when my females clients have their period, I always adapt the training, usually moderate intensity. It's true that each woman responds differently to their menstrual cycle so it's always important to ask before the sesion how do they feel about. Depending on their mood I adapt the session.
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I'm a firm believer as NLP practitionner of virtual possibilities of the endless number of possibilities to improve performance and undoubtedly overcome psychological limitations with virtual reality.
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For sure as a runner and also a trainer I would say that GPS, heart rate and speed are the most used and popular.
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Hi everyone, I'm Guillermo from Valencia, Spain. Working in fitness Industry for a spanish manufacturer of strenght machines and cardio. Also pesonal trainer and NLP Practitionner, fitness and running are the sports I've been practising since my young age.
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@AndrewBeaven I agree with you, I put 1 and 4 too.
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Focusing in a process not on the outcome is the key to succeed even if it's not always easy to do.
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The more demanding, the more pressure, the greater the risk of stress, burn-out, depression and other factors such as those mentioned.
The competitive world always entails taking the best athletes to physical and mental levels that go against health, it must be said, these cases are proof. -
I think that there is always a fine line between the so-called motivation, the obligation and the option and when with the help of the coach one knows how to regulate these 3 aspects, there is empathy between coach and coachee, which favors a climate of progression.
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interesting contents, important to notice how the stress and anxiety can trigger injuries.
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To compare the steps to a grief is quite interesting and it seems to me that it's quite useful even if in fact each athlete can skip some along the process of recovery.
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Rushing goes against a good recovery but the life of a professional athlete cannot wait and indeed there is always a risk factor. In the case of amateur athletes as in my case, if there is no hurry, even if it is difficult to recover the level left previously, it can be recovered and even improved, the objective is logically another.
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So agree with you Andrew as regards training for coaches, they are so many from the old school with hard methods that do not even let athletes think, there is no exchange of ideas or formalization of achievement-oriented questions. That requires specific training.
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I agree with this comment, there are so many cases of known athletes wich had to face hard stress moments in their competition lives because of the bad balance of the pression and the motivation.
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It seems to me that the coach, Dean, believes more on his coachee, Ariarne, than herself! He knows perfectly how to push herself more and more but in a progressive way with several techniques as for example imagery. He's more a mentor than a simple coach, that's the way I train people, they believe in you and you push them to a certain limits always avoiding...
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I agree with you Paolo. Technology in fact has to be a means not an end
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Finding the right balance for each athlete is the key, too much or too less pressure can afford bad results. I believe that always adjusting the daily training throught a constant monitoring is one of the key of a good preparation.
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Guillermo ALVES replied to Natasha Plug
@NatashaPlug I don't want to hurt anyone! What physical and mental qualities does your sport require?
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Guillermo ALVES replied to Natasha Plug
Great presentation Natasha, wish you the best!
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Hi Friends, I'm Guillermo from Valencia, Spain. Working in fitness industry for 20 years, manufacturing strenght equipment and also cardio machines. Personal trainer, always interested in this kind of courses.
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Hi everyone! I'm Guillermo from Valencia (Spain), I've been working in Fitness Industry for 20 yeas.
I'm also a personal trainer and practitionner on NLP.
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Thanks for the contents and thanks to all the peers for sharing their experience, thoughts and ideas. Wishing the best to all of you.
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Hugh, as an NLP trainer, I think cards or any simple technique could be a good preparation before delving into the trauma itself. As far as I am concerned, the interesting point of these techniques is to establish a connection or what is also called a rapport with the client, also known as a state of responsiveness. Sometimes it can be very useful to address...
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There are several steps taken from NLP, others very similar, not applied as deeply as an NLP practitioner would, although interesting as a first approach.
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Guillermo ALVES replied to Erica R
Good job Erica, wish you the best in your life, for you and for your daughter.
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@AdrieFourie Have a look at the RAPPORT concept in NLP, hope it will usefull for you!
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Guillermo ALVES replied to Jess Johnson
@JessJohnson Right, there are principles of NLP
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As far as I'm concerned and for all who are brand new in this subject, I would recommend to start with simple thing just to observ what are the benefits for example of having an habit of being in silence with ourselves 10 or 15 mns a day, drinking a coffee or just trying to reduce the internal noise of the mind.
Terms as mindfulness have became very...
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Sounds really interesting all the contents of this course.
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As far as I'm concerned, I have converted this pdf (to avoid printing so much) in a word one. So I can take some notes but in a digital way.
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Guillermo ALVES made a comment
I do suppose that taking notes still a good way to learn and review some notes, great idea.
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What if problems were solutions in themselves?
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I have been working from home for more than 10 years. My company is 500 km away, not everything is advantages, without discipline, without a real place set to work, without endless productive habits, distractions come quickly.
Now you eat, get up when you want, exercise by organizing yourself, and have time for family and friends.
The quality of work is... -
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Thanks to Paddy for having shared his own experience and thoughts.
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Guillermo ALVES replied to Natasha Plug
Hi Natasha, kind of interesting this new sport, I don't think it exists in Spain for the moment. It seems to me that this sport requires interesting mental approaches, for sure this course will help, wish you the best.
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I'm not surprised, it's all about being a better person to be a better coach, pesonal mastery continuum is at the end a beautiful purpose in life, very interesting comments in this video.
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There is a logical evolution in these 3 points of view.
I do believe that the best purpose is to have a job that is not considered as such due to the fact that we feel it and live it as a personal vocation.
Depending on the period, economic need and personal maturity we go through these 3 visions-
If the call pays well, it's perfect! -
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As for me, it makes no sense to know something if it is not applied for the benefit of others, for oneself, of course, but to help others to grow as human beings, to improve their level of health, physically as a personally,
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Totally agree, at the end of the day own strenghts depend on the athletes, on the contrary the ones of the opponents not, so they will do their best also to compensate their own weaknesses.
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I always frame the objectives in 2 ways, differentiating the quantitative from the qualitative.
For example, if a person wants to lose 10 kilos, he asks about the quality of the loss, seeking healthy, realistic and achievable goals. The final goal of 10 kilos would mark the way to go in the training planning quarter, having in turn a few minimum goals to... -
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As far as I am concerned and taking into account that I only train people individually, my coaching practices are related to those visible and invisible to individuals.
The feedback at the level of emotions I do in each session asking the client to ensure a continuous recification of the skills that will allow us to reach the proposed objectives, objectives... -
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I'm quite surprised of the lack of applying basic principles of coaching in teams as asking athletes, listening them, respecting their thoughts and opinions, make them accept as part of the process that mistakes are oportunities to grow as athlete and also as persons. Make them focus the good results they achieved in a match rather reminding all the time the...
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From an individual perspective and beyond a sports concept, I believe that focusing the right effort in the present moment is the only way to achieve the best result. We have been so long oriented as coaches or as athletes to obtain the best results that frustration has been in many cases the main result.
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Paddy's reaction to a different workout is proof of his correct use of emotions.
Observing the athlete, let him train in the way he sees fit. With modesty, he ends up asking the athlete the keys to the reasons for this form of training. Here too some self-pity acknowledging that he had been wrong in his traditional strategy. Very striking that reaction, for... -
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This personal review is quite interesting, it is based on several psychological steps such as Acceptance: The coach accepts the mistakes of his team or athlete as an opportunity to grow as an athlete or as part of the team. There is an understanding on the part of the coach that leads to a more productive empathy and that moves away once again from the...
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All four quadrants are important. Each one is like a gear that fits the next to advance learning and continuous improvement based on these 4 pillars.
My focus is rather on what is not visible due to my experience and training. I think, as said in the video, that it is not given enough importance because by tradition the formations have always been more... -
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As Paddy says in the video, I do agree with the fact that there is not a better approach than another, I just think as a Coach that we have several tools to shape the performance of each atlethe.
As a personal coach the metrics I use with each atlethe are several, I have the basic ones based on experience, science and experience: planification for example... -
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Visualization and relaxation are some of the best techniques I know of to improve sessions.
In this sense, I would do group sessions to apply these 2 techniques and improve future sessions. -
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It is clear that being a coach today requires specific training.
Psychology in elite sport is increasingly present through well-trained coaches and also with a good back ground, making athletes participate more in reflections. -
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I wonder if letting a player for a moment being the coach to review strategies could be useful for both parts: players and coach himself. Each player could react as they would like to see reacting their own coach.
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That learning circle seems good to me, although in my case and surely because of the way I do things, I would put a basic plan before play in order to have a direction and minimum objectives. I think the athlete would be more focused.
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The main benefit I want my clients to achieve is greater self-esteem and resilience.
Lack of physical care is often a consequence of poorly managed emotions.
Sports coaching often serves as a hook for me to teach personal coaching. -
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Experimental learning circle catches my atention!
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What are your key takeaways?
The landscape of coaching has changed for sure, in fact as any discipline it's part of a mature process, it has learnt the mistakes from the rude method of "old school" and has turned more in psicological way.
For me it's interesting to maintain what works for each person or team that is coached.
It's true that each method has... -
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I do agree with Paddy's approach as regards coaching nowadays.
At the same time I think that a good coach has to use sometimes technics from "old school" otherwise as a coach we can be perceived as an inquisitive person, it's occuring a lot with people called themselves coachs but don't have any technical training.
There is a certain intrusion with... -
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As far I am concerned and taking in account that my clients have to run to loose weight but they don't have any experience at all as runners and they often don't like this activity I would say that my pie chart would be as this one:
Instruct: 30%
Mentor: 15%
Advise: 20%
Abdicate: 5%
Coach: 30%I have to ask the opinion of a coachee, the perception...
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It seems to me that both have missed a certain empathy from their coaches.
Would they have taken more advantage of their respective skills?
That is the question I ask myself.
It is clear that they had no choice, they had more than respect for the coach, a certain fear, that coach model has no place today.
What could be do differently is for sure working in... -
This type of behavior of the coach can be effective once as a therapeutic shock, I would say, as a technique that players are not used to, as a trick to empower them, however it seems to be the product of the coach's personality. A way that frustrates the player instead of empowering him.
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I currently sit in the middle and my tendency is to move further towards the end of the age of knowledge of this continuum.
Expertise, asking a lot and I would say also listening and observing a lot would be my basic "know-how" -
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I am missing a chart where the experience and specialty would come from.
Because information is available today, the profiles of coaches are diverse and can create confusion in the minds of the clients.
I am not particularly comfortable in one or the other, as I usually train one on one, I would say that each person requires a different approach. -
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I think most of the participants are mature and smart enough to get the most out of this course or any online course from Deakin University or any other university in the world through Future Learn. As learners, I believe that we have a moral obligation to properly express our thoughts without trying to show off with any specific knowledge or experience. For...
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Guillermo ALVES made a comment
I am used to doing courses with future learning, in fact, with Deakin University I already did one and, in my experience, the more you share with the students, the more you learn.
It is a unique opportunity to meet professionals from anywhere in the world to share opinions with respect and passion when it comes to the sector that we are passionate about. -
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Hi Paddy, hi everyone.
I have been in the fitness industry for over 15 years.
I am the Business Manager of the Spanish company that I represent. We are manufacturers of strength and cardiovascular machines. I am trained as a NLP coach and coach trainer.
I've been doing weights for 25 years and as many as a runner.
I have my own line of business as a... -
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Changing human behavior actually requires specific strategies like the social marketing approach.
I am surprised by the insistent idea of respect for those who suffer the main problem, I agree with that point but it seems to me that stakeholders and marketers have more responsibility than subjects who need a real change in their behavior. -
Totally agree, obesity is an important issue and requires this kind of process, for sure.
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Involved in the fitness industry and also as a trainer coach, there is so much to say on this subject that I will say to summarize that the map is interesting and that each factor must be worked, taught and controlled by specialists-
Each section has to become a gear that works by itself and that in turn influences the correct functioning of the next one by... -
I agree with you, although it seems at first a creative alternative, I wonder if it has woken up some changes. For this I think that this type of strategy always has to change for a more creative one every x time.
Otherwise it can only be perceived as a game that ends up boring. -
Interesting approach
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Dear Mohammed, I like your point of view, just give an example of the concept of truth you're talking about. Are you talking about facts or believes?
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Great focus Cecilia, mental health is one of the main priorities of physical health today, we have to look for mechanisms to enhance these concepts beyond the general ones.
As a coach, involved in the Fitness industry, it seems essential to me to establish a new framework of understanding of basic fundamentals such as healthy eating, moderate and supervised... -
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Hi Everyone, I'm Guillermo from Spain, working in fitness industry, Nlp coach and coach trainer also.
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Guillermo ALVES made a comment
Regardless of the covid moment we are faced with around the world, these tips are important and healthy to always keep.
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Hi all, I'm Guillermo from Valencia, Spain. Working in Fitness Industry-
I've been working from home for about 10 years, this course will help me improve certain habits of mine. -
There's a point who calls my attention especially: Dr. Den Bulck talks about being clever with the distraction of devices as a mobil phone.
I think this point is quiet important, being clever with ourselves to look after our good quality of sleep. -
Regularity schedule is the secret of any regular habit in relation with health.
Of course as it's mentionned in this conversation it's not always easy. -
Guillermo ALVES replied to Liz wright
Right, so many sleep disorders, I'm quite surprised.
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Ina, these short naps are part of our spanish culture and are very healthy.
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Jennifer, unfortunately this situation occurs in many hospitals in many countries.
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Hi everyone, I'm Guillermo from Valencia, Spain. Working in fitness industry, business manager also coach trainer. Sleep is a fundamental pillar of physical and mental health, meaning deep rest. Interested in knowing more and knowing different opinions.
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Quite intersting the Jami's opinion as regards the fact that people has to be opened in their own work place, being "prepared for anything", being honest when this statment a few years ago would have been out of context during your daily job.
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Asking good questions, the only way to have good answers.
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There are some simple rules to respect from my own opinion to maitain a good communication.
First of all understanding that our nature is wise, we have two ears to hear twice as much as your mouth can speak. That means we have to listen quietly. -
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Hi Everyone, I'm Guillermo from Valencia, Spain. Working in fitness industry as business manager and also personal coach.
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Thanks for all these links-
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Not surprised at all with the results assesment, interesting questions.
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A personal choice for sure.
But would it give better results even if it were a moral obligation?
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Part of my daily life too, always interesting to listen to new ones.
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The good point with mindfulness practice is that each one has his own god or whatever to be thankful.
